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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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Fox News
AG drops climate change subpoena against libertarian think tank
Fox News reports on CEI's lawsuit in response to the subpoena they recieved from Attorney General Claude Walker which was an attack on CEI's First…
Washington Examiner
Virgin Islands relents on think tank subpoena
Washington Examiner reports on CEI's response to the subpoena they recieved which is an attack on their free speech. The U.S. Virgin Islands attorney…
Politico
Politico Morning Energy on New York Times Ad
Politico's Morning Energy highlights CEI's full page advertisement in the New York Times to defend free speech. The Competitive Enterprise Institute took out…
Washington Times
Virgin Islands AG revokes climate-change subpoena after being criticized for ‘abuse of power’
The Washington Times disucsses Attorney General Claude Walker's withdrawl of the DC subpoena of CEI, which was part of an intimidation campaign to silence the debate on…
Daily Signal
Virgin Islands AG Withdraws Climate Change Subpoena Against Think Tank
The Daily Signal reports on Attorney General Claude Walker revoking a subpoena which was an attack on CEI's First Amendment rights. The U.S.
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Muggles for Free Speech
J. K. Rowling made international headlines this week by defending free speech in an address to the PEN Literary Gala in New York. She…
Fox News
Fighting Back: AGs ask judge to block climate change ‘fishing expedition’
Fox News reports on CEI's response to the subpoena sent by Attorney General Claude Walker which is an attack on the organization's First Ammendment rights. …
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RICO 20 Ringleader’s Implausible Denial of Intent to Silence Skeptics
After a recent victory in a FOIA lawsuit, Horner and CEI v. GMU, a Richmond court allowed the Competitive Enterprise Institute to release records on…
Daily Caller
Liberal AG Threatens Libertarian Think Tank With More Legal Action For Questioning Global Warming
The Daily Caller reports on the subpoena that Attorney General Claude Walker sent CEI as part of the intimidation campaign to silence the debate on…
The Hill
Overnight Energy: Labor rift opens over green mega-donor
The Hill reports on CEI's move to ask a judge to fine the attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands for requesting information from them through a subpoena.
Washington Examiner
Think tank asks court to fine Virgin Islands over climate subpoena
Washington Examiner reports on CEI's ask that the courts fine the attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands for violating their freedom of speech with…
Washington Times
Think tank asks court to fine Virgin Islands A.G. after he agrees to pull climate subpoena
Washington Times reports on CEI's announcment to ask a federal court to fine Attorney General Claude Walker for violating their First Ammendment rights with a…
Washington Free Beacon
Think Tank Seeks Damages Over ‘Unlawful’ Climate Subpoena
The Washington Free Beacon reports on CEI's ask that a court fine Attorney General Claude Walker for violating their First Ammendment rights with a subpoena. …
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Facebook’s Alleged “Curation” of Conservative News Isn’t the Government’s Business
Facebook is under fire for allegedly manipulating its “Trending Topics” section to reduce the visibility of conservative topics and stories about the social media platform,…
Daily Signal
Liberal Activists Worked With AGs to Target Conservatives
The Daily Signal reports on the subpoena CEI recieved as part of the attorneys general intimidation campaign to silence the debate on climate change. …
Politico
Obama to Flint
Politico's Morning Energy discusses with Sam Kazman the subpoena from Attorney General Claude Walker to CEI and other organizations as part of an intimidation campaign to…
Washington Free Beacon
Dem AG Targets 90 Conservative Groups in Climate Change Racketeering Suit
The Washington Free Beacon reports on the subpoena Attorney General Claude Walker sent CEI and other organizations as part of the intimidation campaign to silence…
Heartland Institute
Kent Lassman: CEI Subpoenaed on Climate Change Dissent
The Heartland Institute discusses the subpoena CEI recieved from an attorney general with Kent Lassman. In today's edition of The Heartland Daily Podcast,…
Heartland Institute
Bill Reining in Last-Minute Rulemaking Advances in Congress
The Heartland Institute discusses midnight regulations with Clyde Wayne Crews. Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., vice president for policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute,…
Politico
Obama to Flint
Politico's Morning Energy discusses the subpoena CEI recieved from the attorney general as part of the intimidation campaign to silence the debate on climate change. …
Daily Caller
Inhofe: AGs Using Extreme Tactic To Silence Global Warming Skeptics
The Daily Caller discussses Attorney General Claude Walker's subpoena of CEI with Senator Jim Inhofe. Exxon and the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), the…
Washington Times
New concerns about free speech – Letter to the Editor
The Justice Department’s demand that the University of New Mexico define any “unwelcome” speech about sexual matters as “sexual harassment” violates the First Amendment. (“‘Harassment’…
Daily Caller
AGs Use Exxon Probe To Target Dozens Of Conservative Groups And Scientists Photo of Michael Bastasch
The Daily Caller reports on the subpoena CEI recieved from Attorney General Claude Walker which was an attack on CEI's free speech. Walker’s…
Washington Examiner
Attorney general targets more free-market think tank emails
The Washington Examiner reports on CEI's response to a subpoena they recieved as part of the attorneys general intimidation campaign to silence the debate on climate…
Daily Signal
An Inconvenient Truth: Liberal Climate Inquisition Can’t Explain Past Temperature Changes
The Daily Signal reports on the subpoena sent to CEI by Attorney General Claude Walker as part of the intimidation campaign to silence the debate…
Washington Times
The return of pseudo-science
Washington Times reports on the intimidation campaign to silence those who disagree on climate change and CEI as a target of this attack on free…
Examiner.com
Climate Hustle counteracts catastrophe myth, defends constitutional liberties
Examiner.com discusses the subpoena Attorney General Claude Walker sent CEI as part of the intimidation campaign to silence the debate on climate change. …
Washington Times
Title IX order on campus ‘harassment’ violates rights, free speech advocates say
Washington Times discusses Title IX's harassment order as limiting free speech with Hans Bader. Writing at Liberty Unyielding, Hans Bader, senior attorney for…
Heartland Institute
Climate Realists Fight AGs’ Fishing Expedition
The Heartland Institute reports on the subpoena CEI recieved as part of the attorneys general intimidation campaign to silence the debate on climate change. …
Washington Examiner
Environmentalists’ attack on free speech
The Washington Examiner reports on the attorneys general intimidation campaign to silence the debate on climate change, and their attack on CEI's First Amendment rights. …
WND
How Dems are Criminalizing Dissent
WND reports on the subpoena that CEI receieved from Attorney General Claude Walker and discusses Sam Kazman's response. One of the members of…
Daily Caller
John Kerry, Teresa Heinz Family Trusts Invest Heavily In Fossil Fuels
The Daily Caller discusses John Kerry and Terry Heinz-Kerry's trust investments in compainies closely tied to fossil fuel with Myron Ebell. Myron Ebell, director…
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Bureaucratic Double Jeopardy: Feds Order University of New Mexico to Restrict “Unwelcome” Speech
Even if you convince one bureaucratic agency to leave you alone, another may come along and harass you. The possibilities are endless in an age…
The Times
Climate change lobby wants to kill free speech
The Times reports on the subpoena CEI recieved from an attorney general as part of the intimidation campaign to silence the debate on climate change.
Financial Times
Climate change skeptics must be able to speak out
Financial Times discusses the subpoena CEI recieved as part of the attorneys general intimidation campaign to silence the debate on climate change. The…
Daily Caller
Opposition Grows To Liberal AGs Targeting Global Warming Skeptics
The Daily Caller mentions Kent Lassman and Sam Kazman's oped in the Washington Post on the subpoena CEI recieved from Attorney General Claude Walker. …
The Hill
Court holds fate of Obama’s climate legacy
The Hill discusses Obama's consideration of Judge Sri Srinivasan to replace Justice Scalia with CEI's William Yeatman. In private practice, he defended ExxonMobil…
The Washington Post
The Environmental Campaign that Punishes Free Speech
With seven state attorneys general and Al Gore sharing a New York City stage, there was no doubt about it: It was showtime for…
Washington Post
Scientific silencers on the left are trying to shut down climate skepticism
The Washington Post reports on Attorney General Claude Walker's issue of a subpoena for CEI documents, part of the attorneys general intimidation campaign to silence the…
Real Clear Politics
Climate Alarmism Muzzling Independent Science
Real Clear Politics reporst on the subpoena CEI recieved as part of the capaign launched by attorneys general to silence the debate on climate change.
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CEI to AG Walker: Withdraw Un-American, Unlawful Subpoena or Expect a Fight
Yesterday, the Competitive Enterprise Institute responded to U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude Walker, who recently sent us a subpoena demanding we turn over…
Daily Caller
Five Climate Lies The Attorneys General Aren’t Investigating
The Daily Caller reports on the attorneys general attack on CEI's free speech to silence the debate on climate change. The attorneys general…
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First Amendment Fight: CEI’s Climate Change Subpoena
“Attorney General Walker’s subpoena of us is an outrageous violation of our First Amendment rights, and its sole purpose is to shut down debate.” -…
Washington Times
Think tank calls on V.I. prosecutor to pull ‘unlawful’ climate-change subpoena
The Washington Times reports on CEI's response to the subpoena sent by an attorney general as part of the intimidation campaign to silence the climate…
Politico Pro
CEI formally objects to Virgin Islands’ climate change subpoena
Politico Pro reports on CEI's formal objection to the subpoena from Attorney General Claude Walker. A lawyer representing the Competitive Enterprise Institute today…
The Des Moines Register
AGs’ climate change coalition threatens free speech
The Des Moines Register reports on the attorneys general intimidation campaign to silence the debate on climate change and an attorney general's issuing of a…
Washington Times
Prosecuting climate change ‘deniers’
Washington Times reports on the subpoena sent to CEI as part of the attorneys general intimidation campaign to silence the debate on climate change.
Watchdog.org
Attorney to climate-change police: Expect a First Amendment fight
Watchdog.org reports on CEI's response to the subpoena they recieved from Attorney General Claude Walker. In a sternly worded letter, the attorney for…
Missoulian
The outrageous campaign against Exxon Mobil
Missoulian reports on the subpoena that CEI recieved from Attorney General Claude Walker. The attorney general of the Virgin Islands, of all places,…
Newsmax
Exxon Mobil Besieged Over Climate Change Agenda
Newsmax reports on the attorneys general intimidation campaign to silence the climate change debate and the subpoena they sent CEI. The attorney general…
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…
Blog
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.
Blog
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…
Blog
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…
Blog
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…
Blog
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…