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Could Legal ‘Loophole’ Lead to Land Claims on Other Worlds?”
From Alan Boyle’s post on MSNBC.com: The concept was unveiled last week by Rand Simberg, an adjunct scholar at the Washington-based Competitive Enterprise…
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Stalking a Claim on the Moon
From Jeff Foust’s article in The Space Review: The current round in the debate over property rights in space started with the publication…
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AM Briefing
From The Washington Post‘s ThinkTanked: Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Matt Patterson: PETA vs. people … and animals. (Washington Examiner)…
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Coalition Challenges Conn. Governor on Labor Issue
From Michael P. Tremoglie’s article in Legal Newsline: “It is just one more example of the (Service Employees International Union’s) campaign of stealth…
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Legal Loophole May Pave Way For Private Ownership Of Outer Space
From Andres Jaregui’s article in The Huffington Post: A shift in policy could open up the moon and other celestial bodies to ownership…
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Loophole Could Allow Private Land Claims on Other Worlds
From Adam Mann’s article in Wired: Full blown colonization and settlement of other planets, moons and even asteroids might actually happen, says space…
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The Truth About the Republican War on Caterpillars
From Molly Ball’s article in The Atlantic: In a similar gesture of outrageous insensitivity to the feelings of Creepy-Crawly-Americans, some conservatives also want…
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AM Briefing
From The Washington Post‘s ThinkTanked: Competitive Enterprise Institute’s John Berlau: A breather from regulations. (National Review)…
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Uttered in 2008, Still Haunting Obama in 2012
From Erica Martinson’s article in Politico: Matt Patterson of the Competitive Enterprise Institute began an opinion piece March 29 in the Washington Times…
Citation
Ground Control To Major Tom…Keep It Local, Man…
From Anita Cooper’s article in RealtyBizNews: Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Adjunct Scholar, Rand Simberg, has been working to make the recognition of lunar property…
Tech News World
EU Puts Motorola on the Hot Seat
From Erika Morphy's article in E-Commerce Times: These days, the reaction to any complaint about patent infringement — especially in the mobility space…
Tech News World
The Ugly Truth About Law Schools
From George Leef’s post in National Review Online: Hans Bader of the Competitive Enterprise Institute blows the whistle on…
Legal News Line
The EPA’s Encroachment of Power
From Michael P. Tremoglie's article in Legal Newsline: The past few months have seen the EPA criticized by the very same court which…
Orange County Register
California Shuns Black Gold
From an Orange County Register editorial: "Part of the intentional destruction of the California economy is raising energy prices," Myron Ebell told us;…
Orange County Register
GOP Elders Conflicted About Future NASA, Commercial Space Projects
From Gene J. Koprowski’s article in The Daily Caller: This week, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based free-market think tank, released a…
Orange County Register
Free-Market Fans Encourage Rush for Off-Plant Real Estate
From Rebecca Boyle’s article in Popular Science: Getting to the moon is a noble and ambitious goal for any country, and other nations…
Orange County Register
Judge Rules in Case Over Wis. Collective Bargaining Law
From Michael P. Tremoglie’s article in Legal Newsline: According to Vincent Verduccio, the labor policy counsel for the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington,…
Orange County Register
Entrepreneurs Win Half a Loaf With the JOBS Act
From Tim Carney’s column in The Washington Examiner: Crowdfunding is a way of financing a business venture without a financial intermediary or a…
Orange County Register
Lights Off for Earth Hour? Rightbloggers Leave Lights On, Declare Victory Over So-Called “Environment”
From Roy Edroso’s article in The Village Voice: As we explained last year, Human Achievement Hour was founded in…
Sun Live
Winning Millions, Saving the Planet and Pink Boots
From Brian Rogers' article in SunLive: Meanwhile, clear-thinking readers were again subjected to another dose of Earth Hour nonsense this week – when…
CBS Seattle
Will Apple’s Staggering Growth One Day Be Its Undoing?
From Candice Lee Hefland's article for CBS Seattle: “Saturation is not a huge concern. If anything, Apple devices will continue to proliferate a…
Fox News
Let There Be Light: ‘Human Achievement Hour’ to Coincide With Earth Hour
From Fox News: The Competitive Enterprise Institute plans to commemorate Earth Hour 2012 with its "Human Achievement Hour," 60 minutes to…
Fox News
Lighten Up
From Jennifer Harper’s Inside the Beltway: Earth Hour: Oh, it does sound so noble, a veritable Al Gore-ian delight. Landmarks around the…
Fox News
Will Congress Stop NLRB?
Imagine an election in which one candidate may campaign for a year while the other is only allowed to enter the race a week before…
Fox News
Congress Must Act Now on Federal Transportation Bill
From a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial: As we noted in a February editorial, that bill has received significant opposition from such conservative and…
Fox News
CEI to Host Norquist-Lott Book Party
From Betsy Rothstein’s post on FishbowlDC: The Competitive Enterprise Institute and Christian Josi are hosting a book party and signing tomorrow at CEI…
Fox News
Stearns’ Healthcare Record Questioned
From Bill Thompson’s article in The Gainesville Sun: Such remarks echo a common refrain among conservative critics of President Barack…
Fox News
The Hidden Flaw in the Bipartisan JOBS Act
From Michelle Hirsch’s article in The Fiscal Times: The bill has members of the business community cheering, calling it a first step in…
Fox News
Presence of Lead, Other Chemicals in Cosmetics Poses Concerns
From Barbara Bradley’s article in The Commercial Appeal: The Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit advocacy group headquartered in Washington, posts some hair-raising information…
Fox News
Goldman Sachs and the Free Market
John Berlau on Goldman Sachs and the Free Market…
Fox News
A Small Victory Against the EPA
From Issac Gorodetski’s post on Point of Law: Hans Bader, senior attorney and counsel for special projects with the Competitive Enterprise Institute,…
Fox News
March 23 Roundup
From Walter Olsen’s post on Overlawyered: Just what European business needs: gender quotas for corporate boards [Bader, CEI]…
Fox News
Crowdfunding Legislation Both Panned and Praised
From Investor’s Business Daily and Yahoo! Finance: Business observers say there is growing and widespread enthusiasm in the U.S. to provide greater support…
Fox News
HHS Deems Rate Hikes Excessive in Nine States
From Michael P. Tremoglie’s article on Legal Newsline: But the issue of the government telling insurers how much premiums should be is a…
Fox News
Justices Allow Challenge to EPA Control of Wetlands
From Felicity Barringer’s article in The New York Times: The Sacketts were represented by the Pacific Legal Foundation, a libertarian…
Fox News
Supreme Court Rules Against EPA ‘Strong Arm’
From Michael Tremoglie’s article on LegalNewsline: Many organizations filed amicus briefs in favor of the Sacketts. Among them were the U.S. Chamber of…
ARS Technica
Witnesses Warn Verizon-Comcast Deal Will Damage Competition
From Timothy B. Lee's article on ArsTechnica: We asked Ryan Radia, an analyst at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, to comment on the hearing.
ARS Technica
Score One For Freedom, One Against EPA
From Paul Mulshine’s post in The Star Ledger Blogs: You can get a good summation here on the Competitive Enterprise Institute blog.
Cornell University Law School
Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency
From Justice Samuel Alito's concurring opinion in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency: Far from providing clarity and predictability, the agency’s latest informal guidance…
Cornell University Law School
EDITORIAL: Obama’s Bogus Rules
From a Washington Times editorial: The scope of federal rule-making is bewildering. More than 700 new final rules have been published this year,…
Cornell University Law School
NLRB Touts Union Election Record
From Michael P. Tremoglie’s article on LegalNewsLine: Vincent Vernuccio is the Labor Policy Counsel at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. He found the NLRB’s…
Cornell University Law School
Bell’s Critical Race Theory Promoted in Public Schools
From Kyle Olson’s post on BigGovernment: A radical organization known as the Pacific Educational Group (PEG) is actively promoting Derrick Bell’s Critical Race…
Cornell University Law School
March 20 Roundup
From Walter Olson’s post on Overlawyered: “Lawyer Who Spotted Broker Fraud Rewarded With SEC Ordeal” [Business Week via Bader]…
Cornell University Law School
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…
Cornell University Law School
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