Devin Watkins is an attorney at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Devin Watkins previously worked at the Cato Institute as a legal associate and interned at the Institute for Justice. At the Cato Institute, Watkins worked on a variety of Supreme Court cases, and one of the briefs he worked on was cited by the Court. His op-eds have appeared in National Review Online, The Hill, Time, and The Federalist among others.
Watkins holds a Juris Doctor cum laude from George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School, where he was the development editor on the Mason Law Review. Prior to his legal career Watkins was a senior software developer at Intel and WebMD. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey.
Watkins is a member of the District of Columbia Bar, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Bar, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Bar.
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News
Judge Rejects CDC’s Unfounded Mask Mandate for Travel
U.S. District Court Judge Mizelle today vacated the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) mask mandate for public transit, such as airports, train stations, airplanes,…
CEI Files Court Petition Challenging EPA Vehicle Emissions Rule
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today filed a petition for review with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of itself, four…
Court Stops Biden Admin from Transformative Expansion in Regulatory Authority
A federal court blocked the Biden Administration from implementing “social cost of carbon” regulations today. CEI experts reacted to the decision. Senior fellow…
Blog
Congress Must Decide How to Choose Between Courts and Agency Adjudication
- By: Devin Watkins
For some time, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has had a choice of prosecutorial forums. It has been able to choose between prosecuting violators…
Fifth Circuit Upholds the Right to A Jury Trial Against the SEC
- By: Devin Watkins
John Thomas Financial CEO Thomas Belesis was riding high, having been awarded the 2011 Businessman of the Year Award from the New York Republicans. While…
Peer Review for Thee but Not for Me
- By: Devin Watkins
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…
Op-Eds/Articles
The Washington Examiner
OSHA Cannot Constitutionally Coerce People into Vaccinations
- By: Devin Watkins
President Joe Biden says he will have federal regulators make employers require workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19, or else they’ll…
The Daily Press
Moderate Decisions Could Prompt GOP to Rethink Court Nominations
- By: Devin Watkins
Justice Amy Barrett’s confirmation to the Supreme Court would spell doom for the Affordable Care Act, Roe v. Wade, and the 2015 Obergefell ruling on…
Inside Sources
Counterpoint: Fix the Court, but Justice Should Not Be Random
- By: Devin Watkins
Calls for “judicial reform” have too often been code for seeking changes to the courts for partisan advantage. This is why “reform” is rarely accomplished.
Citations
E&E News
Inside a Legal Doctrine that Could Derail Biden Climate Regs
- By: Devin Watkins
E&E News cites CEI Attorney Devin Watkins on the EPA’s new legislation outlining vehicle emissions standards: As in the Supreme Court power plant…
E&E News
Group Asks EPA to Nix Fuel Rule that Relied on Climate Metric
- By: Devin Watkins
E&E News cites Attorney Devin Watkins on the EPA’s social cost of carbon: A conservative think tank is asking EPA to reconsider its recent…
New York Times
Supreme Court to Hear Case on E.P.A.’s Power to Limit Carbon Emissions
- By: Devin Watkins
The New York Times cites CEI attorney Devin Watkins on the Supreme Court hearing a case on the EPA’s power to limit carbon emissions.