Justices reject Michael Mann climate defamation cases

摘要

The Supreme Court will not wade into a defamation battle between aprominent climate scientist and conservative groups that compared thescientist to a convicted child molester.Justices for the nation's highest court today declined to take up a pair ofcases, National Review Inc. and Competitive Enterprise Institute v. MichaelMann, over the objections of Justice Samuel Alito."A question of this nature deserves a place on our docket," the conservativejustice wrote in his dissent.