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	<title>Comments on: Investigating Thought Crimes</title>
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		<title>By: R Richard Schweitzer</title>
		<link>http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/investigating-thought-crimes/#comment-461749</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2015 03:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How so?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How so?</p>
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		<title>By: Andrew'</title>
		<link>http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/investigating-thought-crimes/#comment-461748</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2015 23:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How &#039;bout the governor&#039;s office?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How &#8217;bout the governor&#8217;s office?</p>
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		<title>By: Dave Smith</title>
		<link>http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/investigating-thought-crimes/#comment-461744</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2015 20:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why investigate Goldman Sachs?  Why shouldn&#039;t Texas AG investigate New York AG?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why investigate Goldman Sachs?  Why shouldn&#8217;t Texas AG investigate New York AG?</p>
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		<title>By: Lord</title>
		<link>http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/investigating-thought-crimes/#comment-461742</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lord]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2015 19:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sadly, Exxon&#039;s failings are moral rather than criminal.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sadly, Exxon&#8217;s failings are moral rather than criminal.</p>
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		<title>By: djf</title>
		<link>http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/investigating-thought-crimes/#comment-461739</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2015 19:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The mistress channel of attack didn&#039;t work out too well with Bill Clinton.  Anyway, I wouldn&#039;t assume Schneiderman is vulnerable on that ground - he&#039;s much more of a grim, true-believer ideologue than Eliot Spitzer was.

Arnold&#039;s idea is not going to help.  The NY AG&#039;s office has been extorting the Wall Street investment banks and insurance companies for years in this manner for years, often, I think, in cooperation with other state AGs, letting them in on the action.  These types are quite happy to damage their own state&#039;s economy and hub industries if it serves their political goals.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The mistress channel of attack didn&#8217;t work out too well with Bill Clinton.  Anyway, I wouldn&#8217;t assume Schneiderman is vulnerable on that ground &#8211; he&#8217;s much more of a grim, true-believer ideologue than Eliot Spitzer was.</p>
<p>Arnold&#8217;s idea is not going to help.  The NY AG&#8217;s office has been extorting the Wall Street investment banks and insurance companies for years in this manner for years, often, I think, in cooperation with other state AGs, letting them in on the action.  These types are quite happy to damage their own state&#8217;s economy and hub industries if it serves their political goals.</p>
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		<title>By: (Not That) Bill O'Reilly</title>
		<link>http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/investigating-thought-crimes/#comment-461736</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[(Not That) Bill O'Reilly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2015 16:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The same office as the last NY AG to go on a moral crusade against business--Governor.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The same office as the last NY AG to go on a moral crusade against business&#8211;Governor.</p>
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		<title>By: Chuck</title>
		<link>http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/investigating-thought-crimes/#comment-461734</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chuck]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2015 16:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think your hypothetical investigation would be fine if the organization didn&#039;t have good evidence that workplace diversity indeed would improve bottom lines. And if they justified those expenditures to investors in vague terms, I don&#039;t think a prosecutor would be out of line to dig around and see whether the org&#039;s actual research plausibly indicated what the org claimed it did.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think your hypothetical investigation would be fine if the organization didn&#8217;t have good evidence that workplace diversity indeed would improve bottom lines. And if they justified those expenditures to investors in vague terms, I don&#8217;t think a prosecutor would be out of line to dig around and see whether the org&#8217;s actual research plausibly indicated what the org claimed it did.</p>
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		<title>By: Andrew'</title>
		<link>http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/investigating-thought-crimes/#comment-461733</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew']]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2015 16:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arnold suggests tit-for-tat. As with dictators, it may not be that attacking the politician&#039;s population hurts the politician.

Another idea is to get pictures of him and his mistresses.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Arnold suggests tit-for-tat. As with dictators, it may not be that attacking the politician&#8217;s population hurts the politician.</p>
<p>Another idea is to get pictures of him and his mistresses.</p>
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		<title>By: R Richard Schweitzer</title>
		<link>http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/investigating-thought-crimes/#comment-461730</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[R Richard Schweitzer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2015 15:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The question was how to limit abuse of prosecutorial discretion - I think.

Short of assassination, of course, which would serve (and may ultimately, to cull the Political Class.

Every jurisdiction, with terms to fit its particular legal (and legally supervised administrative functions) should adopt Law (preferably at the constitutional level where appropriate) to the effect that any person **serving**  in a position invested with prosecutorial discretion of any kind (defined), whether appointed or elected, cannot, for a specific period of years after such service ends be qualified (is disqualified) from service in any other elective position, other than in the judiciary. The periods can be determined to match the extent of the &quot;reach&quot; of the discretion held. In NY, probably 8 years for the AG. Federal prosecutors would be covered as well.

It won&#039;t eliminate the disease, but will reduce its outbreaks.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The question was how to limit abuse of prosecutorial discretion &#8211; I think.</p>
<p>Short of assassination, of course, which would serve (and may ultimately, to cull the Political Class.</p>
<p>Every jurisdiction, with terms to fit its particular legal (and legally supervised administrative functions) should adopt Law (preferably at the constitutional level where appropriate) to the effect that any person **serving**  in a position invested with prosecutorial discretion of any kind (defined), whether appointed or elected, cannot, for a specific period of years after such service ends be qualified (is disqualified) from service in any other elective position, other than in the judiciary. The periods can be determined to match the extent of the &#8220;reach&#8221; of the discretion held. In NY, probably 8 years for the AG. Federal prosecutors would be covered as well.</p>
<p>It won&#8217;t eliminate the disease, but will reduce its outbreaks.</p>
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		<title>By: djf</title>
		<link>http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/investigating-thought-crimes/#comment-461729</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[djf]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2015 15:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who would be doing the adjusting?  Congress is not going to do anything cutting back on the Martin Act via preemption as long as there are 41 Democrats in the Senate.  The NY state courts have not shown any inclination to rein in the AG.  The NY state legislature is not about to adjust Schneiderman&#039;s incentive structure; half the legislators are as nutty as he is, and the rest are just hacks not looking to make waves.  Any possibility of the federal courts stopping Schneiderman under the 14th amendment is theoretical because big corporations like Exxon are not inclined to launch that sort of litigation.  They would rather pay the ransom.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who would be doing the adjusting?  Congress is not going to do anything cutting back on the Martin Act via preemption as long as there are 41 Democrats in the Senate.  The NY state courts have not shown any inclination to rein in the AG.  The NY state legislature is not about to adjust Schneiderman&#8217;s incentive structure; half the legislators are as nutty as he is, and the rest are just hacks not looking to make waves.  Any possibility of the federal courts stopping Schneiderman under the 14th amendment is theoretical because big corporations like Exxon are not inclined to launch that sort of litigation.  They would rather pay the ransom.</p>
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