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SCOTUS Hears Troubling Jawboning Cases Involving Big Tech and Government
Today, the Supreme Court heard argument concerning jawboning – government pressuring private entities like social media companies to suppress politically disfavored speech. CEI expert Wayne…
Reason
Photos Show the Transformation of Great Britain
Not so long ago, Great Britain was deemed “the sick man of Europe.” The 1970s were plagued by inflation, labor union strikes, and a rise…
National Review
Rise of the Woke Taliban
The ascent of civilizations is a wondrous thing. On the way up, each generation produces treasures of its own, building on the achievements of those…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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…