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The week in regulations: Sausage colors and patriotic education
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates. Attorney General Pam Bondi threatened to prosecute hate speech. ABC pulled late night host Jimmy Kimmel off the…
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Free the Economy podcast: Empowering patients with Vance Ginn
In this weekās episode we cover potential changes to quarterly reporting for public companies, state-level AI regulations, spiking gas prices…
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Californiaās climate disclosure laws will devastate interstate commerce
This week, on behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, I submitted a public comment to the Department of Justiceās (DOJ) notice for…
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Progressive states plan end run around federal labor law
The five-member National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the main federal labor law enforcement agency, is currently down to just one member and therefore…
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GOOD Act markup: The first step in illuminating regulatory dark matter
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) is soon expected to mark up the Guidance Out of Darkness (GOOD) Act, an important…
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Some minimum requirements for a proper WOTUS rule
In the coming weeks, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Army Corps of Engineers are expected to release a proposed rule defining…
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House subcommittee to discuss important Clean Air Act bills
The House Energy and Commerce Committeeās Subcommittee on Environment will be holding a hearing today entitled āFrom Gridlock to Growth: Permitting Reform Under…
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The week in regulations: Date taxes and manifest mailing
Political commentator Charlie Kirk was killed while speaking at an event. While the Producer Price Index went down in August, the Consumer Price Index…
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Free the Economy podcast: Tariffs and economic freedom with Matt Mitchell
In this weekās episode we cover the latest jobs numbers, the emergent community of abundance fans, the limits to taxing…
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Trumpās Intel stake and the Peronist precedent of Obamaās auto bailouts
President Trumpās decision to take a 10-percent ownership stake in chipmaker Intel has been described by many commentators as āsocialism.ā Others…
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Putting an end to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
The immortality of federal programs no longer seems to be a certainty. A particularly welcome instance of a federal program drawing to a close…
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Trumpās Unified Agenda of deconstruction: Writing rules to erase rules
āIt is the policy of my Administration to focus the executive branch’s limited enforcement resources on regulations squarely authorized…
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The week in regulations: Coachella air quality and yogurt vitamins
The Federal Register, which tracks daily regulatory activity, has become less transparent. Jobs numbers for August were disappointing and actually shrank in June…
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Tariffs are taxes and must be legislatively accountable
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has delivered a decisive rebuke to the new presidential reciprocal and trafficking tariffs. It ruled that a…
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The beginning of the end for net-zero financial alliances
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the worldās premier financial institutions formed bold climate finance coalitions. The most notable of these…
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Free the Economy podcast: Clear-but-false ideas with Kevin Williamson
In this weekās episode we cover the Trump tariffs being struck down, Bidenās competition order being vacated, and new research on…
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Messy merger math and the congressional fix
The Department of Justiceās Antitrust Division has offered a glimpse into premerger enforcement activities over the past six months. In February 2025, the new…
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Thereās something wrong with the Federal Register
The Trump-era Federal Register website has been glitching recently. Nearly two weeks ago, I noted on X/Twitter (tagging both @USNatArchives and @FedRegister) that…
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The week in regulations: Deepwater ports and ASCII relays
A court ruled President Trumpās Liberation Day tariffs unconstitutional. The case now moves to the Supreme Court. Countries around the world stopped shipping parcels…
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Free the Economy podcast: Ideological diversity on the right with Peter Lipsett
In this weekās episode we cover Ray Dalioās Big Debt Cycle, scandal in climate finance, jobs destroyed by tariffs, why…
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Washington just bought Intelāand sold capitalism
Back in 2010, I testified before Congress against reauthorizing the so-called America COMPETES Act. That legislation was the precursor to the much-ballyhooed CHIPS…
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The week in regulations: Bird hunting and food coloring
The Federal Registerās website became less transparent about rule counts and other data. President Trump threatened to send the military into a third city.
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DC Circuit Court shields proxy advisor duopoly
In an unfortunate move, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals recently struck down the Securities and Exchange Commissionās (SEC) 2020 Proxy Advisor Rule.
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The harm is the process: Unconstitutional NLRB proceedings halted
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals threw a wrench into the gears of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) this week, and for good…
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Free the Economy podcast: Subsidies for billionaires with David McGarry
In this weekās episode we cover White House intervention in corporate ownership, the nationās falling economic freedom ranking, and welcome…
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The current state of pharmaceutical tariffs
Background Amid the Trump trade upheaval, pharmaceutical products receive different treatment than many other US imports. Pharmaceuticals are treated differently for reasons such…
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Virginia regulations guarantee secret ballots for public sector union elections
New regulations from the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry on āLocal Government Union Requirements and Employee Protectionsā became effective July 30, 2025.
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Antitrust abuse threatens Americaās AI dominance
On July 14, 2025, Jensen Huang, CEO of Santa Clara-based NVIDIA, and President Donald Trump agreed to allow NVIDIA to resume its exports…
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The week in regulations: Import paperwork and postal possession
The 2025 Federal Register topped 40,000 pages. President Trump met with Vladimir Putin in Alaska. The Producer Price index rose at its fastest level…
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Power plant greenhouse gas emissions donāt contribute significantly to ādangerous air pollutionā
CEI recently submitted comments on the Environmental Protection Agencyās (EPA) Proposed Rule to repeal greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards for fossil fuel…