National Academy says Stanford professor is trying to `silence` scientific debate with his $10-million lawsuit
(LA Times Dodgers)

The National Academy of Sciences has called on a Washington, D.C., court to throw out a Sanford professor´s $10-million defamation lawsuit, calling the case `an unvarnished attempt to muzzle speech and end-run the First Amendment.` The professor is Mark Z. Jacobson of Stanford´s Department of Civil...