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March 20 Roundup
From Walter Olson’s post on Overlawyered: “Lawyer Who Spotted Broker Fraud Rewarded With SEC Ordeal” [Business Week via Bader]…
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Bader on the Theodore Urban Case
From Ted Frank’s post on Point of Law: Hans Bader discusses the seemingly incoherent approach of the Department of Justice to prosecuting financial…
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What’s Wrong With the Violence Against Women Act
From Wendy Kaminer’s article in The Atlantic: Will Creeley of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) points out that “prompt and…
Orange County Register
EDITORIAL: Don’t Throw the E-Book at Apple
From The Orange County Register's editorial: So far, the ebook market actually is dominated by Amazon.com's Kindle device, Ryan Radia told us; he's…
One News Now
When ‘Protections’ Are Toxic
From Chris Woodward's column on OneNewsNow: Canadian environmental ministers wanted to list the silicone known as Siloxane D5 as a "toxic substance." But…
New York Times
Report Maps U.S. Risks from Rising Seas in Warming World
From Andrew C. Revkin's post in The New York Times' Dot Earth Blog: Gillis’s news story could wind up being criticized by some…
Politico
Highway Bill Now Over to John Boehner
From Kathryn A. Wolfe's article in Poltico: Marc Scribner, writing on the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s blog, urged the House to reject the Senate…
Politico
Student Loans: America’s Next Debt Bomb
From Glenn Reynolds’ Instapundit: HANS BADER: Student Loans: America’s Next Debt Bomb?…
Politico
Verizon’s Deal With Cable Companies Finds Supporters, Detractors
From Michelle Maisto’s article in eWeek: Eleven…
Politico
Natural-Gas Vehicles Plan Sputters in Senate
From Ben Geman’s post in The Hill’s E2 Wire Blog: The Senate plan would have expanded credits for purchasing natural-gas cars and trucks,…
New York Times
Rising Sea Levels Seen As Threat to Coastal U.S.
From Justin Gillis' article in The New York Times: The handful of climate researchers who question the scientific consensus about global warming do…
New York Times
March 13 Roundup: Boom-Era Property Speculators to Get Foreclosure Aid
From Walter Olsen’s post on Overlawyered: “Are Courts Dragging Out the Housing Crisis?” [Mark Calabria, Cato] “Boom-Era Property Speculators to Get Foreclosure…
New York Times
Economic Rebound in Doubt as 10 Percent of All US Workers Employed Just ‘Part-Time’
From Gene J. Koprowski’s article in The Daily Caller: “The ‘recovery’ is weak and may sputter,” Hans Bader, a scholar and economics expert…
New York Times
Higher Education Bubble May Explode in Taxpayers’ Faces
From Glenn Reynolds’ Instapundit: HANS BADER: Higher Education Bubble May Explode in Taxpayers’ Faces. May?…
One News Show
Costly Regulations
From Chris Woodward's column on OneNewsNow: With already 600 new regulations in 2012, a fellow in regulatory studies says the United States continues…
One News Show
Koch v. Pickens Natural-Gas Battle Reaches Senate Floor
From Ben Geman’s article on The Hill‘s Energy & Environment Blog: And several groups are circulating a joint letter to senators opposing the…
One News Show
Leave a Light On For Earth Hour
From Peter Roff’s column in the U.S. News & World Report: The modern environmental movement believes that mankind’s activities need to be regulated…
One News Show
U.S. Chamber Pushes Regulators for Hearing on Nonbanks
From Donna Barok’s article in American Banker: The American Council of Life Insurers, Business Roundtable, and Competitive Enterprise Institute, among others, made the…
The Hill
News Bites
From The Hill's Healthwatch blog: The free-market Competitive Enterprise Institute claims proposed reforms of the Toxic Substances Control Act would undermine public…
The Hill
EU’s Proposed Gender Quotas For Corporate Boards
From Isaac Gorodetski’s post on Point of Law: In recent commentary, senior attorney and counsel for special projects with the Competitive Enterprise Institute,…
The Hill
The Autoworkers Obama Left Behind
From Michelle Malkin’s column: Thanks to a separate Freedom of Information Act request filed by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, we already know that…
The Hill
Stop the Regulation!
From Mike Whalen’s op-ed on The Huffington Post: Unfortunately, when it comes to our current government and regulation, the reality is that where…
Orange County Register
As Climate Case Melts, Zealots Resort to Fraud
From The Orange County Register's editorial: That's why Mr. Gleick's antics don't surprise us. For example, Greenpeace reportedly stole garbage from Chris Horner,…
Orange County Register
Flex-Fuel Amendment Makes for Strange Bedfellows
From The New York Times‘ Wheels blog: Environmentalists and automakers, as well as the United States Chamber of Commerce, the Competitive Enterprise Institute…
One News Now
Algae for Energy
From Chris Woodward's column on OneNewsNow: Chris Horner, senior fellow for the Competitive Enterprise Institute's (CEI) Center for Energy and Environment, doubts it…
One News Now
Drilling in Alaska a “No-Brainer”
From Chris Woodward's column on OneNewsNow: "What's so terrible about this is that if Bill Clinton had just let this go through in…
Ecomerce Times
Google Unfazed by AGs’ Furrowed Brows
From Erika Morphy's article on E-Commerce Times and TechNewsWorld: From Google's perspective, it has no reason to make changes based on the AGs'…
BBC
The American bus revival
Transit ridership, and public transport in general, is growing faster than car mileage, which appears to have peaked in the US, according to American…
BBC
The Anti-GM Food Circus Rolls Through Connecticut
From the American Council on Science and Health’s “Health Facts and Fears”: But as Gregory Conko, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise…
Daily Caller
Dem. Governor Claims Fewer Regulations Under Obama Than Under Bush
From Neil Monro's article in The Daily Caller: In his 2012…
Daily Caller
Coastal Drilling
From a letter to the editor in The Ventura County Star: I’m terribly disappointed that …
Daily Caller
How the Dodd-Frank Act Harms the U.S. Energy Industry
From Pete Sepp’s op-ed in U.S. News & World Report:…
Daily Caller
Republicans rebel against an oily transportation bill
From Brian Merchant’s article on Salon: A burgeoning number of Republicans think not. Especially after the grim CBO forecast, fiscal conservatives are backing away. Influential…
Daily Caller
An Unintended Consequence
From George Leef’s post on the National Review Online: Thanks to the college-for-everyone mania, we have a shortage of workers capable for doing…
Daily Caller
Bennett Hypothesis 2.0
From George Leef’s post on National Review Online: On Minding the Campus today, Peter Wood, Rich Vedder, Hans Bader, Herbert London, and I…
Daily Caller
February 17 Roundup
From Walter Olsen’s Overlawyered post: – Mortgage robo-signing settlement not actually as punitive toward the banks as you might think, succeeds in sticking…
Daily Caller
Birth Control Mandate ‘Misconceptions’
From Chris Woodward and Charlie Butts’ column on OneNewsNow: An attorney is clearing up what he calls “misconceptions” about the Obama administration’s mandate…
Washington Times
No Master Lock on Job Creation
From Anneke Green's column in The Washington Times: The Obama administration’s favoritism for cronies is another drag on the business climate, such as…
Renew America
U.S. Hostages Abroad and High Gas Prices at Home–It’s Jimmy Carter Redux
From Alan Caruba's column on RenewAmerica: The U.S. government has been messing around with the fuel economy program — believe it or not…
Indian Country
First Cobell Settlement Appeal Heard
Indian Country discusses the case in which Ted Frank represented an appeal of a settlement that was not fairly distributed and left some class members overpaid and…
Legal Times
D.C. Circuit Examines $3.4B Settlement In Native American Trust Case
Legal Times reports on the case in which Ted Frank represents Kimberly Craven who claims that a settlement was not fairly distributed. Theodore…
Law 360
$3.4B Tribal Land Settlement Faces Challenge In DC Circ.
Law 360 reports on a case CCAF objected to because the settlement would not be distributed fairly to class members. “Not every class…
Politico
Heartland Burned by “DenialGate” Memos
From Darren Samuelsohn's article in Politico: Myron Ebell, director of energy and global warming policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, said…
Politico
House Republicans Push New Oil Drilling to Fund Road Projects
From The Los Angeles Times‘ Nation Now Blog: A coalition of groups, including Taxpayers for Common Sense and the pro-market Competitive Enterprise Institute,…
Politico
Today House Republicans Are Set To Approve Barack Obama’s Latest Stimulus Plan
Politico
Highway Bill Generates Bipartisan Backlash
Politico
Ayn Rand Was an Illegal Immigrant
From Shika Dalmia’s article in Reason: Yes, every nation has the right to control its borders. But both liberal and illiberal immigration policies…
Politico
User Pays
From Politico‘s Morning Transportation: A coalition is urging the House to stick to the user-pays tradition of financing transportation, saying that it is…
Politico
Free Cupcakes! GOP Hispanic Super PAC Reaches Out
From Pema Levy’s article in Talking Points Memo: The next morning, four panelists met in the hotel’s main ballroom to discuss immigration. The…
Politico
Highway Bill Put on Hold for Now
From Geoff Holtzman’s article on Talk Radio News Service: Earlier this week, the pro-environment National Resources Defense Council teamed with a coalition of…
Politico
Federal Highway Aid to Indiana Could Dip
Politico
Calls for ‘Self-Deportation’ of Illegal Immigrants Win Applause at Conservative Conference
Politico
CPAC Panelist Booed for Speaking Truth on Immigration
Politico
CPAC, Immigration, and Racism Accusations
Politico
Co-Author of Arizona Immigration Law Says Self-Deportation Working
International Business Times
Highway-Oriented House Transportation Bill: Why It’s Hated by Everyone
International Business Times
Transportation bill takes wrong road
International Business Times
Tyler Clementi Suicide Case
International Business Times
U.S. Sen. Johnson Says Obama “Not Someone We Can Compromise With”
International Business Times
CPAC Speaker Goads Pro-Union, Occupy Protestors
International Business Times
At CPAC, Undermining the Power of American Workers
International Business Times
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US News
There is No Equivalence Between Solyndra and Keystone XL
From Nancy Pfotenhauer's column in U.S. News & World Report: Whether it is solar energy, high speed rail, or natural gas subsidies, the…
Washington Examiner
SEIU Makes Play for ‘Dues’ From Conn. Subsidy
From The Washington Examiner's Beltway Confidential (also appeared on the National Right to Work Committee website and The Oklahoman): The Service Employees International…
Washington Examiner
Vincent Vernuccio explains the union’s latest method of recruitment.
Vincent Vernuccio explains the union's the latest method of forcing home healthcare and daycare workers into their unions…
Washington Examiner
Employment Law Roundup: Retaliation Charges Pose Growing Threat to Free Speech
Washington Examiner
House Transportation Bill Doesn’t Deserve Passage
Washington Examiner
Seeking Solution to “Incredibly Complex” Issue of Drug Shortages
Heartland
Oklahoma Challenges EPA Haze Restrictions
One News Now
WH Mining Plans Are Anybody’s Guess
One News Now
Retired Justice Stevens Favors Some Discrimination
Reason
Environmentalist Protection Racket: Sierra Club Takes the Money and Runs
Native American Times
Cobell Class Members question settlement, attorney conduct
Native American Times reports on Ted Frank's objection to a case that did not compensate class members fairly, because those who suffered the most get the…
Native American Times
In the House, a transportation train wreck
Native American Times
Transportation Analysts Critique House Proposal to Expand Oil & Gas Drilling
Heritage
Clean Energy: Cap and Trade Lite
Heritage
House of Representatives Transportation Bill Fraught With Bad Ideas
Tech News World
Twitter CEO’s Tweet-Blocking Defense: It’s Just Business
Tech News World
The President’s Dangerous Grannynomics
Tech News World
NY’s Still Too Business-Unfriendly
Tech News World
Boehner Downplays ‘Stimulus’ of Highway Bill
E&E News
As House rolls out highway bill, clash looms over drilling provisions
E&E News
Worst. Transportation. Bill. Ever.
Politico
Opposition to Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Drilling Takes Right Turn
Politico
Morning Transportation
Politico
This Is Not a Drill: Highway Lobby Trying to Push Tranpo Bill Through Congress
Torque News
NRDC Says to Speaker Boehner’s Energy Plan, Don’t Drill and Drive
Torque News
Can Brand Makers Be Sued for Generic Drug Injuries?
Torque News
Daily Scoreboard
BBC
How ‘Europe’ Became a Dirty Word in the U.S. Election
Switchboard
House Republicans Hijacking Transportation Bill to Drill, Baby, Drill
Switchboard
Gingrich, Romney Push High Tech Job Creation as U.S. Lead Slips
Switchboard
It’s Politics: Linda Sanchez Wins Key Step Toward Democratic Party Endorsement
Las Vegas Review Journal
Obama, Romney and Taxes
Las Vegas Review Journal
Killing the Keystone Pipeline is Bad for the Environment Too, the Earth is Not Warming and More
Washington Post
Gingrich’s Out-Of-This-World Ideas
Washington Post
Employers Skeptical of Obama’s SOTU Promises
Washington Post
Obama Proposal: No Leaving School Until Age 18 or Graduation
Washington Post
How Barack Obama Used Taxpayer Dollars to Outsource Green Energy Jobs
Washington Post