Litigation
American Public Health Association v. Environmental Protection Agency
Energy producers urge courts to affirm the repeal of the EPA’s 2009 greenhouse gas endangerment finding Case Stake(s): Restoring constitutional limits on agency power is…
Ongoing Litigation
Litigation
American Public Health Association v. Environmental Protection Agency
Energy producers urge courts to affirm the repeal of the EPA’s 2009 greenhouse gas endangerment finding Case Stake(s): Restoring constitutional limits on agency power is…
Litigation
Bill Word, David Daquin v.U.S. Department of Energy
On June 13, 2024, CEI attorneys (representing David Daquin and Bill Word) filed a lawsuit in federal court in Amarillo, Texas, against the Department of…
Litigation
Hobby Distillers Association v. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau et al
In December of 2023, the Hobby Distillers Association – and four of its individual members – sued the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau…
Blog
A constitutional line re-drawn: What McNutt means for liberty
Last week, the Fifth Circuit issued a remarkable decision in McNutt v. U.S. Department of Justice — one that reaches far beyond the niche world…
CEI to Supreme Court: Please don’t let executive branch set tax rates
Yesterday, the Competitive Enterprise Institute filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to recognize that only Congress has the authority to write the…
‘Are you serious? Are you serious?’
Earlier this week, an editorial in the Wall Street Journal recapped former Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s famous response when a journalist questioned her about the…
News
Supreme Court Allows the Moores to Be Taxed on Income They Never Received
Earlier today, the Supreme Court announced its decision in Moore v U.S. This case challenged the constitutionality of one part of the 2017 Tax…
Fifth Circuit rules for consumers on dishwasher regulation: CEI statement
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an opinion that creates new possibilities for consumer choice and manufacturer innovation in the…
Supreme Court agrees to hear Moore v. U.S., consider constitutionality of tax on unrealized income
The Supreme Court announced today that it will hear arguments in Moore v. U.S., a challenge to a provision of the 2017 Tax Cuts…
Op-Eds
Inside Sources
Don’t Believe the Government’s Talking Points about Civil Asset Forfeiture
Every year, federal, state and local government agents take — and permanently keep — billions of dollars of Americans’ property through a practice known as…
The Wall Street Journal
For Some Class-Action Lawyers, Charity Begins and Ends at Home
We hope the Supreme Court will protect consumers who take part in class actions from being preyed upon by their attorneys.
Valuewalk
Time To End The GSE Conservatorship
When other financial institutions that received TARP funds paid back what they owed to the U.S. Treasury in full, the government relinquished its ownership stake…
