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A blueprint for digital censorship in the US?
Internal documents from the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), as revealed by digital censorship journalist Matt Taibbi, showed that the group’s primary…
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In honor of Free Speech Week, end all regulatory gag orders
Free Speech Week is an annual, nonpartisan celebration of the indispensable right to speak one’s mind. While every level of government is expected…
Reason
The Justice Department’s Proposals for Breaking Up Google’s Dominance Won’t Work
Reason quoted CEI’s expert on antitrust atmosphere Jessica Melugin, director of the Center for Technology and Innovation at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, tells Reason that a…
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The Washington Post
Making Defamation Law Great Again: Michael Mann’s Suit May Continue
Jonathan Adler of The Volokh Conspiracy blog covers the D.C. Court of Appeals ruling in Michael Mann’s defamation suit against Rand Simberg, Mark Steyn, National Review and the Competitive Enterprise Institute. …
Blog
5 Great Books on Politics and Public Policy from 2016
A lot of interesting books on politics, economics, and public policy were published over the last twelve months. It can be difficult, though, finding the gems…
Bloomberg
On Climate Change, Who Will Censure the Censors?
Bloomberg discusses the subpoena CEI received from an attorney general as an attempt to silence our free speech on climate change. Eight months…
Watchdog.org
Desperate Democrats turn to states to salvage climate agenda, but will it work?
Watchdog.org discusses with Sam Kazman CEI's victory in their case against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. Late last month the Supreme Court…
New York Post
The disclosure that could end Eric Schneiderman’s career
New York Post discusses CEI's victory in their case against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and his anti-free speech campaign. …
National Review
New York Attorney General Ordered to Release Climate-Change Pact
National Review reports on CEI's victory in their case against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. Last week, New York attorney general Eric…
Newsmax
Judge Orders New York AG Schneiderman to Turn Over Secret Climate Change Docs
Newsmax discusses with Sam Kazman the New York Supreme Court's ruling in favor of CEI in their case against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. …
Politico
North Dakota orders pipeline protesters out
Politico's Morning Energy reports on the New York Supreme Court's ruling in favor of CEI in their lawsuit against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. …
Washington Times
Court orders New York AG Schneiderman to turn over climate change secrecy pact
The Washington Times discusses with Sam Kazman the New York Supreme Court ruling in favor of CEI in their case against New York Attorney General…
Daily Caller
Court Deals Blow To New York AG’s Anti-Free Speech Campaign
The Daily Caller discusses with Sam Kazman CEI's victory in their lawsuit against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. New York’s highest court…
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RealClear Radio Hour: Internet Sales Tax Shakedown and Legal Graft
This week on RealClear Radio Hour, Jessica Melugin and Trevor Burrus discuss freedom from bureaucracy online and political corruption.
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…
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ACLU Blasts Federal Bank Regulators for Unconstitutional Power Grab
Unaccountable agencies unsurprisingly behave in an unaccountable manner. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was recently found by a Federal court to be so unaccountable…
Litigation
CEI v. The Attorney General of New York
In May 2016, CEI requested copies of all “common interest agreements” that were made with or that mentioned other state attorneys general or certain environmental…
News Release
Volkswagen Class Action Ruling: Bad Deal for Consumers
CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness is disappointed by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California’s approval today of the Volkswagen class action settlement because…
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RealClear Radio Hour: Transcending Bipartisanship, Money, and Politics
In this episode of RealClear Radio Hour, Avik Roy outlines his strategy for bipartisan health care reform and Lee Goodman laments the increasing political attacks…
Blog
Government’s Speech Double Standards
Thanks to overbearing government, there are huge double standards when it comes to free speech. Rulings of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) force employers…
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,…
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Sexual Harassment Regulation Expands Federal Bureaucracy
Writing in the California Law Review, Harvard Law School professors Jeannie Suk and Jacob Gersen note that “Today we have an elaborate and growing federal…
Washington Examiner
Dems’ climate probe reaches ‘scandalous’ proportions, group says
Washington Examiner highlights CEI's fight against the climate change subpoena we recieved from Attorney General Claude Walker. The attorneys general also have targeted conservative…
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Obama Administration Attacks ‘Reasonableness’ and ‘Common Sense’ in Sex Harassment Investigations
The Supreme Court has repeatedly said that not all sexual flirtation or interaction constitutes sexual harassment, and that whether conduct is bad enough to amount…
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EEOC to Gadsden Flag Lovers: Shut Up or Face Costly Lawsuits
Libertarian think tanks have been known to distribute lapel pins that display the Gadsden flag, reading “Don’t Tread on Me.”…
Bloomberg
Can ExxonMobil Be Found Liable for Misleading the Public on Climate Change?
Bloomberg reports on the subpoena CEI recieved from Attorney General Claude Walker for their research on climate change. In March the Virgin Islands…
Blog
Contingency Lawyers Undermine Integrity of Government Prosecutions
There’s been a lot of press coverage of the Climate Change subpoenas that were issued and then withdrawn by Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude Walker.
Blog
Reaction to CEI’s Lawsuit against New York Attorney General Schneiderman
Yesterday CEI filed a lawsuit against New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman for refusing to disclose the legal agreements his office made with other state…
Wall Street Journal
Schneiderman’s Climate Secrets
When Eric Schneiderman and 16 other Democratic state attorneys general announced in March that they were targeting Exxon Mobil for its alleged heresy on climate…
Politico
Conservative think tank sues Schneiderman over Exxon probe records
Politico reports on CEI's lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Schneiderman related to the investigation of ExxonMobil and CEI. The Competitive Enterprise Institute today filed…
Washington Examiner
Conservative group takes New York AG to court over climate probe
Washington Examiner reports on CEI's lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for withholding key documents related to ongoing climate investigations. The Competitive Enterprise Institute is…
Washington Times
New York AG sued over secrecy agreement on climate-change investigation
The Washington Times reports on CEI's lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for refusing to release documents related to the climate change investigations. …
Washington Free Beacon
NY Attorney General Accused of Skirting Public Records Law
The Washington Free Beacon reports on CEI's lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Schneiderman from refusing to release documents related to the climate change investigations. …
Reason.com
Climate Change Court Drama: What Does New York’s Attorney-General Have to Hide?
Reason.com reports on a subpoena CEI recieved from the Attorney General of the U.S. Virgin Islands as an attempt to silence the climate change debate. …
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Our Fight against Government Intimidation
Regardless of which policies you support, any assault on free speech is profoundly unjust. And when that assault is coordinated by high-ranking government officials, it’s…
Washington Examiner
Climate change-doubting group slams AGs for ‘un-American’ investigation
Washington Examiner reports on CEI’s video about the subpoena they recieved from Attorney General Claude Walker. A group targeted by Democratic attorneys general…
Investor's Business Daily
The ‘Green 20’ Attorneys General Try End-Run Around Congress
Investor's Business Daily discusses government officials' investigations into CEI's climate change research as an attempt to silence debate on the issue. Many on…
Washington Times
Most Voters Oppose Government Prosecution of Climate Skeptics, Say Debate Isn’t Over: Poll
The Washington Times reports on a Rasmussen Reports survey that reveals voters oppose official's efforts to prosecute scientist who oppose their stance on climate change.
Washington Times
Democratic AGs ignore polls, press case against climate skeptics
The Washington Times reports on a recent poll that says voters oppose government official's prosecuting those who disagree with them on climate change. CEI received…
Washington Examiner
Most voters don’t want AGs to investigate groups who doubt climate change
Washington Examiner reports that voters are opposed to government officials' investigations of those who disagree with their stance on climate change, such as CEI's…
Daily Caller
Poll Shows Voters Oppose Investigating Global Warming Skeptics
The Daily Caller reports that voters are opposed to government officials' investigations of those who disagree with their stance on climate change, such as CEI's…
Washington Examiner
Group says Dem AGs want to protect Obama’s climate agenda with probes
Washington Examiner reports on a letter that reveals the intent behind the intimidation campaign to silence the debate on climate change, such as CEI's subpoena. …
Blog
RealClear Radio Hour: #BeTheNext
In this episode of RealClear Radio Hour—from the 2016 YAL National Convention— Cliff Maloney leads a millennial revolution and Glenn Jacobs—aka WWE Wrestler Kane—shows his…
The Hill
Liberal hypocrisy on the free exchange of ideas
The Hill reports on the subpoena CEI received as an attack on their free speech and to silence the debate on climate change. This…
Foundation for Economic Education
One Man’s Fight against Bureaucratic Tyranny Moves On-Campus
Beating a people into submission doesn’t happen overnight. It proceeds in stages, and requires long-term leveraging of institutions and appeals to moral authority to justify…
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Reason’s Bastiat Journalism Prize Celebrates Writers Who Advance Freedom
Leftist intellectual and media bias can be as disheartening and maddening as it is relentless. So thank goodness for the Reason Foundation and its annual…
The Hill
Exxon Allies Cry Foul Over Law Firm in Climate Probe
Exxon Mobil Corp.’s allies are crying foul over the role of a law firm involved in the fight over the oil giant's history with climate…
Blog
“Web of Denial” Basher Sen. Schatz Ignores Science on Carbon Dioxide
The core premise of Senate Democrats’ fulminations this week against the “web of climate denial” is that there is no real debate about how dangerous…
Politico
Not Angry, Just Sad
Politico's Morning Energy reports on the letter CEI and other free-market groups sent in response to the Senate Democrats' attack on those who disagree with…
Blog
Understanding the Climate Skeptic Witch Hunt in Congress
The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO for short, is a legal method used by the government to go after mob cartels and…
Blog
Senator “Which Way” Whitehouse Can’t Decide Whether #ExxonKnows
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) on Monday introduced a “Web of Denial” concurrent resolution, which “condemns groups who have misled the…
Blog
Kim Strassel Offers Prescient Look at Political ‘Intimidation Game’
Prescience is an odd quality to attribute to a book-length treatment of recent history. Nonetheless, The Intimidation Game by Kimberly Strassel adheres closely to Antonio’s…
Blog
How to Hoist Sen. Whitehouse and Rep. Lieu on their own Petards
Nineteen Senators led by Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) yesterday launched a series of floor statements denouncing fossil fuel companies and more than 30 conservative and free-market…
New York Post
Chuck Schumer’s McCarthyite moment
New York Post reports on Democrat Senators attacking organizations that disagree with them on the climate change debate. The lawmakers accuse firms like…
New York Post
Chuck Schumer’s McCarthyite moment
New York Post reports on Democrat Senators attacking organizations that disagree with them on the climate change debate. The lawmakers accuse firms like…
Washington Examiner
Groups liken Dems’ climate attacks to the tyranny of King George
Washington Examiner reports on a letter CEI and other free-market groups sent in response to the Senate Democrats' attack on those who disagree with their…
Watchdog.org
Conservatives fire back at climate-change senators’ ‘coordinated attack’ on speech
Watchdog.org reports on a letter CEI and other free-market groups sent in response to the Senate Democrats' attack on those who disagree with their stance…
The Hill
Overnight Energy: Senate deal clears path for energy bill
The Hill discusses with Kent Lassman a resolution in Congress to shame individuals and organizations that disagree with their stance on climate change. …
Daily Caller
Green Attorney Says Virgin Island AG Was In ‘Way Over His Head’ With ExxonMobil Investigation
The Daily Caller dicusses Attorney General Walker's withdrawal of his subpoena against CEI with Kent Lassman and Sam Kazman. Walker also subpoenaed free…
Wall Street Journal
The Climate Police Crack-Up
Free-speech advocates have reason to cheer as two state attorneys general have walked back their subpoenas against Exxon Mobil Corp., tacitly admitting that their climate-change…
Blog
Shake Up in Subpoena Land
This week turned out to be a momentous one in the saga of the climate change subpoenas.
Politico
Virgin Islands AG Bails on CEI Subpoena
Politico's Morning Energy reports on Attorney General Claude Walker's withdrawal of the CEI subpoena. A day after pulling back from a subpoena of…
The Hill
Overnight Energy: Obama toughens rules on fossil fuel royalties
The Hill reports on Attorney General Claude Walker's withdrawal of the CEI subpoena. Walker later told the Competitive Enterprise Institute that he was…
Blog
D.C. Government’s Transgender Guide Pressures Businesses to Violate Free Speech
The District of Columbia is now pressuring businesses to violate free speech in bizarre ways in the name of transgender rights.
Politico
Virgin Islands AG withdraws Exxon subpoena
Politico's Morning Energy reports on the Virigin Islands Attorney General Claude Walker's withdrawl of his Exxon subponea and discusses the news with Kent Lassman. …
The American Conservative
An American Brexit?
The American Conservative highlights a report on executive actions by Wayne Crews. Congressional oversight is minimal. There are just too few legislators to…
Washington Free Beacon
Dem AG Withdraws Subpoena of Libertarian Nonprofit
The Washington Free Beacon reports on Attorney General Claude Walker's withdrawl of the subpoena of CEI. Claude Walker, the attorney general of the…
Washington Examiner
Dem AG withdraws last subpoena in Exxon Mobil climate fight
Washington Examiner reports on Attorney General Claude Walker's withdrawal of the subpoena against CEI. U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude Walker withdrew his…
Washington Examiner
Dem AG Backs Down in Exxon Climate Fight
A group of Democratic attorneys general have suffered another blow in their bid to find oil-giant Exxon Mobil guilty of fraud in a highly-politicized climate…
Washington Post
The Real Victim in the ExxonMobil Lawsuit is the First Amendment
In his June 26 op-ed, “ExxonMobil’s climate-change smoke screen,” Yale Law School Dean Robert Post called me and others who invoke the First Amendment…
The Hill
Virgin Islands Withdraws Climate Subpoena Against Exxon
The Virgin Islands agreed Wednesday to withdraw a contentious subpoena it had filed probing decades of Exxon Mobil Corp.’s research and advocacy on climate change.
Washington Free Beacon
Virgin Islands AG Drops Exxon Subpoena
The Washington Free Beacon reports on Attorney General Claude Walker's withdrawl of the Exxon Mobil Virgin Islands subpoena. New York attorney general Eric…
Fox News
Democratic draft platform seeks DOJ probe of fossil fuel companies
Fox News speaks with Sam Kazman on the Democratic Party's discussions of endorsing investigations of climate skeptics. One of the groups targeted as…
Heartland Institute
Federal Judge Rebukes White House for Misleading Response to FOIA Request
The Heartland Institue reports on CEI's Freedom of Information Act lawsuit challenging a global warming claim in the White House's Office of Science and Technology video. …
Washington Examiner
Fighting back against global warming scalp-hunters
Washington Examiner reports on CEI's fight against an attack on their First Amendment rights in the form of a subpoena from Attorney General Claude Walker. …
JD Supra Business Advisor
Subpoenas and SLAPP Motions to Dismiss
JD Supra Business Advisor discusses CEI's fight against the subpoena they recieved from an attorney general as part of the campaign to silence the debate…
Blog
Climate Change Witch-Hunt Expands to Include More Innocent Victims, As Conservative AGs Object
A climate-change witchhunt is expanding to include conservative groups that have never received a penny from Exxon. Attorney General Maura Healey is part of a…
Washington Examiner
The next big feud over climate change
Washington Examiner discusses the subpoena CEI recieved as an attack on their free speech with Kent Lassman. The Virgin Islands attorney general, Claude…
Washington Times
House panel turns up heat after states clam up on climate dissent probes
The Washington Times quotes Sam Kazman on the subpoena CEI recieved from Attorney General Claude Walker. Mr. Walker withdrew last month a subpoena…
Wall Street Journal
The Climate Police Blink
There are few more rewarding sights than a bully scorned, so let’s hear it for the recent laments of Attorneys General Claude Walker (Virgin Islands)…
Crowdfund Insider
Half a Crowdfunding Fix: HR 4855 Passes House Financial Services Committee with Several Changes
Crowdfund Insider quotes John Berlau's letter of support for the Fix Crowdfunding Act bill. John Berlau, a Senior Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute,…
Washington Times
Exxon fights Mass. AG’s ‘political’ probe into climate change dissent
The Washington Times discusses with Kent Lassman, CEI's subpoena they recieved from an attorney general for their work on climate change. Mr. Walker wound…
Blog
Attorney General Schneiderman’s Lame Defense of Speech-Chilling Climate Change Investigation
When a government official quotes a dissenting opinion that was on the losing side of history to justify a speech-chilling investigation, that’s a pretty clear…
Blog
Schneiderman’s New Catchphrase for Free Speech: “First Amendment Opportunism”
Last Thursday New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman delivered a speech (video below) at the Bloomberg Big Law Business Summit defending his investigation against claims…
Products
Attorney General Delegates Powers to Tort Lawyer in Exxon Climate Case
The Heartland Institute discusses the subpoena CEI recieved that attacked the organization's first ammendment rights with Sam Kazman. Other victims of Walker’s abuse…
Blog
Defending the Right to Donor Privacy
The campaign to safeguard the right to privacy for charitable donors is moving one step closer to reality. Last Friday was the deadline for members…
Blog
Politically Correct Transgender Pronoun Mandates Violate First Amendment
The First Amendment is being violated by recent government demands that people use pronouns others than “he” and “she” to refer to their transgender peers.
West Virginia Record
AGs, trial lawyers unite to abuse power
The West Virginia Record reports on the subpoena CEI recieved from Attorney General Claude Walker which was an attack on the organization's First Ammendment rights. …
One News Now
CEI: We’re in legal fight against dirty power
One News Now reports on CEI's filing of a court motion in DC to have Attorney General Claude Walker sactioned for violating their First Ammendment rights. …
Daily Caller
Liberal AG Claims Global Warming More Important Than Free Speech
The Daily Caller reports on Attorney General Claude Walker's refusal to admit he violated CEI's First Amendment rights and quotes Kent Lassman's response. …
Blog
A Complaint We Didn’t Expect to Hear: Virgin Islands Attorney General Now Says We’re Wasting His Time
Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude Walker filed his opposition last week to CEI’s motions for attorney fees and sanctions. As you may know if you’ve…
Washington Examiner
Dem AG: Free speech no defense against climate crimes
The Washington Examiner reports on the Attorney General Claude Walker's denial that his subpoena served to CEI violates the Constitution. The attorney general was responding…
Blog
First Amendment Forbids Ideological Discrimination in Protecting Rallies
Anti-Trump demonstrators beat up Trump supporters outside a Trump rally in San Jose, California this week, while police initially did nothing but watch. As Buzzfeed…
Newsmax
Al Gore, Democratic State Attorneys Generals Out to Silence Climate Change Dissenters
Newsmax discusses with Sam Kazman the subpoena CEI recieved from an attorney general as part of an intimidation campaign to silence the debate on climate change.
Fox News
Senators to AG: Stop Targeting Opponents of Obama’s Energy Policies
Fox News reports on the supoena CEI recieved from Attorney General Claude Walker and discusses its impact with Sam Kazman. Within days of…
Citation
VIDEO: Sam Kazman Discusses CEI’s Climate Change Subpoena on Fox News
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Cato Unbound
No Law Passed, Not Even A Regulation Promulgated—But Servitude Nonetheless
In my last post I suggested that I may point out a few prominent examples of agencies regulating with “guidance” alone rather than the notice-and-comment…
National Review
Crushing Climate-Change Dissent for Profit
National Review reports on CEI's fight against the unlawful subpoena they recieved from Attorney General Claude Walker. Which brings us back to Claude Walker…
Washington Times
Muzzling attempt unconstitutional
Robert Knight rightly condemns the harassment of dissenters by left-wing attorneys general (“The dawn of totalitolerance,” Web, May 22). As he notes, Virgin Islands Attorney…
Washington Free Beacon
Attorney General Withdraws Subpoena Against Climate Group
The Washington Free Beacon reports on CEI's response to the attack on their free speech they recieved in the form of a subpoena from Attorney General…
Wall Street Journal
We’re All in Disney World
The Wall Street Journal recommends Wayne Crews's annual study on the size and cost of federal regulations. We want to get to the…
One News Now
CEI pushes back after AG drops subpoena
One News Now discusses Attorney General Claude Walker withdrawing the subpoena against CEI with Sam Kazman. In recent days, Walker dropped his subpoena…
Blog
CEI Asks Court to Sanction U.S. Virgin Islands AG for Baseless, Retaliatory Subpoena
On Monday, U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude Walker agreed to revoke a subpoena he obtained from the D.C. Superior Court last month,…
