Sam Kazman is general counsel of CEI and heads CEI’s Death By Regulation project. This project focuses on raising public awareness of the often hidden costs of government overregulation—the lives lost, for example, when the Food and Drug Administration delays new medical drugs and devices, or the human toll of downsizing cars to comply with energy-conservation mandates.
In 1992, Mr. Kazman won a federal appeals court ruling that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration had illegally concealed the lethal effects on highway safety of its auto fuel economy standards. This marked the first judicial overturning of a fuel economy standard in the program’s history. He has also recently been involved in litigation on such issues as advertising restrictions, property rights, and environmental regulation.
Mr. Kazman’s writings have been featured in such publications as The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Regulation. He has testified at a number of congressional hearings and has appeared on such shows as Crossfire, Court TV, Good Morning America, and the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. He was a script consultant on “Science Under Siege,” CEI’s documentary on politicized science, and he has created a number of CEI radio and television ads.
Mr. Kazman received his JD from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
recent op-eds & articles
Somewhere, Mr. Edison Gently Weeps
By Sam Kazman, December 20, 2007
An Immaculate Smithsonian
By Sam Kazman, November 13, 2007
CAFE clash: Kiss your money and your safety goodbye
By Sam Kazman, March 24, 2007
A Milestone of a Mistake: Inconvenient CAFE Truths
By Sam Kazman, March 15, 2007
New fuel standards unnecessary
By Sam Kazman, March 30, 2006
recent studies
First, Do No Harm to Motorists
By Sam Kazman, June 12, 2007
The Leaked Study on CAFE: Why It Doesn’t Justify Higher Fuel Economy Standards
By Sam Kazman, July 19, 2001
Air Bag-Related Recalls Demonstrate The Need For Real-World Testing As A Prerequisite For Any Air Bag Mandate Whatsoever
By Sam Kazman, February 6, 2000
Cardiac and Cancer Specialists on the Need for FDA Reform
By Sam Kazman, July 24, 1996
Nailed by FDA
By Sam Kazman, April 23, 1996
news release
Send Your Underwear to the Undersecretary
By Sam Kazman, May 16, 2007
New! CEI's Politically Correct Periodic Table Mousepad
By Sam Kazman, June 30, 2003
Cost of Government Day
By Sam Kazman, July 6, 2001
CEI Weighs In On Drycleaning Zoning Proposal
By Sam Kazman, May 31, 2001
