The Sacramento Bee
Criminalizing climate change dissent? A new abuse of power
The Sacremento Bee reports on the subpoena CEI recieved for their climate research, which was an attack on their first amendment rights. After…
Watchdog.org
Candidates’ perennial promises to cut regulations rarely pan out
Watchdog.org discusses ways that the next administration can push for regulatory reform with Wayne Crews. Competitive Enterprise Institute Vice President for Policy Clyde…
Politico
TSA hits the brakes on PreCheck expansion search
Politico's Morning Transportation discusses a CEI led coalition letter asking Congress to look into railroad regulators' proposed price controls. A coalition of free-market…
Legal NewsLine
Federal judge approves $14.7 billion settlement in Volkswagen emissions class actions
Legal Newsline discusses Center for Class Action Fairness's reaction to the Volkswagen class action settlement ruling. The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class…
Reuters
In approving VW deal, Judge Breyer dispatches with fee objections
Reuters reports on CEI's objection to the Volkswagen emissions settlement that was a bad deal for class members. The most provocative objection to…
The Hill
How driverless cars can reduce pollution
The Hill highlights Marc Scribner's report on state laws that would restrict platooning technology for automated vehicles. Autonomous vehicles also have the potential to…
Cato At Liberty
Courts Should Stop Approving Unfair Class Action Settlements
Cato At Liberty discusses the issues in CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness’s case Blackman v. Gascho. Class actions play a vital role…
The Hill
California weighs self-driving car rules
The Hill discusses California's draft driverless car regulations with Marc Scribner. Marc Scribner, a research fellow for the Competitive Enterprise Institute, said the…
The Hill
White House Admits it’s Late Again in Releasing Regulatory Report
The Hill reports on how Wayne Crews called out the White House Office of Management and Budget about it's late report on regulations. …
Politico
Setback for EPA in federal court
Politico's Morning Energy reports on CEI's motion to compel the release of emails that a White House official stored on a private email account. …
Bloomberg
VW Judge Says He ‘Strongly’ Favors $14.7 Billion Settlement
Bloomberg discusses Center for Class Action Fairness's objection to the Volkswagen emissions settlement with Anna St. John. Anna St. John, an attorney opposing the…
The Recorder
Final Approval Near in $14.7 Billion VW Emissions Accord, Judge Says
The Recorder reports on Center for Class Action Fairness's objection to the Volkswagen emissions settlement. More than a dozen objectors or their lawyers…
Daily Caller
Another Shot At Free Market Advocacy
The Hill
Group claims White House delaying regs report until after election
The Hill reports on Wayne Crews's blog post on the late White House Office of Management and Budget's report on regulations. In a…
Wall Street Journal
The Regulatory State May Have Met Its Match in Idaho
The Wall Street Journal highlights Wayne Crews's annual report on the size and cost of federal regulations. The problem in Washington, D.C., is…
Washington Examiner
Obama’s regs cost you a MacBook Pro every year
Washington Examiner discusses Wayne Crews's anaylsis on the Obama administration's record setting rule-making pace. With less than 100 days left in his presidency, the…
Rare
Barack Obama has imposed more regulations than any other president in history
Rare discusses regulation's record breaking year with Wayne Crews. President Barack Obama is on track to impose more regulations than any other American…
Washington Examiner
Obama legacy: Most red tape, regulations ever
Washington Examiner discusses the Obama administration's published regulations with Wayne Crews. Team Obama crossed the 70,000-page mark this week and is on schedule…
Huffington Post
New short documentary, “I, Whiskey,” is captivating, thirst-provoking
The Hill
One way to reduce regulations? Give states the power to reject them.
The Hill mentions Wayne Crews's annual report calculating the cost of federal regulation on the economy. As the Competitive Enterprise Institute has explained, regulations…
Politico
Sandberg demurs on going to Washington
Politico's Morning Money highlights Sam Kazman's reaction to the federal court's ruling on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Competitive Enterprise Institute: “Today’s ruling…
The Hill
Report: Obama could set record for most rules in 2016
The Hill reports on CEI's tracking of the Federal Register this year. The Obama administration is on pace to make 2016 the busiest…
The Fiscal Times
In Win for Conservatives, Court Rules Consumer Bureau Unconstitutional
The Fiscal Times discusses with Sam Kazman, the courts ruling that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is unconstitutional. However, from its founding, the…
Reason
A Limited Victory for Limited Government as CFPB’s Structure Ruled Unconstitutional
Reason discusses the federal court ruling that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is "structurally unconstitutional" with Hans Bader. In a lawsuit challenging the…
Cato At Liberty
You Ought to Have a Look: Big Science, Carbon Taxes, and the Clean Power Plan’s Day in Court
Trib Live
Sunday pops
Trib Live discusses what's missing from President Obama and Leonardo DiCaprio's climate change convorsation with Marlo Lewis. Leonardo DiCaprio joined President Barack Obama…
Los Angeles Times
Why should only solar and wind get the tax credits? This industry wants in
Los Angeles Times discusses subsidies for the energy storage industry with William Yeatman. “We’re getting to a really tenuous connection,” said William Yeatman, senior…
Daily Caller
Killer New Regulations On Loans Hurt Women, Blacks The Most
The Daily Caller reports on CEI's study by Hilary B. Miller on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's proposed pay day lending rule. A…
Politico
No Wall Street in Veep debate
Daily Caller
Killer New Regulations On Loans Hurt Women, Blacks The Most
The Daily Caller reports on CEI's study of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's proposed rule on payday lending. A new report Monday shows…
The Hill
UN makes power play against Trump
The Hill discusses the possibility of Donald Trump, if elected, asking the Senate to ratify the Paris climate deal with William Yeatman. William Yeatman,…
Politico
Obama Administration Won’t Fight Court Ruling on Private Email
Politico discusses CEI's Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against a White House official with Sam Kazman. Lawyers with the pro-business group who sought…
Law 360
NJ Transit Crash May Spur Regulatory Crackdown
Law360 discusses the train crash at the New Jersey's Hoboken Terminal with Marc Scribner. While the cause of the accident is still unknown, the…
Reuters
Class counsel in VW clean diesel case: Without us, no government deal
Reuters speaks with Ted Frank on CEI's Center for Class Action Fairness's objection to the Volkswagen emissions settlement. The class settlement, which would…
The Daily Signal
Obama, With Co-Star DiCaprio, Says Climate Change Skeptics Should ‘Pay Penalty’
The Daily Signal discusses Leonardo DiCaprio and President Obama's convorsation on climate change at "South by South Lawn" with Marlo Lewis. The problem…
Whistleblower News Daily
100s of deaths linked to TSA ‘virtual strip searches’
Whistleblower News Daily reports on CEI's lawsuit against the Transportation Security Administration's body scanner rule. But now there’s a lawsuit raising another claim:…
Reason
Lawsuit Challenges TSA To Prove Body Scanners Aren’t Killing People
Reason reports on CEI's lawsuit against the Transportation Secuirty Administration's body scanner rule, and discusses the case with Marc Scribner and Iain Murray. …
Morning Consult
Do Noble Political Ends Justify Abusive Means?
The Morning Consult reports on the subpoena that CEI recieved from Attorney General Claude Walker. Starting in 2014, approximately 20 Democrat attorneys general,…
USA Today
Short-term government built short-term capitalism: John Allison
USA Today highlights Wayne Crews's calculated costs of federal regulations from his annual report. Not to be outdone, President Obama has overseen the…
The Hill
The poor suffer most from runaway regulation
The Hill cites Wayne Crews's calculated cost of federal regulation from his annual Ten Thousand Commandments report. Regulatory costs, which inevitably are passed…
The Washington Post
More might die on the road rather than submit to a TSA body scan?
The Washington Post reports on CEI's lawsuit against the Transportation Security Administration's body scanner rule, and discusses the case with Marc Scribner. Opponents…
Bloomberg BNA
Not Everyone is Happy with the $14.7 Billion Volkswagen Settlement
Bloomberg BNA reports on CEI's Center for Class Action Fairness's objection to the Volkswagen emissions settlement. In August, the attorneys who represented the…
InsideSources
House Republicans Fight to Delay Obama’s Overtime Rule
InsideSources discusses the overtime pay rule with Trey Kovacs. The Competitive Enterprise Institute has been one of several policy groups expressing concern over…
Washington Post
How Trump would stimulate the U.S. economy
The Washington Post highlights Wayne Crews's calculated cost of federal regulations from his anual Ten Thousand Commandments report. Beyond trade, America’s Gulliver economy…
Washington Examiner
Dems’ climate pact ‘doomed from the start,’ group says
Washington Examiner speaks with Chris Horner on emails regarding the subpoena CEI recieved for their work on climate change. Soon after, U.S. Virgin…
Bloomberg Law
Not Everyone is a Fan of the $14.7 Billion VW Settlement
Bloomberg Law reports on the Volkswagen emissions settlement and CEI's Center for Class Action Fairness's objection to the settlement. A proposed $14.7 billion…
Politico
DOT doesn’t try to provide all the answers in driverless cars guidance
Politico's Morning Transportation quotes Marc Scribner on the Department of Transportation's guidance on self-driving cars. Marc Scribner, research fellow, Competitive Enterprise Institute: “Highway…
Inside Unmanned Systems
DOT Issues Autonomous Vehicle Policy
Inside Unmanned Systems discusses the Department of Transportation's guidelines for self-driving car technology with Marc Scribner. The non-mandatory aspects of the policy provisions…
Talk Media News
57 illegal aliens nabbed at Texas stash house, Improbable crime rate study
Talk Media News reports on CEI's Center for Class Action Fairness's objection a proposed class action settlement from the Volkswagen emisisons scandal. The…
The Hill
White House rolls out guidelines for self-driving cars
The Hill discusses the Department of Transportation's guidance on self-driving cars with Marc Scribner. Marc Scribner, a research fellow at the Competitive Enterprise…