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Here's some background on Cass Sunstein
In addition, Mr Sunstein has been under consideration by the Obama administration as a possible Supreme Court Justice.
Sunstein co-authored a book that suggested the following
Cass Sunstein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amazing! Tax people who put forward conspiracy theories!
Any rate, that aside, what do you think? Should the government ban conspiracy theorizing?
Cass Robert Sunstein (born September 21, 1954) is an American legal scholar, particularly in the fields of constitutional law, administrative law, environmental law, and law and behavioral economics, who was the Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Obama administration. For 27 years, Sunstein taught at the University of Chicago Law School. Sunstein is currently the Robert Walmsley University Professor and Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.
In addition, Mr Sunstein has been under consideration by the Obama administration as a possible Supreme Court Justice.
Sunstein co-authored a book that suggested the following
Sunstein co-authored a 2008 paper with Adrian Vermeule, titled "Conspiracy Theories," dealing with the risks and possible government responses to conspiracy theories resulting from "cascades" of faulty information within groups that may ultimately lead to violence. In this article they wrote, "The existence of both domestic and foreign conspiracy theories, we suggest, is no trivial matter, posing real risks to the government’s antiterrorism policies, whatever the latter may be."
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"We can readily imagine a series of possible responses. (1) Government might ban conspiracy theorizing. (2) Government might impose some kind of tax, financial or otherwise, on those who disseminate such theories.
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Cass Sunstein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amazing! Tax people who put forward conspiracy theories!
Any rate, that aside, what do you think? Should the government ban conspiracy theorizing?