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More Bailouts, Urge Left-Leaning Journalists
Left-leaning journalists are urging more mortgage bailouts to try to increase consumer spending, since they erroneously think that inadequate consumer spending is the principal cause…
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Morning Media Summary
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Classmates.com class action settlement (again)
I’m getting lots of emails about the Classmates.com class action settlement notice. We’re aware of it, because we’re already in the case: we earlier…
Red State
$500,000 of Green for Green Jobs, Red for the Rest of Us
Yahoo News
The Alarming Cost Of Climate Change Hysteria
Yahoo News discusses an estimate of the costs of federal regulations from Wayne Crews's study. The Small Business Administration estimates that compliance with…
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Government Limousines, Lemonade Freedom Day, and the Regulation Roundup
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America’s Unsavory WWII Alliances Depicted in Dezenhall Book, “The Devil Inside”
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Deregulate the Practice of Law to Promote Justice and Create Jobs
It's time to deregulate the practice of law, write Clifford Winston and Robert W. Crandall of the Brookings Institution in The Wall Street…
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Today’s Questions for the President
By Peter Kirsanow/National Review Online When you were asked why you didn’t submit your jobs plan before going on vacation, you responded that there was…
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A Letter to the Editor about Natural Rights and the Cuban Economy
In an editorial last week Mary Anastasia O’Grady wrote about a supposed “economic revolution” happening in Cuba. It seems the Cuban government has just liberated…
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Morning Media Summary
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CCAF wins in Ninth Circuit
WASHINGTON, DC – The Center for…
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Georgia investigation into judge’s use of cy pres
I’m quoted in a newspaper’s investigation into a Georgia judge’s seemingly self-serving use of cy pres awards. More details at Point of Law.
One News Now
Beware the Environmental Left-Wing Agenda
One News Now
MrFuddlesticks, the Renton Police Department and Online Civil Liberties
In the last two decades, the Internet has revolutionized the way people communicate and socialize. Unfortunately, our legal system has yet to adapt to the…
The Pelican Post
Louisiana Saying No To Renewable Energy Mandates
LegalNewsline
Ninth Circuit rejects class action settlement
Legal Newsline quotes Ted Frank's commentary on the class action over Apple Ipods which was dismissed in 2008. The Center for Class Action…
Ledger-Enquirer
Judge Doug Pullen’s ‘Gifts’: Records reveal judge directed millions to Mercer and Morehouse, gained recognition
The Ledger-Enquirer discusses the issue of distributing settlement money to plaintiffs and mentions Ted Frank's insights on the subject. Critics say the potential…
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I’m kind of annoyed at the Los Angeles Daily Journal
CCAF, a non-profit project unaffiliated with and unsupported by any corporate funding, does not lobby. But the LA Daily Journal says that they don’t need…
Business Insider
$38 Billion-Worth Of Red Tape Choking Businesses
Business Insider mentions Wayne Crews's study on the size of the federal regulatory burden. U.S. businesses continue to deal with the unintended consequences…
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Yard Sales, Air Travel Taxes, and the CEI Podcast
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Lemonade Freedom Day Is Tomorrow
Tomorrow, parents and children across the country will set up lemonade stands in their neighborhoods. And they’re going to do it without getting licensed, inspected,…
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CEI Weekly: Taxpayers Bear Regulatory Cost Burden
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Regulation Roundup
In Delaware, it is a felony to wear a disguise while committing a felony, plus more.
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CEI Weekly: Taxpayers Bear Regulatory Cost Burden
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What the Berlin Wall Represents
In response to Jacob Heilbrunn’s August 12 opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times entitled, “Berlin Wall: A blessing in disguise,” I submitted the…
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Morning Media Summary
One News Now
What China’s rail recall should tell U.S.
Breitbart
WaPo Gets its Pinocchio on for Dishonest ‘Warming’ Attack on Perry
“I do believe that the issue of global warming has been politicized. I think there are a substantial number of scientists who have manipulated…
Breitbart
Forget Corporate Jets. Government Limousines Show They’re Stealing You Blind
President Obama has made a big deal out of corporate jets. Apparently they are a symbol not of success but of greed. Yet even…
Wall Street Pit
Is Business Choking on Red Tape?
The Wall Street Pit discusses Wayne Crews's report on the size of the federal regualtory burden. U.S. businesses continue to deal with the…
Forbes
Headset Settlement That Paid Lawyers, Not Clients, Is Rejected
Forbes reports on Center for Class Action Fairness' victory in a case blocking a settlement that resulted in large benefits for lawyers and much smaller benefits for…
Courthouse News Service
Court Vacates Predatory Bluetooth Headset Deal
Courthouse News Service reports on Center for Class Action Fairness' objection to a settlement set to benefit the plaintiffs' lawyers but not the class members…
Law 360
9th Circ. Chucks Bluetooth Deal Due To High Atty Fees
Law 360 discusses with Ted Frank the result of Bluetooth makers settlement case objection. Theodore Frank of the Center for Class Action Fairness,…
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CEI Podcast for August 18, 2011: How the EPA Makes Electricity Less Affordable
The $370 million visibility improvement has a 35 percent chance of being perceptible to the human eye. New Mexican electricity consumers, meanwhile, will be able…
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Europe’s Woes No Excuse for Abysmal U.S. Growth
Today, once again, the market is crashing largely due to events in the European Union. President Obama and other policy makers wring their collective hands…
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“Rules are Rules,” When it Comes to Yard Sales
The City of Salem, Oregon, is cracking down on yard sales — even if they are a citizen’s last option to pay for expensive…
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Growth Won’t Come From More Government Spending
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Tim Carney on Rick Perry: There’s a Difference Between “Pro-Business” and “Pro-Market”
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CEI Joins Coalition to Oppose New Air Travel Taxes
Joining Americans for Tax Reform, National Taxpayers Union, Americans for Prosperity, and others, the Competitive Enterprise Institute signed a letter [PDF]…
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Political Journalism and War
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Morning Media Summary
Law 360
Bashing E.P.A. Is New Theme in G.O.P. Race
Human Events
Big Brother Goes Green
Human Events
Global Warming Remark Heats up Climate for Perry
The Future of Freedom Foundation
O’er the Land of the 39 Percent Free
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WEAC Demonstrates that Union Solidarity is a Thing of the Past
Openmarket.org The Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC), Wisconsin’s paramount teachers union, issued layoff notices to 40 percent of its staff. Union bosses blame Gov. Scott…
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An Illiberal Liberal
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WEAC Demonstrates that Union Solidarity is a Thing of the Past
The Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC), Wisconsin’s paramount teachers union, issued layoff notices to 40 percent of its staff. Union bosses blame Gov. Scott Walkers…
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