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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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Forbes
Exxon And Climate Change: Are State Prosecutors Overly Expansionist?
Forbes reports on the attorneys generals intimidation collusion with enviornmental activist groups and their subpoena for CEI documents. Last week’s episode of “AGs Know Best”…
The Federalist
Bill Nye Epitomizes The Left’s Authority Complex
The Federalist reports on Bill Nye's support of the attorneys general intimidation campaign which resulted in their subpoena sent to CEI. The attorney…
Washington Examiner
NY atty. general sought to keep lawyer’s role in climate change push secret
The Washington Examiner reports on emails sent between Attorneys General in charge of the intimidation campaign to silence CEI on climate change. The…
Fox News
Email bombshell: Attorneys General worked with Green groups to punish political opponents
Emails obtained by the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) show that the offices of New York Democratic Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and those…
Daily Caller
New York AG Tried To Cover Up Activist Involvement In Exxon Probe
The Daily Caller reports on the emails between attorneys general discovered in the wake of the AG Claude Walker's issue of a subpoena for records from…
Washington Times
Democratic AGs, climate change groups colluded on prosecuting dissenters emails show
Washington Times reports on emails uncovered between attorneys genearal and climate change activists, and the subpoena CEI recieved. The effort paid off. At the…
National Review
The Left Is Coming for You Next
The National Review reports on the subpoena CEI recieved as part of the attorneys general intimidation campaign to silence the debate on climate change. …
Daily Caller
Leaked Docs Reveal A Single-Minded Campaign To ‘Delegitimize’ Exxon
The Daily Caller discusses the subpoena CEI recieved with Myron Ebell. Claude Walker, the Virgin Islands AG, also subpoenaed records going back 20…
Breitbart
Lawfare: Left-Wing U.S. Attorneys General Wage Legal Blitzkrieg on Science, Freedom and truth
Breitbart discusses the subpoena sent to CEI as part of the attorneys general intimidation campaign to silence the climate change debate. Now the Attorney…
Washington Times
The global warming assault on free speech
The Washington Times reports on the subpoena sent to CEI from an attorney general as part of their campaign to silence the debate over climate…
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CEI Will Surmount Crimethink Persecution
Feisty, aggressive, unwavering, and sometimes unconventional—all terms I heard prior to joining CEI last week as president. The descriptions were spot-on. But before the first conversations ended,…
Washington Examiner
Grandstanding AGs vs. free speech
Washington Examiner reports on the subpoena sent to CEI as part of the attorneys general intimidation campaign to silence the debate on climate change.
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Our Take: The Climate-Related Subpoena
Since CEI was subpoenaed on April 8 for a decade’s worth of work from 20 years ago, many have asked “Why?” and “How?” Here is…
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What Others Are Saying about CEI’s Climate Change Subpoena
Since CEI was subpoenaed by the attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands on April 8, 2016, for energy and climate work from 20 years…
Daily Caller
Gov’t Prosecutors Likely To Target More Groups Skeptical Of Global Warming
The Daily Caller reports on the subpoena sent to CEI in attempts to silence the debate on climate change. U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney…
Politico
Senate nears deal on tax extenders
Politico's Morning Energy reports on the subpoena sent to CEI by an attorney general in an attempt to silence the debate on climate change. …
The Daily Signal
Think Tank Announces It Will Fight Government’s Demands to Turn Over Climate Change Documents
The Daily Signal reports on the subpoena sent to CEI in attempts to silence the debate on climate change. The Competitive Enterprise Institute,…
Fox News
Dem AGs mounting Big Tobacco-style probe of oil companies, industry fights back
Fox News reports on CEI's decision to fight the subpoena they recieved from Attorney General Claude Walker. The stories also claimed the fossil fuel…
Washington Times
Intimidation through investigation
The Washington Times discusses the subpoena Attorney General Claude Walker sent CEI as part of the intimidation campaign to silence debate on global warming. …
The Daily Signal
Liberal AGs Have Begun a War Against the First Amendment
The Daily Signal reports on the subpoena sent to CEI by Attorney General Claude E. Walker in attempts to silence the climate change debate. …
USA Today
Dear attorneys general, conspiring against free speech is a crime: Glenn Reynolds
USA Today reports on the subpoena that was sent to CEI as an attempt to silence the climate change debate. This investigation, which…
Washington Times
More studies rebut climate change consensus amid government crackdown on dissent
The Washington Times reports on the subpoena sent to CEI by Attorney General Claude Walker. The latest government crackdown on climate dissent, exemplified…
American Thinker
Competitive Enterprise Institute subpoenaed in global warming ‘fraud’ investigation
The American Thinker reports on the subpoena an attorney general sent CEI in an effort to silence the debate on climate change. The Competitive…
AL.com
Al Gore’s climate gestapo seeks to punish political dissent
AL.com reports on the subpoena an attorney general sent CEI as part of their attempt to silence the climate change debate. Al Gore's…
Washington Examiner
Group: Al Gore using ‘McCarthy-style tactics’ to criminalize climate change critics
The Washington Examiner reports on the subpoena that is an affront on CEI's First Amendment rights. The well-respected Washington-based Competitive Enterprise Institute said…
Politico
Steyer’s questions for Senate hopefuls- CEI Ready to Fight Climate Docs Subpoena
Politico's Morning Energy reports on the subpoena sent to CEI from Attorney General Claude Walker. The Competitive Enterprise Institute, a free market policy…
Wall Street Journal
AM Roundup: A Final Flurry of Regulations – ‘Climate denial’ probe
The Wall Street Journal's Law Blog discusses the subpoena sent to CEI. The attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands has subpoenaed the…
The Hill
Think tank vows to fight climate change subpoena
The Hill reports on the subpoena sent to CEI from Attorney General Claude Walker. The Competitive Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank based…
Wall Street Journal
Think Tank Skeptical of Global Warming Calls Subpoena an ‘Affront to First Amendment Rights’
The Wall Street Journal reports on the subpoena an attorney general sent CEI to silence the debate on climate change. A coalition of…
Independent Sentinel
Greatest Threat to Free Speech…AGs Launch Their First Assault Against Climate Change Skeptics
The Independent Sentinel reports on the subpoena sent to CEI as a part of the Attorneys General's campaign to silence those who disagree with them on…
Bloomberg
Subpoenaed Into Silence on Global Warming
Bloomberg View reports on the subpoena an attorney general sent CEI to silence the debate on climate change. The Competitive Enterprise Institute is getting…
The New American
Alarmist Prosecutor Demands E-mails from Climate Skeptics
The New American reports on the subpoena sent to CEI as a part of the Attorneys General's campaign to silence the debate on climate change. …
TheBlaze
‘Outrageous Violation of the First Amendment’: State AGs Take the Next Step in Going After Climate Change Skeptics
TheBlaze reports on the subpoena CEI recieved as part of the Attorneys General's campaign to silence debate on climate change. The Competitive Enterprise…
Reason
Free Speech Attack by Attorneys General in ExxonMobil Climate Change Probe of Skeptical Non-Profit
Reason reports on the subpoena sent to CEI by an attorney general in efforts to silence the climate change debate. In service of…
Examiner
Speech-chilling subpoena issued by Virgin Islands AG in climate investigation
Yesterday, just a few days after the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) criticized investigations of Exxon by state Attorneys General over its speech related to climate…
Cato At Liberty
Our Friends at CEI Face a Subpoena Over Climate Dissent
Cato At Liberty discusses the subpoena sent to CEI which is an attack on First Amendment rights. The campaign to attach legal consequences to…
Library of Law and Liberty
The New Eco Tyranny
Last week, the attorneys general of 20 states met at a conference “dedicated to coming up with creative ways to enforce laws being flouted by…
Simple Justice
The CEI Subpoena Cannot Stand
Simple Justice discusses the subpoena sent to CEI by an attorney general in attempts to silence the debate on climate change. It’s another…
Daily Caller
Liberal AG Probes Free Market Think Tank For Questioning Global Warming
The Daily Caller reports on the subpoena an attorney general sent CEI regarding their work on climate change. AG General Claude Walker served…
Washington Times
Virgin Islands AG raises free-speech fears with subpoena for climate dissenters
The Washington Times reports on the subpoena an attorney general sent CEI regarding documents on climate change work. One of the 17 attorneys…
Conservative Review
‘Intimidation Campaign’: Subpoenaed Free Market Group Blasts AG’s Climate Change Shutuppery
The Conservative Review reports on the subpoena CEI recieved as part of the Attorneys General's campaign to silence those who disagree with them on climate…
Legal Newsline
CEI attorney cites chilling effect of state investigations of ExxonMobil
Legal Newsline discusses Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's investigation of ExxonMobil with Hans Bader. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who is investigating ExxonMobil…
Blog
Free Speech Violation in St. Paul Schools Undermines Anti-Private Ideology
Leftists who seek to ban home schooling and school vouchers, and restrict private schools, argue that is needed to prevent “indoctrination” or “balkanization.” Rather than developing a…
News Release
Attorney General Lynch Discussed Federal Action against Climate ‘Deniers’
Earlier this week United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch removed herself from any consideration for the Supreme Court, and just yesterday she admitted in a…
Blog
CEI Joins Coalition Supporting Bill to Curb Abusive Lawsuits Targeting Free Speech
Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute joined seven other free market organizations in a coalition letter expressing our strong support for the SPEAK FREE Act, which would…
Reason
Shut Up, Explained the Businessman: How Consumers Like You Get SLAPPed Down
Reason reports on the coalition letter CEI signed in support of the SPEAK FREE Act. Representatives from eight free market, pro-consumer groups just…
CNS News
State Attorney General Climate Change Investigations Are Unconstitutional
Should government officials be able to cut off donations to groups because they employ people disparaged as “climate change deniers,” even if the group in…
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State Attorney General Climate Change Investigations Are Unconstitutional
Should government officials be able to cut off donations to groups because they employ people disparaged as “climate change deniers,” even if the group in…
The Economist
Free Speech on Campus
Judges have long ruled that the First Amendment of the American constitution protects many forms of hateful speech. So the official at the University of…
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The Misguided Attempt to Censor Yik Yak
People often seek to restrict new means of communication in ways that would never be applied to older forms of communication, sometimes based on fear…
