四位教授威胁候选人批评其亿万富翁税收提案

Scholars don’t want people contacting them to share their thoughts about taxes

At least one college professor thinks California independent candidate Richard Lucas is a “clown” – and he wants him to stop criticizing him for promoting a tax on billionaires. However, a legal expert says that Dick Lucas would likely prevail in a lawsuit against the professors’ cease and desist threats.

Lucas, who recently lost in a primary for a state assembly seat, focused his campaign on economic and crime issues, while also criticizing a billionaire’s tax that is on the ballot in November.

As part of his campaign, Lucas highlighted what he calls the “looter dream team,” his name for four professors and two union leaders who support taxing billionaires.

The four members are David Gamage from University of Missouri, Brian Galle and Emmanuel Saez from UC Berkeley, and Darien Shanske from UC Davis – and Lucas posted their publicly available contact information.

Galle, a UC Berkeley law professor, called Lucas “a clown and a malicious liar,” when reached for comment by The Fix.

He (pictured) further went on to direct The College Fix to the four professors’ lawyer for further questions. Catha Worthman, the attorney, did not respond to multiple emails within the past few weeks.The Fix asked if there were any concerns that the professors would be criticized for attemping to limit Lucas’ free speech rights.

The other three professors did not respond to several emails over the past few weeks.The Fix asked about personal concerns with the criticism and doxxing, as well as what responses would be given against the argument that Lucas is exercising free speech rights.

They sent two cease and desist letters to Lucas, requesting that he remove their names and contact information from his website, and threatened him with criminal charges. Specifically, their names and contact information are listed on Lucas’ “California Wealth Exodus”website.

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