News Release
CEI Sues TSA Over Airport Body Scanner Rule
Airport body scanners, long the object of both public opposition and legal scrutiny, are headed back to court. Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI)…
National Review
I’m So Fed Up, I’m Suing the TSA
Legal Newsline
U.S. House passes resolution to block DOL’s fiduciary rule
Legal Newsline reports on a letter from CEI and other organizations to Congress urging them to pass a resolution of disapproval to block the Department of Labor's Fiduciary…
Washington Post
Lawsuit challenges TSA’s use of full-body scanners in airports
The Washington Post discusses with Marc Scribner CEI's lawsuit against the Transportation Security Administration over their full-body scanner rule. Filing suit in the U.S. Court of…
Daily Caller
Lawsuit May Reverse Ban On Vaping E-Cigarettes On Flights
The Daily Caller discusses CEI's lawsuit against the Department of Transportation's rule prohibiting electronic cigarettes on planes with Marc Scribner. The Competitive Enterprise…
Politico
In budget fight, appropriators eye long TSA wait times
Politico's Morning Transportation discusses CEI's lawsuit against the TSA's body scanner rule and quotes Marc Scribner on the case. COMING TODAY: The Competitive…
Daily Signal
An Inconvenient Truth: Liberal Climate Inquisition Can’t Explain Past Temperature Changes
The Daily Signal reports on the subpoena sent to CEI by Attorney General Claude Walker as part of the intimidation campaign to silence the debate…
Newsmax
Climate Alarm Skeptics Defend Constitutional Liberties
Newsmax discusses with Sam Kazman, the subpoena CEI recieved from Attorney General Claude Walker as part of an intimidation campaign to silence the debate on climate…
Washington Times
The return of pseudo-science
Washington Times reports on the intimidation campaign to silence those who disagree on climate change and CEI as a target of this attack on free…
Examiner.com
Climate Hustle counteracts catastrophe myth, defends constitutional liberties
Examiner.com discusses the subpoena Attorney General Claude Walker sent CEI as part of the intimidation campaign to silence the debate on climate change. …
Washington Times
Title IX order on campus ‘harassment’ violates rights, free speech advocates say
Washington Times discusses Title IX's harassment order as limiting free speech with Hans Bader. Writing at Liberty Unyielding, Hans Bader, senior attorney for…
Daily Caller
VW Emissions Scandal Being Used To Push Obama’s Electric Vehicle Agenda
The Daily Caller discusses political pressure on Volkswagen with Myron Ebell. “Does Volkswagen have a future if political pressure is going to cost…
Nature Biotechnology, Volume 34, Number 5
A Risk-Based Approach to the Regulation of Genetically Engineered Organisms
The Wall Street Journal
The Climate Police Escalate
Reason
Mass Transit Use Is Declining As Millennials Buy More Cars
Reason quotes Marc Scribner's insights on mass transit's pleas for more government spending. More than a quarter of U.S. government spending on surface transportation…
Blog
State Department Tells 28 Senators To Go Pound Sand
The U. S. State Department replied this week to the 18th April letter to Secretary John Kerry from 28 Senators that pointed out that Palestine…
The Hill
E-cigarette ban on flights being challenged in lawsuit
The Hill reports on CEI's lawsuit against the Department of Transportation's rule banning electronic cigarettes on aircraft. A Department of Transportation (DOT) rule…
Heartland Institute
New Study Shows Renewable Energy May Always Need Government Support
The Heartland Institute discusses renewable energy sources inability to be competitive in the marketplace with Myron Ebell. Myron Ebell, director of the Center for Energy…
One News Now
Labor representative reporting rule burdens businesses
One News Now discusses the Department of Labor's "persuader rule" with Ivan Osorio. Critics refer to this latest effort as “the persuader rule” and…
The Patriot Post
Regulations Are the Ties That Bind
The Patriot Post mentions Wayne Crews's annual report on the number of federal regulations. Just how many regulations are we talking about? As of…
Daily Caller
The EPA Stashes BILLIONS In Slush Fund-Like Accounts
The Daily Caller discusses the Enviornmental Protection Agency's spending and "special accounts" with Myron Ebell. “This is the very definition of an out-of-control…
Heartland Institute
Climate Realists Fight AGs’ Fishing Expedition
The Heartland Institute reports on the subpoena CEI recieved as part of the attorneys general intimidation campaign to silence the debate on climate change. …
Forbes
The Sharing Economy For Dummies (Or Politicians)
Forbes discusses what policy makers should keep in mind about the sharing economy with Iain Murray. Iain Murray, Competitive Enterprise Institute:…
Blog
Power Plant Rule: EPA Defies Stay to Develop Legally Dubious Incentive Program
The EPA yesterday took another step to advance the Obama administration’s flagship domestic climate policy, the so-called Clean Power Plan (CPP). As Politico…
Blog
Why Is Employee Involvement an Unfair Labor Practice?
U.S. labor law is largely based on the false narrative of an inequality of bargaining power between employees and employers. The theory goes that an…
Litigation
CEI v. DOT
CEI, the Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association (CASAA), and former CEI employee Gordon Cummings today filed a lawsuit in April 2016 challenging a U.S.
Letters
CEI and 30 Free-Market Groups Support Vote to Block Labor Department’s Fiduciary Rule
Full Document Available in PDF Members of Congress: We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, represent millions of Americans in defense of free…
Blog
CEI Supports Vote to Block Labor Department’s Fiduciary Rule
Today, Congress has the opportunity to block the costly "Fiduciary Rule."…
Blog
CEI Challenges Illegal “Vapes on a Plane” Regulation
Today, CEI, the Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association (CASAA), and CEI employee Gordon Cummings, as a private individual, filed a lawsuit challenging the…
News Release
CEI Supports Legislation to Protect Free Speech, Prevent IRS Abuse
News Release
CEI Sues Over Illegal “Vapes on a Plane” Regulation
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), the Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association (CASAA), and CEI employee Gordon Cummings today will file a lawsuit challenging a recent U.S. Department of Transportation regulation…
New York Times
Monopolies, Like Google, Are Innovators, Which Is Good for Consumers
Last week, the European Commission brought new antitrust charges against Google, alleging the company unfairly favors its own services on smartphones running its Android operating…
Washington Examiner
Environmentalists’ attack on free speech
The Washington Examiner reports on the attorneys general intimidation campaign to silence the debate on climate change, and their attack on CEI's First Amendment rights. …
WND
How Dems are Criminalizing Dissent
WND reports on the subpoena that CEI receieved from Attorney General Claude Walker and discusses Sam Kazman's response. One of the members of…
Blog
Congress Must Pass Email Privacy Act
This week, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on the Email Privacy Act (H.R. 699) sponsored by Rep. Kevin Yoder (R-Kan.). The Competitive Enterprise…
Blog
Wind Energy Industry Suffers Fuel Shortage in 2015
Wind energy can’t compete. Instead, it exists only by the grace of favorable politics. On the supply side, the industry enjoys the federal production tax…
Blog
FSOC Misunderstands Leverage, Threatens Risk Management
The Financial Stability Oversight Council recently released its “Update on Review of Asset Management Products and Activities,” in which it questions “how certain asset…
Blog
The Proliferation of Federal Agency Guidance Documents
Recently we looked at some prominent recent examples of federal agency guidance—costly to-dos for the private sector. Today I wanted to say just a…
Cook County Record
Big Green’s out-sized influence over free speech
The Cook County Record reports on Center for Class Action Fairness's objection of the Southwest Airlines class action settlement. After the deal was…
National Review
A Chance to Stop Obamacare for Your IRA
A few weeks ago I warned about the Department of Labor’s “Fiduciary Rule” – Obamacare for your retirement accounts. Now comes a chance…
Investor's Business Daily
How Overregulation Is Killing The Economy
The Investor's Business Daily highlights Wayne Crews's annual Ten Thousand Commandments report on the costs of federal regulation. The Competitive Enterprise Institute publishes…
Daily Caller
John Kerry, Teresa Heinz Family Trusts Invest Heavily In Fossil Fuels
The Daily Caller discusses John Kerry and Terry Heinz-Kerry's trust investments in compainies closely tied to fossil fuel with Myron Ebell. Myron Ebell, director…
Cook County Record
Judge Awards $450k More to Attorneys Already Paid $1.6 Million for Class Action vs Southwest over Flight Drink Vouchers
After beating back an appeal of the settlement agreement that granted them more than $1.6 million in fees, the attorneys who represented a group of…
Blog
The Chilling Effect of Dark Matter
Here at CEI, we know all about the chilling effect of executive power. We also know quite a bit about the extent to which…
Letters
CEI Joins 11 Organizations Supporting Amendment to Cut Wasteful Spending
Blog
Bureaucratic Double Jeopardy: Feds Order University of New Mexico to Restrict “Unwelcome” Speech
Even if you convince one bureaucratic agency to leave you alone, another may come along and harass you. The possibilities are endless in an age…
The Hill
Department of labor overtime rule is a roadblock to a bright career path
Obama labor regulators are touting a plan to boost wages, but unfortunately for people living in the real world, it’s a bill of false goods.
Daily Caller
Coal Company Sues EPA To Stop A Regulation That Will Close More Coal Plants
The Daily Caller discusses the Enviornmental Protection Agency's mercury rule with William Yeatman. “These benefits are so miniscule because they are based on…
Daily Caller
Coal Company Sues EPA To Stop A Regulation That Will Close More Coal Plants
The Daily Caller discusses the Enviornmental Protection Agency's mercury rule with William Yeatman. “These benefits are so miniscule because they are based on…
Comment
CEI and Tech Freedom Comments to the FCC on “Set-Top Box” Regulations
Full Document Available in PDF The FCC claims it is trying to “Unlock the Box” to “empower consumers to choose how they…