Sam Kazman is counsel emeritus at the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
Prior to joining CEI in 1986, he was managing attorney of the Washington DC office of the Pacific Legal Foundation.
His op-eds and comments have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Washington Post, The New York Times, National Review, and more. Kazman has also appeared on national radio and television programs such as The Today Show, Fox News, Fox Business, and C-SPAN’s Washington Journal, and National Public Radio, among others.
Kazman is a graduate of Cornell University and received his Juris Doctor cum laude at the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School.
Authored by Sam Kazman
News
CEI Amicus Brief Supports States Challenging Biden Administration Appliance Efficiency Standards
WASHINGTON—The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) filed an amicus brief with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals last week, supporting Louisiana and a group…
CEI Experts React to Supreme Court’s West Virginia v EPA Decision
WASHINGTON—In deciding West Virginia v. EPA today, the Supreme Court held that Congress never authorized the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate carbon emissions from…
Ninth Circuit Ruling Against Washington State Couple Opens Door to Wealth Taxes
WASHINGTON—A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit today ruled against Charles and Kathleen Moore’s constitutional challenge to President Trump’s Mandatory Repatriation Tax. The panel dismissed…
Blog
The Flipside of Earth Day
- By: Sam Kazman
If I wanted America to fail,To follow, not lead,To suffer, not prosperTo despair, not dreamI’d start with energy.I’d cut off America’s supply of cheap…
Seven Quotes about Communism
- By: Sam Kazman
Years ago, I pulled together some quotations about Communism that I thought would make good epitaphs for what I believed was a dying ideology. Unfortunately,…
Andy Thompson, Rest in Peace
- By: Sam Kazman
CEI lost a good friend and former colleague last week. Andrew M. Thompson, our very first fundraising director, died suddenly last Wednesday at his home…
Op-Eds/Articles
Issues & Insights
The Dark Side Of Earth Day
- By: Sam Kazman
If I wanted America to fail,To follow, not lead,To suffer, not prosperTo despair, not dreamI’d start with energy.I’d cut off America’s supply of cheap…
The Wall Street Journal
What the SEC Needs to Hear on Climate Risk
- By: Sam Kazman
There’s an infinite range of greenhouse-emission details that could fall under the SEC’s newly proposed climate-disclosure rules. No doubt the agency will cut that down…
Real Clear Energy
Memory Holes Are Greatly Improved
- By: Sam Kazman
Memory holes are much more energy efficient today. And much less polluting. When George Orwell first introduced memory holes in his novel 1984, published 72 years…
Studies
Rule Forcing Tests for Safer Air Bags Expected Today
Protect Federalism
- By: Sam Kazman
Recognize the Elitist Nature of Anti-Sprawl Measures
- By: Sam Kazman
Liberate to Stimulate Index For the greater part of the last century, many people have sought the American Dream by raising their…
Citations
Reason
Environmentalists Are Destroying My Kitchen
Reason Magazine cites CEI’s Devin Watkins and Sam Kazman on environmentalist agendas: “When a new energy standard is adopted by the DOE, the result is…
The Center Square
9th Circuit ruling against Washington state couple could mean more federal wealth taxes
- By: Sam Kazman
The Center Square cites CEI General Counsel Sam Kazman on tax legislation: “They’ve never gotten a payment from that,” explained Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Sam Kazman, co-counsel for…
The Washington Post
Trump’s Push for Faster, but Wasteful Dishwashers Appears Headed for Rinse Cycle
- By: Sam Kazman
The Washington Post cites general counsel Sam Kazman on the Energy Department’s plan to reverse Trump-Era changes to appliances: It was mourned by people…
Regulatory Comments
Comments on Proposed Rule Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain
On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (“CEI”), we are pleased to provide the following comments on the Department of Commerce’s proposed regulation concerning the…
CEI Comments on Joint DOT/EPA Proposed SAFE Vehicles Rule
The Competitive Enterprise Institute hereby submits these comments on the joint DOT/ EPA proposed SAFE Vehicles Rule. We support this proposal, which would (1) reduce…
CEI Comments on The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection’s RIF Regarding Rulemaking Processes
On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), we are pleased to provide the following comments on the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection’s (bureau or…