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CEI Amicus Brief Supports States Challenging Biden Administration Appliance Efficiency Standards
WASHINGTON—The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) filed an amicus brief with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals last week, supporting Louisiana and a group…
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CEI Experts React to Supreme Court’s West Virginia v EPA Decision
WASHINGTON—In deciding West Virginia v. EPA today, the Supreme Court held that Congress never authorized the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate carbon emissions from…
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Ninth Circuit Ruling Against Washington State Couple Opens Door to Wealth Taxes
WASHINGTON—A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit today ruled against Charles and Kathleen Moore’s constitutional challenge to President Trump’s Mandatory Repatriation Tax. The panel dismissed…
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Biden Administration Will Force Americans to Buy More Expensive Cars That They Don’t Want
President Joe Biden plans to announce several measures aimed at lowering carbon emissions, including a new rulemaking for more stringent CAFE standards and an executive…
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Lawsuit Challenges Biden’s National Climate Task Force’s Defiance of Freedom of Information Act
A new lawsuit by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) seeks to subject President Biden’s National Climate Task Force to the federal Freedom of Information…
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CEI Files Amicus Brief in Thompson v. Marietta Education Association Appeal for Cert at Supreme Court
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) filed an amicus brief in support of a petition for cert at the Supreme Court in the case…
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CEI Files Opening Brief in Case Seeking More Lenient CAFE standards
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) filed its opening brief in CEI v. NHTSA, contending the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Environmental…
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State AGs’ Lawsuit Against Energy Dept. Dishwasher Rule Will Soak Consumers
In response to a lawsuit filed by 15 state attorneys general and the City of New York against the Department of Energy’s (DOE) final…
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CEI Successfully Challenges Harmful and Unlawful Conditions on Charter-Time Warner Merger
In Competitive Enterprise Institute v. Federal Communications Commission, the DC Circuit Court agreed with CEI and co-litigants Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute (HLLI) that several major…
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Supreme Court’s Ruling On CFPB-A Good Advance For Accountability, But Not a Great One
The Supreme Court ruled today in a case challenging the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). CEI filed an amicus in the case,…
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CEI to Challenge Federal Fuel Economy Rule in Court As Unsafe
The Competitive Enterprise Institute today filed a petition in court alleging the National Highway Safety Administration failed to fully consider the adverse safety impact of…
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CEI Applauds Easing of CAFE Standards But Further Reductions Would Be a Lot Better for Consumers
The Department of Transportation and Environmental Protection Agency today released the final Safer Affordable Fuel Efficiency (SAFE) rule, partially rolling back stringent and costly fuel…
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Washington State Couple Seeks Summary Judgment In Constitutional Challenge to Trump’s 2017 Repatriation Tax
In response to the government’s motion to dismiss, a Washington State couple not only opposed that motion, but last week filed for summary judgment in…
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Ninth Circuit Dismisses Climate Suit Brought by Children against the United States
A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit today dismissed the “children’s crusade” global warming case. In a 2-1 ruling, the court held that the plaintiffs,…
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New Fuel Economy Rule Sent to OMB
The Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) recently received the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Transportation’s…
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Supreme Court to Hear Lawsuit on CFPB Unconstitutionality: CEI Statements
On news today that the United States Supreme Court will hear a constitutional challenge to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, CEI experts said they were…
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Washington State Couple Challenges Trump’s 2017 Repatriation Tax
A Washington State couple today challenged as unconstitutional a part of the 2017 tax reform law known as the Mandatory Repatriation Tax. This provision taxes…
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Court Ruling Curtails Government Power in Fannie/Freddie Case
Competitive Enterprise Institute General Counsel Sam Kazman praised a Friday, Sept. 6 ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit related…
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New CEI Video Urges Americans to Show Their Support for Faster Dishwashers
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today released a new video making the case for a new Department of Energy (DOE) regulation allowing faster dishwashers and…
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CEI Asks Supreme Court to Hear Michael Mann Defamation Case
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its appeal of CEI v. Michael Mann. At issue is criticism of Mann’s…
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CEI Files Closing Brief in Lawsuit Against the FCC over Charter-Time Warner Merger Conditions
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) and four individuals – John France, Daniel Frank, Jean-Claude Gruffat, and Charles Haywood – filed their closing brief yesterday in…
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CEI Applauds Reports Trump Administration Will End CAFE Negotiations with California
According to reports, the Trump Administration is set to announce it is ending negotiations with the California Air Resources Board over its proposed rule to relax…
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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Lawsuit Challenging CFPB Constitutionality
The Supreme Court today declined to hear a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
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Supreme Court Asked to Hear Challenge to Constitutionality of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The State National Bank of Big Spring, Texas, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), and the 60 Plus Association on September 6 petitioned the United States…
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CEI: Proposed Changes to CAFE Standards Are Good News for Consumers
Today, the Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency released proposed revisions to future fuel economy standards set under the Obama Administration.
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CEI Experts Respond to Supreme Court Hearing on Internet Sales Tax in Wayfair Case
Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) Associate Director of the Center for Technology and Innovation Jessica Melugin responded to today’s Supreme Court argument in South Dakota v…
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CEI Commends EPA for Reviewing CAFE Rules
This is a step forward to ensure the future of automobiles will be cars that are safe, affordable, and what consumers want to buy.
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CEI Petitions Department of Energy: Stop Washington from Ruining Dishwashers
Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) petitioned the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to address the issue of increasingly slow dishwashers—a problem directly caused…
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CEI Sues U.S. State Department for Information on Paris Climate Agreement Maneuverings
Today, CEI filed a lawsuit challenging the State Department’s refusal to act on a series of CEI FOIA requests for more information regarding backstage work…
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CFPB Rule Against Small Dollar Loans Flunks Legal Requirement, CEI Informs Regulators
The Competitive Enterprise Institute released a letter sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) on January 11, 2018 asking…
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Judge Sides with Trump in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Fight
Upon news that a federal judge this afternoon ruled against a bureaucrat who claimed that she, not President Trump’s appointee Mick Mulvaney, is the lawful director of the…
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Court Ruling on E-Cigarettes Could Set Dangerous Precedent
Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled against a lawsuit brought by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the Consumer Advocates…
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear New Jersey Gambling/Federalism Case: CEI Statement
Today, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a lawsuit involving New Jersey’s challenge to a federal prohibition on the state’s ability to repeal its own sports…
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CEI General Counsel Says Time to Invalidate ‘Fundamentally Unconstitutional’ CFPB
A lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will be heard in federal court this Wednesday. Mortgage lender PHH Corp. brought…
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Another Step in the Right Direction, Court Suspends Clean Power Plan Case
It's time for the Clean Power Plan to be brought within the bounds of the law.
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Court Criticizes Schneiderman’s Evasion of Open Records Law
A new court ruling criticizes New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s illegal stonewalling of public records requests. At issue in the case is the key…
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One Year Later AGs United for Clean Power has Fallen Apart
CEI General Counsel Sam Kazman commented on the one year anniversary of “AGs United for Clean Power,” a coalition of Attorneys General lead by New…
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CEI Supports Lawsuit Against Lawless Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Brief Filed Today
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Prominent Climate Scientist Supports CEI Request for Full Court Rehearing of Michael Mann Case
This week, the D.C. Court of Appeals is receiving amicus briefs in support of the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s (CEI) and National Review’s petitions to rehear,…
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CEI Requests Full Court Rehearing of Michael Mann Case on First Amendment Grounds
Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) filed a petition requesting that the District of Columbia Court of Appeals rehear, before the Court’s full…
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CEI Responds to Court Ruling in Mann Case
This morning the District of Columbia Court of Appeals issued a ruling in the Michael Mann defamation case that includes the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Statements from CEI’s…
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CEI FOIA Requests Probe National Park Service Shutdown Decision-Making
Washington, D.C., October 10, 2013—In the wake of National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service crackdowns on private businesses and closures of open-air memorials and overviews…
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Small Business Owners Sue Over IRS Obamacare Power Grab
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 2, 2013 – A group of small business owners (and individuals) in six states today are suing the federal government over an…
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CEI, Southeastern Legal Foundation, Lawmakers Seek Supreme Court Review of EPA “Endangerment” Regs
Washington, D.C., April 23, 2013 – In a lawsuit challenging over-reaching greenhouse gas regulations, the Competitive Enterprise Institute joined the Southeastern Legal Foundation,…
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CEI Lawyer Wins Fight Against Sky-High Class Action Attorney Fees in Groundless Merger Challenge
Washington, D.C., March 28, 2013 – In a victory for shareholders over baseless class actions, a Texas appeals court has ruled that trial lawyers were…
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Eight More States Join Constitutional Challenge to Dodd-Frank Act
WASHINGTON, D.C., February 13, 2013 – In an attempt to protect their pension funds, taxpayers and financial stability, the states of Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, Montana,…
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CEI SLAPPS Back In Closing Brief To Michael Mann Libel Lawsuit
Today marked the latest filing in a defamation lawsuit brought by climate science alarmist Michael Mann against CEI, National Review, and scholar Rand Simberg. CEI…
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CEI SLAPPS Back At Climate Scientist Michael Mann’s Libel Lawsuit
CEI and adjunct analyst Rand Simberg responded last Friday to Michael Mann’s libel lawsuit against them, National Review, and columnist Mark Steyn, with a special…
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Penn State Climate Scientist Michael Mann Demands Apology From CEI
The Competitive Enterprise Institute received a letter on August 21 from an attorney representing Penn State University Professor Michael E. Mann that demands that CEI…
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Key Sarbanes-Oxley Provisions
Nearly five years ago, CEI and accountant Brad Beckstead began to discuss mounting a constitutional challenge to Sarbanes-Oxley’s Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). The…
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Institute Calls for Civil Disobedience on National Donut Day
Washington, D.C., June 4, 2010—The Competitive Enterprise Institute today urged Americans to turn National Donut Day into a day of protest against growing government…
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CEI Will File Suit to Block EPA Endangerment Finding
Washington, DC, Dec. 7, 2009—The Environmental Protection Agency today finalized its finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health and welfare and therefore must…
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Will Al Gore Change His No-Debate Policy After CEI’s Offer of Big Bucks?
For years, Al Gore has steadfastly refused to debate the global warming issue. Most recently, he ignored a put-up-or-shut-up challenge on the Glenn Beck Show from…
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Government-Funded Research Unit Destroyed Original Climate Data
Washington, D.C., October 6, 2009―In the wake of a revelation by a key research institution that it destroyed its original climate data, the Competitive Enterprise…
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Maryland’s March Madness: First Baltimore Colts, Now Maryland Preakness
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Tobacco Settlement Challenge to Be Argued in Court
A lawsuit challenging the 46-state tobacco “Master Settlement Agreement” (MSA) will be argued today in federal district court in Shreveport, Louisiana, amid fresh reports of states misspending settlement…
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Obama Carbon Dioxide Plan Would Wreck Economy, Auto Industry
President Obama today announced he would seek to allow states to restrict tailpipe emissions and order the U.S. Department of Transportation to develop higher fuel-efficiency standards. Both are disastrous for…
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Ten-Year Anniversary of Dirty Tobacco Deal
The notorious tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) was signed 10 years ago this month by 46 state attorneys general and major tobacco companies. The deal imposed a…
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CEI Launches YouTube Contest for Video Critiques of ‘World Car-Free Day’
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Send Your Underwear to the Undersecretary
Sending real underwear to the Undersecretary can be a bit of a hassle, so we've provided a way for you to email a "virtual…
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New! CEI’s Politically Correct Periodic Table Mousepad
Preview of the mousepad available in pdf format. Learn the “new” chemistry from this mousepad guide to…
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Cost of Government Day
The Deadly Cost of Fuel Economy Regulations Statement of Sam Kazman, General Counsel Competitive Enterprise…
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CEI Weighs In On Drycleaning Zoning Proposal
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