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Olive Oil Settlement Uses Slippery Tactics to Reward Attorneys at Consumers’ Expense
When companies deceive consumers, the class action device provides a way to compensate those harmed.
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Top Five Reasons the U.S. Must Cancel the Paris Climate Treaty
Abundant, affordable, and reliable energy is critical to modern-day life powering everything from our stoves to our cars.
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Confusing EPA Budget Process Calculated to Resist Meaningful Oversight
Congress can’t exercise the power of the purse to rein in an administrative agency when lawmakers have no idea how the money is spent.
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Update on Paris Climate Treaty
In last week’s report on developments in the debate over the Paris Climate Treaty, we focus on activities by those of us who support the…
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Cheers to Whiskey, the ‘Oil of Conversation’
Whiskey culture is characteristically welcoming, with whiskey makers and aficionados ever eager to share a dram and a story.
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President Trump Should Ignore Advice of Obama Administration Officials on Paris Agreement
Trump’s greatest contribution to American democracy and international energy policy would be to repudiate the politics of plunder, starting with its most grandiose embodiment—the Paris…
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Center for American Progress’ Make-Work Scheme Needs Details
A debate over income inequality and job growth is worth having.
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Powerful Officials, Like the Director of the CFPB, Should Be Democratically Accountable
While a three-judge panel of the appeals court ruled against the CFPB’s constitutionality, the full appeals court will re-hear arguments in the case on May…
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The Community Reinvestment Act’s Absurd Unintended Consequences
Many neighborhoods designated as poor under the federal Community Reinvestment Act are among the wealthiest in the nation.
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Drone Hobbyist Defeats FAA’s Illegal Model Aircraft Registration Rule
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled in favor of Maryland attorney John Taylor, a drone hobbyist who challenged the…
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Supreme Court Should Overturn Congress’ Sports Betting Ban
The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act is blatantly unconstitutional and ought to be struck down in full.
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Biggest Study Yet Shows the Dangers of War on Salt
History, and consumers, will not look kindly on organizations that continue to cling to their unjustified war on salt.
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Greater Government Economic Intervention Isn’t the Only Way for Workers to Receive More Paid Leave
President Trump, along with his daughter Ivanka, have frequently advocated for mandated paid family leave. Most recently, on Mother’s Day, Trump touted his desire…
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Center for Class Action Fairness Changes Landscape of ‘Cy Pres’ Settlements
The CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) has long opposed abusive “cy pres” settlements that benefit third-party beneficiaries instead of compensating class members…
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Industrial Energy Consumers to White House: “No Benefit” to Paris Agreement
There is “no benefit” to U.S. participation in the Paris Agreement, the Industrial Energy Consumers of America (IECA) argues in a letter sent to President…
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CEI Leads Coalition Supporting DeFazio-Massie PFC Uncap Bill
Today, a coalition of free market groups sent a joint letter to House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leadership urging them to support the “Investing…
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Trump Must Show Energy Companies He Will Fight Politics of Plunder
Energy producers will stand up for themselves only if Trump shows, by his actions, that he will fight for them.
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A Rose by Any Other Name Would Smell Just as Sweet, but These Flower-Delivery Settlement Coupons Are Noisome Even When You Call Them “E-Credits”
Of the actual $12.5 million of real money changing hands in this settlement, somehow only $225,000 is making its way to the class members for…
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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
The number of new final regulations this year passed the one-thousand mark. While many of the new rules are delays or repeals of older rules,…
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Trump DOJ Nominee Unlikely to Bend to Anti-Gamblers’ Will
Steven Engel—Trump’s nominee to head this powerful office—indicated during his confirmation hearing that would not be swayed by political pressure or convenience.
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How Flying Dog Brewery Fought Government Censors and Won
Jim Caruso, CEO of Flying Dog Brewery, sits down with Reason TV’s Nick Gillespie to discuss the brewing business, marketplace diversity, evolving consumer taste, and…
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How FDA Commissioner Gottlieb Can Save E-Cigarettes and Lives
Now that he has triumphed over the confirmation process, Gottlieb’s real challenge—streamlining the FDA for the benefit of consumers—begins.
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Paris Agreement: Carbon Tax Elders Offer More Bad Advice
The same GOP elders who have been pushing what American Enterprise Institute economist Ben Zycher charitably calls “The Deeply Flawed Case for a Carbon Tax”…
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There is No Consumer – or Small Business – Case for the Durbin Amendment
Two new studies demonstrate that there is no consumer case for keeping the Durbin Amendment, and neither is there a small business case for doing…
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Attorneys Targeting Holographic Weapon Sight Owners For Excessive Fees
Attorneys can create the illusion of relief to rationalize excessive attorneys’ fees that ultimately come at the expense of consumers.
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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
Another droll week on the regulatory front, with new rules ranging from UHF television to restaurant menus.
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The Paris Agreement and the Imperial Presidency: My Response to David Bookbinder
The Paris Agreement thus casts a long dark shadow not only on U.S. energy producers but our future as a self-governing polity.
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Misdirected Paris Agreement Debate Fixates on Meaning of ‘May’
This being Washington, D.C., the world capital of misdirection, debate on whether President Trump should keep his campaign promise to “cancel” America’s participation in the…
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The Politics of Children’s Literature
Liberty-loving individuals with children in their lives should take a second look at what’s on the shelf.
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Learn Liberty on Capitalism and Liberation
Learn Liberty’s recent video, featuring historian Thaddeus Russell, highlights how capitalism created an environment where women were increasingly free to make their own decisions and…
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Financial Choice Act Advances National Small Business Week
As National Small Business Week is unfolding, the House Financial Services Committee is now marking up a bill to lend small businesses a helping hand.
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Paris Agreement: Why Trump Should Ignore Obama Officials’ Legal Counsel
President Trump is expected to decide soon whether he will keep his campaign promise to “cancel” America’s participation in the Paris Agreement.
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European Populism Is Nationalist Conservatism
As European conservative governments deploy authority and ignore economic forces, it is likely that the problems facing their nations will intensify rather than decrease.
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Celebrate National Small Business Week
There is no better way to celebrate National Small Business Week than for the Trump administration to rollback red tape that discourages business formation and…
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Democrats Kill Vape Amendment, Possibly Thousands of Americans
It is a dark day for science-based regulation. In the early hours of Monday morning, Congress finally rolled out its $1 trillion budget deal in…
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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
While most of the week’s new final regulations are either routine or procedural, they still range from rural phone calls to airplane batteries.
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Trump Issues Executive Order on ‘America-First Offshore Energy Strategy’
President Trump issued an executive order on Friday directing the Departments of Interior and Commerce to “encourage energy innovation, exploration, and production” in U.S. offshore areas including…
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Double Dose of Good News from D.C. Circuit Court
In a double dose of good news, the D.C. Circuit Court this week put on hold litigation surrounding two major Obama-era EPA rules for existing…
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White House Debate on Paris Climate Treaty Heats Up
Senior members of the Trump Administration met on Thursday afternoon to try to agree on a recommendation to President Trump on whether and how to…
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Technology and Process Failures at TSA
The Transportation Security Administration has a history of tripping over itself to rush out technologies that are ill-considered and invasive.
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March for Climate Another Demonstration of Groupthink
Trump threatens the climate industrial complex by questioning its certitudes, demoting its policy priorities, and proposing to cut its budget.
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People’s Climate March: Recycled Humor for a Sustainable Society
We're recycling our March for Science jokes from last week for tomorrow’s People’s Climate March, with a few additions.
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The Future of Liberty and Democracy in Europe
The classical liberal tradition calls for respecting the liberty of individuals and of conscience, the freedom to trade goods and services, and even the mobility…
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Reason TV Interviews Ajit Pai on the Future of the Internet
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Time to Repeal Special Interest ‘Prevailing Wage’ Laws
If Congress passes a massive infrastructure spending plan, it is imperative to ensure the best rate of return for tax dollars spent on these projects.
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Five Reasons President Trump Should Withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement
President Trump should keep his campaign promise to withdraw from the Paris Climate Treaty and submit it to the Senate with a recommendation against ratification.
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Reviewing Trump’s First 100 Days
This Saturday, April 29th, marks President Trump’s 100th day in office, which offers us the opportunity to reflect on what his administration has accomplished so…
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Activist Attorneys General Urge Trump to Stay in Paris Agreement
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is the gift that keeps on giving. Yesterday, Schneiderman and 13 other Democratic attorneys general urged President…
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An Overdue Review of the Antiquated Antiquities Act
Kudos to President Trump for signing the Antiquities Act executive order today directing Interior Secretary Zinke to undertake the long overdue review of the misuses and…
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VIDEO: CEI Releases Second Digital Ad Urging Trump to Withdraw from Paris Climate Agreement (April 26, 2017)
White House senior advisers continue to meet about the future of U.S. involvement in the Paris Climate Treaty, even though President Trump made a campaign…
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Left-wing Groups Attack Civil Rights Official for Enforcing Civil Rights Act
Civil rights laws do not contain exceptions for particular races, much less countenance segregation.
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CFPB Delays Prepaid Card Rule
Earlier today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced it will delay its 1,700-page prepaid spending cards rule until April 1, 2018. This follows…
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California’s Proposed Automated Vehicle Regulations under Fire
Unless they cease attempting to involve their state in matters of federal responsibility, California’s politicians and bureaucrats will have blood on their hands.
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Energy Policy in Trump’s First 100 Days
President Trump’s energy and climate record is one of solid achievement so far. However, until Trump cancels America’s participation in it, the Paris Agreement will…
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Senate Moves to Confirm Acosta as Labor Secretary
There is much work to do at the Department of Labor. The Obama administration’s DOL spent eight years imposing huge costs on the economy and…
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Bipartisan Attorney General Letter Opposes Electric Vehicle Industrial Policy in EPA-VW Settlement
A bipartisan group of state attorneys general has released of a letter opposing the electrical vehicle infrastructure plan that the EPA negotiated with Volkswagen over…
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Big Changes to Banking and Finance Regulation on the Horizon
Major reform of banking and finance regulation could be coming soon to Washington, D.C.
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Labor and Employment in Trump’s First 100 Days
The White House should fill key personnel positions at labor agencies so that they can get to work on repealing numerous roadblocks erected by the…
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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
The Federal Register continues its slow march to the 20,000-page mark, but is still on pace for lowest page total since 1993.
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Class Action Lawyers in Target Case Hoard the Settlement Pie
It’s time to restore justice and fairness in our nation’s legal system, and the Target case would be a valuable step in the right direction.
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Justice Department Disability Demands Raise Serious Free Speech Issues
The Justice Department’s demands exceeded its authority under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Darcy’s Story: The Need for Donor Privacy Protections
When the government forces nonprofit groups to disclose their supporters to the public, they threaten the free speech and free association rights of those involved.
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African Development Requires Economic and Legal Reforms, Affordable Energy
If the African continent is to achieve the prosperity it deserves, then African policy makers and non-governmental organizations alike should strive to implement pro-growth policies.
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Archbridge Institute Releases Optimistic New Research on Economic Mobility
The best way to encourage more economic mobility is to foster a cultural and regulatory environment where innovation, openness, and change are encouraged.
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The Science March: No Laughing Matter? Says Who?
Using street protests to handle scientific controversies like climate change is only a few steps above using animal sacrifice.
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Separating Financial Interest from Clients Backfires for Class Action Attorneys
If class action lawyers tie their fate to their clients’, there will be ups and downs. But if they jump ship, few people will be…
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Healthy Kids Can Coexist with Flavored E-cigarettes for Adults
Research indicates that flavored e-cigarettes help smokers switch to vaping and not go back to their deadly traditional cigarette habit.
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Stop Paying Federal Employees to Perform Union Business
There are an estimated 1,000 federal employees who spend 100 percent of their work hours on labor union business instead of actual government work.
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VIDEO: CEI Digital Ad Urges Trump to Withdraw from Paris Climate Agreement (April 18, 2017)
White House senior advisers continue to meet about the future of U.S. involvement in the Paris Climate Treaty, even though President Trump made a campaign…
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Saving Coal: Most Foolish Reason to Support Paris Agreement
A gaggle of coal-industry interests is aggressively lobbying the Trump administration to stay in the Paris Agreement, which they claim President Trump could modify to…
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White House Floats Excuses to Break Trump’s Promise to Cancel Paris Climate Treaty
This week, White House senior advisers will meet to discuss the future of U.S. involvement in the Paris Climate Treaty.
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Legal Reformers Call for Repeal of Race-Based School Discipline Guidance
Two legal foundations are calling for an end to federal pressure on school districts to adopt racial quotas in suspensions. And rightly so: It…
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Trump Can Fund Chemical Safety Review while Cutting EPA Budget
A recently leaked EPA memo reveals there are plenty of discretionary programs to cut.
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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
The 2017 Federal Register had another sub-thousand page week, though it is still already more than 18,000 pages long.
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In Wake of United Debacle, Give Airlines – and Travelers – More Flexibility
Most of the time it’s actually government policies that end up ruining a traveler’s day.
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How Payday Lenders & Check Cashers Help the Poor
Our friends at Reason TV have another fascinating video out on the ethics and politics of short-term financial services like payday lending and check cashing.
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A ’21st Century Glass-Steagall’ Would Be Bad for the Financial System
A UK-style "ring-fencing" plan for banking regulation would be a bad idea.
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Feds Back Down After Seeking to Unmask ‘Rogue’ Agency Twitter Account
Hopefully this saga marks the end of this administration’s efforts to unconstitutionally unmask anonymous critics.
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Appeals Court Revives Fair Housing Act ‘Blog Post Harassment’ Lawsuit
A recent ruling by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals menaces free speech in condominiums, apartment buildings, and the Internet.
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White House Should Drop Support for Cronyism of Export-Import Bank
With the Trump administration’s early emphasis on deregulation, there was hope that cronyist agencies such as the Export-Import Bank, Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and Economic…
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A Time for Choosing: Will Trump Side with Taxpayers or Unions?
If keeping construction unions as an ally comes at the expense of efficient use of tax dollars and competition, the White House must side with…
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CEI Submits Comments on Proposed Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications Mandate
Last week, CEI and a coalition of free-market organizations sent a letter to Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao asking her to temporarily suspend the current…
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Glass-Steagall Would Not Have Prevented the Financial Crisis
The Glass-Steagall Act was an ineffective and harmful regulation for a bygone era. To re-impose it now would be to inject additional risk into the…
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Lawmakers Should Shun Long-Repealed Bank Restrictions
The Glass-Steagall Act is the bad idea that never seems to die.
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Want Better Airline Service? Deregulate to Enhance Competition
If American consumers wish to enjoy improved service quality in air travel, they should demand that Congress repeal 90 years of anti-competitive federal law.
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CEI E-Cigarette Lawsuit Takes on Activist Agencies
The battle over electronic cigarettes heats up even more this week as the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s general counsel Sam Kazman argued in court against a…
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Yet Another Study Confirms Ecological Benefits of Carbon Dioxide
So-called carbon pollution has done much more to expand and invigorate the planet’s greenery than all the climate policies of all the world’s governments combined.
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Paris Climate Treaty Garners Unlikely Supporters
The White House announced on March 30th that it would decide whether and how the United States will withdraw from the Paris Climate Treaty before…
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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
Things remain slow on the regulatory front, with a large chunk of new rules being routine safety-zone and drawbridge scheduling regulations from the Coast Guard.
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Freethink Media on the Folly of the Overpopulation Panic
Freethink Media takes a look back on the overpopulation debate of the 1960s and 1970s, and work of one exceptional human being.
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Capitol Hill Climate Science Dispute Yields Advantage to Skeptics
Earlier this week, American Meteorological Society executive director Keith Seitter clashed with University of Alabama atmospheric scientist John Christy over global warming claims.
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A New Approach to Allocating Broadcast Spectrum
More technology that uses the internet means demand on the spectrum can quickly outpace supply. Luckily, private markets have a solution.
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Increasing Worker Satisfaction Shouldn’t Be an Unfair Labor Practice
Companies should be permitted to establish a system so they can receive feedback from employees and remedy worker dissatisfaction. Unfortunately, national labor law generally prohibits…
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For Virgin Islands Climate Subpoena, A Not-So-Happy Birthday
One year ago, on April 7, 2016, CEI received a memorable, hand-delivered envelope from U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude Walker.
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White House Reiterates Support for Air Traffic Control Reform
It’s time for members of Congress to set aside their petty differences and get to work on something truly transformative.
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National Security Is No Argument against Regulatory Reform
On the Lawfare blog, Professor Ganesh Sitaraman of Vanderbilt Law School and the Center for American Progress offers an argument about regulatory reform that…
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CEI Praises Trump Signature of Broadband Privacy Rule Repeal
President Trump signed a Congressional Review Act resolution yesterday repealing the Federal Communications Commission’s broadband privacy rule. The FCC’s privacy rule, adopted by the agency…
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Congress Should Reject CFPB Prepaid Card Rule
One reason why the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has engendered such controversy is because it was set up on a false premise. As I…
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Time to End Official Time
The Official Time Reform Act of 2017 (H.R. 1364) would prohibit federal employees from conducting political activity on union official time. Union official time…
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SEIU Spending Big on Fight for $15
Why has the Service Employee International Union (SEIU) spent at least $19 million last year and $90 million since 2012 financing the Fight for…