Library of Law and Liberty
The New Eco Tyranny
Last week, the attorneys general of 20 states met at a conference “dedicated to coming up with creative ways to enforce laws being flouted by…
Simple Justice
The CEI Subpoena Cannot Stand
Simple Justice discusses the subpoena sent to CEI by an attorney general in attempts to silence the debate on climate change. It’s another…
Charleston Gazette-Mail
Trey Kovacs: NLRB rule threatens worker privacy
Poll after poll indicates Americans value their privacy. Yet government is a top offender in this regard, with federal agencies infringing on private citizens’ information…
Blog
Is GE a Capitalist Good Guy or a Corporate Bad Guy?
General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt has an interesting op-ed today in the Washington Post, hitting back against charges that his company is “destroying…
Inside Sources
NLRB Rule Threatens Worker Right to Privacy
Poll after poll indicates Americans value their privacy. Yet government is a top offender in this regard, with federal agencies infringing on private citizens’ information…
Washington Times
Climate change fears put wolverine on endangered species watch
The Washington Times discusses the Endangered Species Act with Myron Ebell. “The Endangered Species Act is a natural place to take over the…
Daily Caller
Liberal AG Probes Free Market Think Tank For Questioning Global Warming
The Daily Caller reports on the subpoena an attorney general sent CEI regarding their work on climate change. AG General Claude Walker served…
Washington Times
Virgin Islands AG raises free-speech fears with subpoena for climate dissenters
The Washington Times reports on the subpoena an attorney general sent CEI regarding documents on climate change work. One of the 17 attorneys…
Conservative Review
‘Intimidation Campaign’: Subpoenaed Free Market Group Blasts AG’s Climate Change Shutuppery
The Conservative Review reports on the subpoena CEI recieved as part of the Attorneys General's campaign to silence those who disagree with them on climate…
News Release
CEI Fights Subpoena to Silence Debate on Climate Change
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today denounced a subpoena from Attorney General Claude E. Walker of the U.S. Virgin Islands that attempts to unearth…
Blog
Air Traffic Control Reforms Will Give Us Modern Technology, Not Union Giveaways
Guest Post by David Grizzle Former Chief Operating Officer and Chief Counsel, FAA As the former chief operating officer and chief counsel at the…
Blog
Building a Better Society with a Better Mousetrap
Last night, the Smithsonian American Art Museum here in Washington hosted a fascinating book event featuring a presentation by Alan Rothschild, co-author of…
Blog
Final Fiduciary Rule: Dave Ramsey May Get Relief, But the Rest of Us Don’t
While the final rule may have been less severe, it still won’t keep middle-class savers from losing access to brokers and insurance agents.
Letters
CEI Joins More Than 30 Organizations Opposing Extending Renewable Energy Provisions in FAA Reauthorization
Blog
Illinois Pension Reform that Can Pass State Supreme Court Muster
When you’re in a hole, stop digging. That seems like such a simple concept that it shouldn’t need stating, but in the area of public…
News Release
Fiduciary Rule is “Obamacare for your IRA”
Forbes
Protecting Our Semi-Privacy After The Department Of Justice Apple iPhone Hack
The Department of Justice-sponsored unlocking of the Apple iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino murderers without Apple’s help reaffirmed that an overly encryption-based…
Washington Times
Obama imposes more regulations on financial advisers
The Washington Times discusses the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule with John Berlau. “The fiduciary rule is like Obamacare for your IRA and…
National Review
Obamacare for Your IRA is Here
This administration can’t see a private market transaction it can keep its hands off. The latest example is a new regulation with the snooze-inducing title…
CNS News
CEI Appeals Footlong Subway Settlement: Lawyers Got $520K, Most Plaintiffs ‘Got Nothing’
CNS News reports on Center for Class Action Fairness's objection of the Subway Footlong settlement. A court-approved $525,000 settlement over a less-than-Footlong Subway…
Daily Signal
8 Questions for PayPal on Its Decision to Boycott North Carolina
The Daily Signal discusses a North Carolina law with Hans Bader. The new North Carolina law also requires cities and localities to follow…
Blog
Senate FAA Bill Betrays Free Market and Fiscally Conservative Principles
Last month, I wrote about why everyone should be disappointed by the Senate’s FAA reauthorization bill: it fails to include key air traffic control reforms contained…
The Hill
Push for energy tax breaks roils Senate debate on FAA bill
The Hill discusses a coalition letter on the FAA reauthorization bill that CEI signed. Dozens of conservative groups — including Heritage Action, Americans for…
News Release
CEI Announces 2016 Dinner Program
Blog
RealClear Radio Hour: Scandinavian Bliss or Myth?
Blog
Obama Unveils Fiduciary Rule this Week, Putting Middle Class Investors in a Bind
Today, the Labor Department plans to unveil new regulatory restrictions on 401(k)s and IRAs. That means less access to financial advice and fewer options for…
Blog
CEI’s Battered Business Bureau: The Week in Regulation
The week ended with precisely 800 new final regulations on the year, with new rules covering everything from chairs to obesity. On to the data:…
Forbes
Won’t Cut Federal Spending? Then Cap The Cost Of Regulation
Last week a group of libertarian and conservative groups issued a coalition letter calling on Congress to cap regulatory costs. While some of us…
American Spectator
Mr. Trump: America’s Economic Problem is Regulation, Not Trade
The Cato Institute's Doug Bandow cites Wayne Crews on the problem of the regulatory burden: Clyde Wayne Crews of the Competitive Enterprise Institute has…
Townhall
The Inquisition Is Back
Townhall discusses the Michael Mann. v. National Review, CEI, et al. case. But even before the state there was Michael Mann, now revealed as…
Legal Newsline
Window maker wants class action dismissed nearly two years after it was remanded
Legal Newsline discusses Center for Class Action Fairness's objection of the Pella Window settlement. Litigation against Pella began in 2006 over allegations that…
National Review
Tentatively for Universal Basic Income
Michael Strain, as is only to be expected, does a great job outlining the pros and cons of a universal basic income (UBI) before…
Law360
Alaska Air, Virgin America Face Bumpy Antitrust Ride
CEI Fellow Marc Scribner speaks to Law360 about a proposed merger between Alaska Air and Virgin America: “If you look at their…
Blog
Obama’s Climate Diplomacy: Bilateralism in the Service of Multilateralism
President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday issued a joint statement pledging that the United States and China will sign the Paris Agreement on…
Daily Caller
Researchers Say ‘Going Green’ Is Mostly About Being Trendy And Fashionable
The Daily Caller discusses companies labeling products as "green" with Myron Ebell. “Every era produces hucksters trying to sell snake oil,” Myron Ebell,…
Blog
State Attorneys General Conspire To Shake Down Big Oil
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, former Vice President Al Gore, and attorneys general from Massachusetts, Virginia, Connecticut, Maryland, Vermont, and the U. S. Virgin…
Blog
No, the AIRR Act’s Air Traffic Control Reforms Do Not Grant Controllers Strike Powers
Capital Research Center, a conservative policy group in Washington, D.C., recently published an extended essay, “PATCO’s Revenge: Capitol Hill cronyism may give the air…
Blog
Trust in Government: A Bad Strategy for the Chemical Industry
There is a reason why people laugh when you say: “Trust me, I come from the government.” Governments are not particularly trustworthy because bureaucracies are…
Blog
Senators Reward Agency Overreaching with Proposed Budget Increase for Office for Civil Rights
Twenty-two senators are proposing a nearly 30 percent budget increase for the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights. OCR is the agency that has pressured colleges and …
Blog
Federal Government Is Good for U.S. Economy
If you’re a fellow free-market advocate and did not arrive at this page from social media (or missed our #AprilFools joke), don’t…
Associated Press
Companies reconsidering North Carolina over LGBT rights
Associated Press discusses with Hans Bader a new law in North Carolina that could challenge employers. Companies like the prospect of avoiding baseless lawsuits, but…
Blog
Individual Liberty: The Greatest Remedy for Terrorism
USA Today reports that lines at airports are getting longer and people aren’t signing up for the registered traveler program, TSA PreCheck, in sufficient…
Real Clear Policy
M.I.A.: GOP Leaders and the Paris Agreement
The recently adopted Paris Agreement on climate change endangers the U.S. economy, our constitutional framework, and the future of conservative politics. So why aren't…
Palmetto Business Daily
Land use expert warns of property rights infringement by “unelected bureaucrats” on the Charleston BAR
The Palmetto Business Daily discusses property rights infringement by the Charleston Board of Architectural Review with Marc Scribner. “The unelected bureaucrats on the…
Science 2.0
Outdated Science And Alarmism Drives Flame Retardant Debate
Learning from history should keep us from repeating our mistakes. Yet when it comes to environmental politics, the opposite seems to be true. History and…
American Council on Science and Health
Flame Retardants: Debate Still Being Driven By Outdated Science and Alarmism
Learning from history should keep us from repeating our mistakes. Yet when it comes to environmental politics, the opposite seems to be true. History and…
The Guardian
Conservatives vow to ask supreme court to rehear deadlocked union case
The Guardian discusses the Supreme Court's deadlock on the Friedrich's case with Trey Kovacs. Trey Kovacs, a policy analyst with the Competitive Enterprise…
National Affairs
Putting Regulators on a Budget
National Affairs references Wayne Crews's work on the cost of regulation. In recent years, there have been several studies published describing the aggregate,…
Forbes
MetLife’s Victory Also Good for Fintech Innovators
Insurance giant MetLife won a big victory Wednesday as a district court rescinded the government’s designation of the firm as “systemically important.” Though not…
Forbes