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Lisa Cook’s First Amendment Problem Should Concern Senators

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Lisa Cook’s First Amendment Problem Should Concern Senators

  • By: John Berlau
  • 04/25/2022

As early as Tuesday, the U.S. Senate could vote on the nomination of Lisa Cook to be a governor of the Federal Reserve, along with…

Financial Regulation

CEI Comments Explain Why FERC’s Greenhouse Gas Regulatory Policy Cannot Pass a Cost-Benefit Test

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CEI Comments Explain Why FERC’s Greenhouse Gas Regulatory Policy Cannot Pass a Cost-Benefit Test

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 04/25/2022

Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) filed comments on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) proposal to consider climate change impacts in reviews…

Energy and Environment

Elon vs. the Regulators

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Elon vs. the Regulators

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 04/25/2022

A $43 billion sale of Twitter to Elon Musk looks more and more like a done deal. Depending on who you ask, Musk will…

Tech and Telecom

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 04/25/2022

Air travelers no longer have to wear masks, although the decision is being appealed. Having solved all of the state’s other problems, Florida Republicans passed…

Deregulation

My Response to the CFPB’s “Junky” Regulatory Inquiry on Fees

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My Response to the CFPB’s “Junky” Regulatory Inquiry on Fees

  • By: John Berlau
  • 04/22/2022

In response to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) “request for information” on what its Director Rohit Chopra has labeled as “junk fees” on financial…

Financial Regulation

Protecting Pensions from Politicized Mismanagement

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Protecting Pensions from Politicized Mismanagement

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 04/22/2022

Recently the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), an organization of state legislators from across the country, unveiled model legislation aimed at protecting the retirement…

Business and Government

Peer Review for Thee but Not for Me

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Peer Review for Thee but Not for Me

  • By: Devin Watkins
  • 04/22/2022

In February 2017, the Competitive Enterprise Institute petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reconsider the 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding. CEI explained in detail…

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The Flipside of Earth Day

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The Flipside of Earth Day

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 04/22/2022

If I wanted America to fail,To follow, not lead,To suffer, not prosperTo despair, not dreamI’d start with energy.I’d cut off America’s supply of cheap…

Energy and Environment

The Updated Case for Free Trade

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The Updated Case for Free Trade

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 04/21/2022

Trade is a core value of civilization. The very act of trade implies respect for people’s rights. Suppose you have something I want. I could…

Trade and International

Countering Civil Forfeiture Myths with Facts

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Countering Civil Forfeiture Myths with Facts

  • By: Dan Greenberg
  • 04/20/2022

Every year, federal, state, and local government agents take—and permanently keep—billions of dollars of Americans’ property through civil forfeiture. The practice of civil forfeiture creates…

Legal

Federal Judge Invalidates Federal Mask Mandate

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Federal Judge Invalidates Federal Mask Mandate

  • By: Devin Watkins
  • 04/18/2022

For over a year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has threatened criminal and civil penalties and mandatory removal for not wearing a…

Legal

Biden’s Escalating Fusion of Regulation and Censorship Requires Decisive Pushback

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Biden’s Escalating Fusion of Regulation and Censorship Requires Decisive Pushback

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 04/18/2022

President Joe Biden’s “whole of government” advancement of numerous elements of an-interventionist “Building a Better America” agenda is accompanied by an alarming level…

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 04/18/2022

The flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet was sunk. Baseball season began, marking the unofficial start of spring. Agencies issued new regulations ranging from Potato…

Deregulation

Escalation of Surveillance Threatens Right to Anonymity

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Escalation of Surveillance Threatens Right to Anonymity

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 04/15/2022

The Biden administration has pressured big tech social media platforms to advance its policies in areas like cultural debates, climate interventions, and to stifle dissent…

Privacy and Cybersecurity

NLRB General Counsel Calls for End to Secret Ballots in Workplace Elections

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NLRB General Counsel Calls for End to Secret Ballots in Workplace Elections

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 04/15/2022

The general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is calling on the agency to unilaterally adopt “card check” rules for all union…

Labor and Employment

Members of Congress Push Back on SEC Climate Proposal

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Members of Congress Push Back on SEC Climate Proposal

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 04/15/2022

Skeptical members of Congress have begun weighing in on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) recent climate disclosure proposal, and their objections are significant.

Capitalism

SEC Ignores the Easiest Way to Reduce Climate Policy Risks – Oppose the NetZero Agenda

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SEC Ignores the Easiest Way to Reduce Climate Policy Risks – Oppose the NetZero Agenda

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 04/12/2022

The Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) rationale for its proposed climate risk-disclosure rule does not pass the laugh test. The SEC claims it seeks…

Energy and Environment

New Inflation Numbers Show Folly of Price Controls

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New Inflation Numbers Show Folly of Price Controls

  • By: Joel Zinberg
  • 04/12/2022

Today’s release of inflation numbers by the Bureau of Labor Statistics confirms that the loudest voices in favor of price controls are usually the…

Deregulation

E-15 May Do More Food Price Harm than Gas Price Good

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E-15 May Do More Food Price Harm than Gas Price Good

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 04/12/2022

The Biden administration Environmental Protection Agency has announced an emergency waiver allowing gasoline blends containing up to 15 percent ethanol in a bid to…

Energy and Environment

Addressing Forever Crises

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Addressing Forever Crises

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 04/12/2022

It does not suffice for this administration to attribute record 8.5 percent inflation to “Putin’s price hike.” We have endured not just…

Deregulation

Inflation Rises to 8.5 Percent: Straining for Optimism

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Inflation Rises to 8.5 Percent: Straining for Optimism

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 04/12/2022

High inflation will likely be with us for a while, which means I’ll be writing a lot of posts like this. So, for the sake…

Monetary Policy

Rep. Van Duyne Confronts Excesses of Climate Policy at SEC

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Rep. Van Duyne Confronts Excesses of Climate Policy at SEC

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 04/11/2022

Last week Rep. Beth Van Duyne (R-TX) and a dozen co-sponsors introduced the Stopping Excessive Climate Reporting Act (H.R.7355) to prevent the Securities and Exchange…

Business and Government

Algae and High Gasoline Prices

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Algae and High Gasoline Prices

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 04/11/2022

If you have managed to avoid record-high gasoline prices by using algae fuel instead, you have former President Barack Obama to thank. If not, you…

Energy and Environment

This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 04/11/2022

The Senate confirmed Ketanji Jackson Brown as the newest Supreme Court Justice. A rabid fox bit nine people on Capitol Hill, this time literally…

Deregulation

Time for a Sensible Sense of Congress Resolution on the Paris Agreement

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Time for a Sensible Sense of Congress Resolution on the Paris Agreement

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 04/08/2022

National Journal yesterday confirmed what has become increasingly obvious since October 2021: “Biden’s Climate Goals Are in Peril.” The Democrat-controlled Congress has failed…

Energy and Environment

Bipartisan Policy Center Highlights Concerns with SEC Climate Disclosure Rule

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Bipartisan Policy Center Highlights Concerns with SEC Climate Disclosure Rule

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 04/08/2022

This week the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) hosted an event titled “Corporations and Climate: Potential Impacts of the SEC’s Proposed New Rule” on an…

Business and Government

An Emergency Law to Extinguish Regulatory Dark Matter

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An Emergency Law to Extinguish Regulatory Dark Matter

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 04/07/2022

Many of us are pondering when things will return to normal. The short response is: never. …. Nothing will ever return to the “broken”…

Deregulation

NLRB General Counsel Targets Mandatory Attendance Meetings

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NLRB General Counsel Targets Mandatory Attendance Meetings

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 04/07/2022

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo is taking aim at “captive audience meetings” held by employers, arguing that it is unfair…

Labor and Employment

“Right to Repair” Bill Is a Move in the Wrong Direction

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“Right to Repair” Bill Is a Move in the Wrong Direction

  • By: Alex Reinauer
  • 04/07/2022

The Fair Repair Act (S. 3830), introduced in the Senate last month, would require electronic manufactures like Apple and Samsung to make certain information…

Tech and Telecom

Rep. Bill Johnson Asks Oil CEOs to Stop Apologizing and Be Proud of Producing Energy

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Rep. Bill Johnson Asks Oil CEOs to Stop Apologizing and Be Proud of Producing Energy

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 04/07/2022

The House Energy and Commerce Committee held a long hearing yesterday to harangue oil company CEOs for price gouging as the cause of high…

Energy and Environment

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