Los Angeles Times
House passes bill to limit Solyndra-style loan guarantees
Hot Air
One Film That Put Free Speech in the Cross Hairs
From Hot Air: Hans Bader, Senior Attorney at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, wrote on September 13 that “the Egyptian government said, ‘We ask…
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Chicago Teachers Strike: A Lesson Of “Excessive Zeal And No Brains”
On September 10, 2012, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) walked out of the city’s public schools after negotiations fell through with Chicago Mayor Rahm…
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Alcohol Regulation Roundup: Back To School Edition
Alabama: Up until last year brewpubs were illegal in Alabama due to a law that prevented beer being sold on the same site where…
Politico
House passes ‘No More Solyndras’
From Andrew Restuccia's article in Politico: Conservative groups, including the Heritage Foundation and the Competitive Enterprise Institute, take issue with the provision allowing…
Fox News
Sugary drinks ban begs the question — who has the right to decide what you consume?
Consuming too much sugar can lead to obesity; few people would argue to the contrary. Yet not everyone agrees, as New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg…
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Chicago Teachers Union: Overpaid Babysitters?
Openmarket.org The grand themes of the current Chicago teacher’s strike opera are broadly similar to other union-agitated public work stoppages. The union makes demands (more money, etc.) the city/company balks…
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Farms Need Workers, Not Subsidies
Reports of record farm profits has CNBC’s Senior Online Editor John Carney calling America’s agricultural labor shortage “phony,” and by implication, just an excuse…
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Disturbing Calls For Censorship In America By Professors, Journalists, U.S. Diplomats, And Egyptian Government
In response to a film that mocked Mohammed, journalists on MSNBC, a professor, and the Egyptian government called for punishment of the film's producers.
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Chicago Teachers Union: Overpaid Babysitters?
The grand themes of the current Chicago teacher's strike opera are broadly similar to other union-agitated public work stoppages. The union makes demands (more money, etc.) the city/company balks ("We can't…
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CEI Podcast For September 13, 2012: CEI Sues The EPA
The EPA has been stonewalling a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from the Competitive Enterprise Institute since 2010. CEI has sued the EPA in…
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Today’s Links: September 13, 2012
Legal News Line
Group says Obama administration officials skirting FOIA laws
From Michael Tremoglie's article in LegalNewsline: The Competitive Enterprise Institute has filed a lawsuit alleging an Obama administration official is using a private…
Bloomberg
Republicans Drop Energy Efficiency From Platform
From Ari Natter's article in Bloomberg: “I think it's direct recent empirical evidence of wayward stimulus spending,” William Yeatman, an energy policy analyst…
Environmental Finance
Anti-Solyndra bill doesn’t go far enough, say lobbyists
From Environmental Finance: “Why is [the DOE] running an investment bank?” asked William Yeatman, energy policy analyst for think-tank the Competitive Enterprise…
Forbes
Easterbrook Strikes Again, Slamming Flimsy Derivative Suit
Forbes reports on Ted Frank's victory in another objection to a settlement which benefited the plaintiff's attorney's to the detriment of their clients.
Forbes
History’s Witness: Prague, Communism, And The Socialist Ideal
What is it about the “noble ideals” of socialism that makes people forget the lessons of their actual practice? If you need yet another reminder,…
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CEI Today: CEI sues EPA, copyright bots target videos, and governors seek ethanol waivers
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Unions Seek To Make Michigan A Mediterranean State
On September 5, the Michigan Supreme Court gave a green light to the so-called “Protect our Jobs Amendment” (POJA) for the November 6 ballot. The proposed…
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Today’s Links: September 12, 2012
Forbes
Low-Skilled Immigrant Workers Are Vital Contributors To The Economy
The Republican National Committee reformed its immigration platform this month to favor a new guest worker program. Unfortunately, the party still seems unwilling to accept…
Forbes
Labeling Of Genetically Engineered Foods Is A Losing Proposition
As Joe Six-pack munches Fritos and popcorn during the opening games of the NFL season, does he care what variety of corn was used to…
News Release
Contrary to News Story, CEI Supports Passage of No More Solyndras Act
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Copyright Bots Are Here To Stay
A string of mistaken, high-profile takedowns has caused some talk about the services video hosting sites like Ustream and YouTube use to police…
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Today’s Links: September 11, 2012
News Release
CEI Files Groundbreaking Lawsuit against EPA for Hiding Agency Records on Private E-mail Accounts
Washington, D.C., September 11, 2012 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute today filed suit in federal district court for the District of Columbia challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s…
Daily Caller
Free-market think tank sues Treasury Dept. for withholding internal carbon tax documents
From Michael Bastasch's article in The Daily Caller: On Monday, the Competitive Enterprise Institute announced it had filed a lawsuit against the Treasury…
Washington Examiner
Think tank sues EPA for official’s secret emails
From Mark Tapscott's article in The Washington Examiner: A potential landmark government transparency court case took shape today as a conservative think…
Washington Examiner
TRUST Act Deceit: Federal Government Deceives Sheriffs Into Detaining Immigrants
“It’s pretty simple: federal law pre-empts state law.” That was Steve Whitmore, spokesman for Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, describing why the county…
Washington Examiner
More than 1600 pages of regulations added to Federal Register last week, cost now $1.8 trillion per year
From Michael Bastasch’s article in The Daily Caller: Last week, 1,641 pages of regulations were added to the 2012 Federal Register, meaning it…
Newsletter
CEI Today: Lilly Ledbetter, 1990s job growth, and wind energy tax credits
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In re Johnson & Johnson Shareholder Derivative Litigation
Alison Frankel recently asked whether it’s the end of “money-for-nothing” class actions; Ronald Barusch asks a similar question. The Center for Class Action…
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Lawmaker Bullies Employer Because Its Employee Supported Gay Marriage
Maryland State Delegate Emmett Burns (D-Baltimore), who has a long record of hostility to business (a 90 percent bad MBRG rating), gave more evidence of that…
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Federal Government: Fire Good Employees, Hire Bad Ones
The Obama administration is pressuring employers outside the financial sector to hire felons, even as its regulations force employers in the financial sector to fire "thousands…
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CEI’s Battered Business Bureau: The Week In Regulation
51 new rules and 1,641 Federal Register pages, from storing explosives to keeping fisheries accountable.
Washington Examiner
Sixty-four free-market groups send letter to Congress opposing wind tax credits
From Michael Bastasch’s article in The Daily Caller: “It is time to end special tax provisions that distort the energy market and increase…
Hot Air
Not ‘Two Decades’ After All… Lilly Ledbetter Deceived DNC, Knew Of Her Pay Disparity Since 1992
From Matt Vespa's post on Hot Air: This is an update on my previous post on Lilly Ledbetter. It appears that not only…
Denver Post
A victory for e-book buyers
From The Denver Post: The settlement orders the publishers to end their contracts with Apple and allow retailers to set their own prices…
News Release
CEI Files Suit to Force Administration to Comply with FOIA
Washington, D.C., September 10, 2012 – The Competitive Enterprise Institute has filed a lawsuit to compel the Treasury Department to stop stonewalling and produce internal…
Denver Post
Obama, Romney unlikely to share Bush’s space-travel ambitions
From Gus Taylor’s article in The Washington Times: “The real problem is Congress. They don’t really care about actually doing anything in space,”…
Overlawyered
Lawmaker Tries to Shut Up Linebacker, Cont’d
From Overlawyered: I’ve got a post at Maryland for All Families following up on the free-speech controversy that flared up when Del. Emmett…
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Collective Bargaining: Mythical Right Turned Constitutional In Michigan?
Everyone knows that our Founding Fathers’ primary motive during the revolution was to preserve collective bargaining for the carriage industries. That as Washington crossed the…
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Want 1990s Job Growth? Go Back To Clinton-Era Deregulation
As much as the term “Forward” was used at the Democratic National Convention this week, the speeches of Bill Clinton and, to an extent, President…
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Fact Checking Lilly Ledbetter’s False Speech At The Democratic National Convention
Former pay-discrimination plaintiff Lilly Ledbetter, in speaking at the Democratic National Convention on September 4, repeated the false claim that she learned about the…
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Regulation Of The Day 228: Peyton Manning’s Jersey
School officials forbid 8-year old Colorado boy from wearing his Peyton Manning jersey to school because of possible gang ties.
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Today’s Links: September 7, 2012
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CEI Podcast For September 27, 2012: The Future Of Generic Biotech Crops
Senior Fellow Greg Conko discusses his new paper, "Is There a Future for Generic Biotech Crops? Regulatory Reform Is Needed for a Viable Post-Patent Industry."…
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Comments on National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter
Full Document Available in PDF 1. A Secondary NAAQS for Visibility Either Conflates or Conflicts with the Regional Haze Program; If the…
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CEI Podcast For September 6, 2012: Modernizing Air Traffic Control
America's air traffic control system can be charitably described as an antique. Land-use and Transportation Policy Analyst Marc Scribner describes some of the problems the…
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Today’s Links: September 6, 2012
Forbes
The Path To Job Creation Runs Through Regulatory Reform
From Ed Pozzuoli's column in Forbes: According to the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Wayne Crews, regulation’s “hidden cost” has ballooned to $1.8 trillion on…
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Modernizing Air Traffic Control In The United States
In The Washington Examiner, a story citing me provides an overview of where the United States is in modernizing its air traffic control system.
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The Conventions Continue
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Today’s Links: September 5, 2012
Fox News
To Save Obama, Clinton Ignores his Own Deregulation Moves
MacKenzie: “Did you know it was Bill Clinton who repealed Glass-Steagall?” Will: “Everybody knows that.” Conversation on HBO’s “The Newsroom,” originally broadcast July 22, 2012…
Forbes
Polaroid, Kodak, Apple: No One Escapes the Winds of Creative Destruction
Hundreds of companies are born every day. Most don’t survive the Darwinian struggle to attract customers, achieve profitably, and reach adolescence. The fittest claw their…
Wall Street Journal
Letter to the Editor: Welfare Waivers Violate the Law
Sen. Rick Santorum is right to criticize the Obama administration for unlawfully claiming the authority to waive the work requirements contained in the 1996 welfare-reform…
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Massive Fraud Against Clients In Class Action Lawsuit Brought By Obama As Lawyer?
I have often written about abuses in class-action lawsuits, such as lawyers ripping off their clients, or using settlement money for ideological causes…
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Crony Capitalism In Fiction: Catch-22
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CEI’s Battered Business Bureau: The Week In Regulation
74 new rules and 2,086 Federal Register pages, from migratory birds to cranberries.
Newsletter
Fact checker fallacies, global warming and methane, regulation roundup, and more
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Science And Technology Policy And The Democratic Convention
Now it's the Democrats' turn to gather for their convention in Charlotte and one element of the platform in common with basic Republican philosophy is…
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Today’s Links: September 4, 2012
Wall Street Journal
Rachel Carson Didn’t Kill Millions of Africans
From William Souder’s article in Slate: The Competitive Enterprise Institute, a limited-government, free-enterprise think tank, maintains the website rachelwaswrong.org, which details Carson’s complicity…
Wall Street Journal
Congress looks at sales taxes for online purchases
From Burton Speakman’s article in Vindy: Jessica Melugin, an adjunct analyst at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, argued it would be burdensome to ask online…
Washington Examiner
How did the U.S. fall behind Canada in air traffic safety?
From Sean Higgins article in The Washington Examiner: We wouldn't have to run a lot of these risks in the first place if the United…
Forbes
Lawyer Fights $10 Million Fee For “Cosmetic” Johnson And Johnson Settlement
Forbes reports on Ted Frank's objection to Johnson & Johnson's settlement that will benefit the plaintiff's lawyers much more than the class members.
Blog
Time for workers to take back Labor Day
Fox News On Monday, September 3, millions of Americans will celebrate Labor Day. For most, it will mean nothing more than the unofficial end…
Forbes
Why Liberals Should Love Low Taxes
You can say two things for certain about modern liberals — they love spending government (read: your) money, and they hate the wealthy. Which makes…
Daily Caller
Obama’s African-American Clients Got Coupons, Not Cash
From The Daily Caller: Hans Bader, senior attorney and counsel for special projects at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, told TheDC, “When it comes…
Daily Caller
Time for workers to take back Labor Day
On Monday, September 3, millions of Americans will celebrate Labor Day. For most, it will mean nothing more than the unofficial end of summer, a…
Forbes
Facebook Allies Accused Of Profiting From Suits Against It
Forbes mentions Ted Frank's consideration of objecting to a settlement that paid attorneys a much larger amount than the class members. Ted Frank…
Overlawyered
Victories for Ted Frank’s Center for Class Action Fairness
Overlawyered discusses Ted Frank's victory in the objection to the Sears shareholder settlement. Ted’s successful 7th Circuit objection in June in a Sears…
Op-Eds
Best Practices for Reforming State Employee Pensions
Full Document Available in PDF Summary: Bloated pensions and retirement benefits for unionized government employees threaten the finances of states and localities…
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“Fact Checker” Repeals The Laws Of Supply And Demand: The Bias Of PolitiFact
The left-leaning, self-proclaimed "fact checker" PolitiFact ignored the most basic economic law, the law of supply and demand, in claiming that cap-and-trade legislation, which…
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International Boilermakers: Labor Union Or Business Tycoons?
The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers strikes again -- with a slap in the face to its members. The Boilermakers…
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Today’s Links: August 31, 2012
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Regulation Roundup
Doormats banned in Leeds, exploding sausages in Canada, plus more.
Newsletter
Google makes second attempt to comply with order in patent case against Oracle
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CEI Podcast For August 30, 2012: Delayed FDA Rules Should Be Scrapped
Senior Fellow Greg Conko argues that these rules should be scrapped altogether for two reasons: they will do little to improve food safety, and they…
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Regulation Of The Day 227: Returning From The Moon
When Armstrong, Aldrin, and Michael Collins returned to Earth after the Apollo 11 mission, they actually filled out a customs form.
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Diverse GOP Voices Emphasize Immigrant Contributions
[caption id="attachment_59817" align="alignleft" width="266"] Former-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice[/caption] Even as the Republican National Committee adopted a platform advocating strict immigration enforcement, several influential party…
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Conventions Cost Taxpayers Up To $136 Million
Overlawyered
Green Calls for BPA Bans Are Dangerous
This past July the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned the use of the chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) to make baby bottles and sippy cups.
Boston Herald
Mass. biotech reaps Monsanto deal
From Ira Kantor's article in The Boston Herald: Gregory Conko, senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., and co-author of…
Washington Examiner
Letter to the Editor: Only Congress Has Power to Rewrite Welfare Law
Re: "The truth about welfare reform," Aug. 27 Steve Chapman was right that the Obama administration has "opened the door to changes in welfare reform…
Blog
Worker Choice vs Forced Fraternity
Openmarket.org Public support and perception of labor unions is dwindling significantly. Even Hollywood is throwing them under the bus with the new film, Won’t Back…
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In Free Speech Victory, SEC Lifts Gag Rule On Hedge Funds And Venture Capital
Today's proposed Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule lifting the outdated ban on "general solicitation" by hedge funds and venture capitalists is a victory for entrepreneurs,…
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Worker Choice Versus Forced Fraternity
Public support and perception of labor unions is dwindling significantly. Even Hollywood is throwing them under the bus with the new film, Won’t Back Down.
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California Pension Reform Plan A Step In The Right Direction But Not Enough
California Governor Jerry Brown (D) yesterday announced a pension reform agreement, which if approved by the legislature, likely will help narrow the Golden State’s…
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Congress Should Create A Repeal Committee
David Deerson and I look at how such a committee might work in a piece over at RealClearPolicy:…
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Republican Platform Opposes Internet Gambling
Washington Examiner
Tech issues infuse RNC and DNC platforms
From Ted Johnson’s article in Variety: Fred Campbell, director of the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Communications, Liberty and Innovation Project, said that the significance…
New York Post
Obama’s stealth killer car tax
From Michelle Malkin's syndicated column: Sam Kazman at the Competitive Enterprise Institute explained a decade ago: “The evidence on this issue comes from…
PJ Media
Higher Education Bubble Spawns Demographic Decline Among Educated Americans
From Instapundit: HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Higher Education Bubble Spawns Demographic Decline Among Educated Americans. As college…
RealClear Policy
Congress Should Create a Repeal Committee
When Congress passes a highly unpopular bill that forces people to buy products from private businesses, and then the Supreme Court upholds it, something needs…
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Higher Education Bubble Spawns Demographic Decline Among Educated Americans
The Washington Times takes note of the burgeoning higher education bubble in a recent editorial: The cost of a college education has…
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The “Gift Clause” Would Force Camden Police Union Bosses To Do Police Work
Openmarket.org While Camden New Jersey is being devastated by budget cuts, homicides are accumulating at record pace and unemployment is skyrocketing. Despite the city’s…
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CEI Weekly: I, Pencil Sneak Peek Next Week in Tampa
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