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Unconstitutionality Index going into 2024: 46 rules for every law
The Biden’s administration’s 3,018 rules and regulations of 2023 is fairly typical of agency output these days. But while rule counts remain relatively stable,…
![This week in ridiculous regulations: 2023 year-end special](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-1073737100-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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This week in ridiculous regulations: 2023 year-end special
The tentative final numbers for new regulations for 2023 are in: The final four-day week of 2023 was relatively slow: 60 final regulations, 34 proposed…
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Federal Register 2023 gives Congress 90,402 reasons to restrain the regulators
As we bid farewell to 2023 and ring in 2024, the Federal Register reveals a noteworthy chapter in regulatory history under the Joe Biden administration.
![Transparent New Year: SEC shows its work after CEI prodding](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-1178741587-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Transparent New Year: SEC shows its work after CEI prodding
As we enter the New Year, it is important to reflect on what went well and not so well in 2023. We should do our…
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Liz Warren’s revolving door with Wall Street
There was an interesting development in the world of big government and big business recently. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) declared that “The abuse of…
![American small businesses are paying through the roof for regulations](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-1477013200-1-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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American small businesses are paying through the roof for regulations
In a new column at Forbes, I take look at the National Association of Manufacturers’ (NAM) update of its …
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Free the Economy podcast: Avoiding a Central Bank Digital Currency with Nicholas Anthony
In this week’s episode we cover the legislative record of House of Representatives in 2023, the proliferation of conferences about ESG investing,…
![No, we don’t want as many new laws as possible](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-1225009218-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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No, we don’t want as many new laws as possible
The New York Times recently published an article reviewing what happened in the House of Representatives over the past 12 months, and it gives…
![This week in ridiculous regulations: Oxides of nitrogen and approaching of whales](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-683115142-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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This week in ridiculous regulations: Oxides of nitrogen and approaching of whales
Congress has adjourned until January, so the Republic is safe until then. The Fourteenth Amendment suddenly became a factor in the presidential race. Meanwhile,…
![The existential threat AI poses to the Screen Actors Guild](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-1548600135-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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The existential threat AI poses to the Screen Actors Guild
The Screen Actors Guild recently concluded a lengthy strike against Hollywood studios with a contract that included new protections for its members from artificial…
![Even the University of California system has dropped carbon offsets](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-518503963-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Even the University of California system has dropped carbon offsets
MIT Technology Review just published an article on one of my perennial favorite topics, carbon offsets. According to senior editor James Temple, the University…
![Dear California, just let the trains run](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1620655367-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Dear California, just let the trains run
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) in April approved regulations to ban the operation of diesel locomotives in California and the rule goes…
![Free the Economy podcast: (De-)regulating tech and AI with Adam Thierer](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/e52-free-the-economy-578x324-c-default.png)
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Free the Economy podcast: (De-)regulating tech and AI with Adam Thierer
In this week’s episode we cover social mobility in the 50 states, Elizabeth Warren’s revolving door with Wall Street, the latest…
![A steel sumo that might wrestle China to the mat](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-1270003865-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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A steel sumo that might wrestle China to the mat
There are ironies a-plenty in the news that Japan’s Nippon Steel Corp. plans to buy U.S. Steel. The fact that a foreign company would own…
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New Liquefied Natural Gas ruling makes Jones Act even more unreasonable
A new Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) decision will make compliance with the Jones Act even more onerous for natural gas producers. The…
![FDA power grab would hurt labs, patients, rule of law](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/GettyImages-525440759-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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FDA power grab would hurt labs, patients, rule of law
The Food and Drug Administration has proposed to amend one of its rules for the purpose of unlawfully expanding its jurisdiction over diagnostic tests.
![Silver lining? New federal merger guidelines: 11 bad ideas instead of 13!](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-1475073155-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Silver lining? New federal merger guidelines: 11 bad ideas instead of 13!
Today the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) jointly issued their final version of the 2023 Merger Guidelines.
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Should government-favored non-profits have their own shadow courts?
Imagine being sued by a private nonprofit that is sanctioned by a federal agency to enforce securities laws. The nonprofit appoints its own judges and…
![This week in ridiculous regulations: Baby formula waivers and phonorecords](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Baby-formula-GettyImages-1265018329-1-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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This week in ridiculous regulations: Baby formula waivers and phonorecords
The 2023 Federal Register became the second-largest ever, dating back to 1936. A new CEI study makes the case for reforming administrative law…
![CEI’s The Surge: COP28, House passes car legislation, and carbon taxes](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-1451866244-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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CEI’s The Surge: COP28, House passes car legislation, and carbon taxes
If you are interested in analysis and perspective on current energy and environmental issues, then we encourage you to subscribe to this new publication…
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Defense bill amendment could help undo China’s unfair advantage in environmental treaties
Congress is currently considering the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (NDAA), including a long list of amendments added to the bill.
![FTC replies to CEI in auto dealer rule, still full of hot, nitrogen-poor air](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Tire-GettyImages-1335066558-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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FTC replies to CEI in auto dealer rule, still full of hot, nitrogen-poor air
This week, the Federal Trade Commission issued its long-awaited, nearly-400 page nannyist final rule on auto and other motor vehicle dealers sales. The rule…
![Obscuring the SEC’s climate disclosure rule may invite a host of legal problems](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-1415997075-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Obscuring the SEC’s climate disclosure rule may invite a host of legal problems
The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) pending climate disclosure rule has been delayed yet again. The climate disclosure rule will require publicly traded companies to quantify…
![Common sense has left the building: The push to redefine joint employer rule](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-1166779243-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Common sense has left the building: The push to redefine joint employer rule
The National Labor Relations Board did something earlier this year that union leaders and their allies on Capitol Hill have long demanded: It expanded…
![Free the Economy podcast: Making Congress work with Kevin Kosar](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/e51-free-the-economy-578x324-c-default.png)
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Free the Economy podcast: Making Congress work with Kevin Kosar
In this week’s episode we cover people who fetishize old homes, the big AI risk no one’s talking about, how environmentalist activists…
![America’s unfair second court system](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-1413747954-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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America’s unfair second court system
Stone Washington and I have a paper out today on reforming administrative law courts, or ALCs. We also summarize our findings over at National…
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Federal Reserve to cut interest rates next year?
As expected, the Federal Reserve kept the federal funds rate the same this week, which influences other interest rates, including car and mortgage payments. The…
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Khan’s FTC could harm America’s competitiveness abroad
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) threatens to put US global competitiveness at risk by pursuing stringent antitrust goals that target the largest American tech companies,…
![Senators asking the right question on nuclear license renewals](https://cei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/GettyImages-658599072-578x324-c-default.jpg)
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Senators asking the right question on nuclear license renewals
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) ranking member of the SenateEnvironment and Public Works Committee and Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-NE) ranking member of the Committee’s Subcommittee on…
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Biden’s yearly Federal Register second-highest page count ever, could still score number one
The Federal Register is the daily depository of rules and regulations. Today, the count stood at 86,256 pages, with three weeks to go for Joe…