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Letters

CEI Joins Trump Transition Leaders to Urge President Trump to Continue with CAFE Reforms

  • 05/10/2018

As members of your presidential transition team, we write to thank you for the tremendous progress that America has made under your leadership. As a…

Automobiles and Roads

Comment

CEI Comments on Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 05/10/2018

On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (“CEI”), I respectfully submit these comments in response to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (“FMCSA”) Request for…

Automobiles and Roads

Comment

CEI Comments on Automation in the Railroad Industry to the Federal Railroad Administration

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 05/07/2018

On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (“CEI”), I respectfully submit these comments in response to the Federal Railroad Administration’s (“FRA”) Request for Information on…

Rail and Mass Transit

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter to Support H.R. 3825, the Harmonization of Coverage Act of 2017

  • 05/04/2018

On behalf of the Coalition to Promote Independent Entrepreneurs, a national coalition of trade associations, companies, and independent entrepreneurs that support an individual’s right to…

Labor and Employment

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Opposing Carbon Tax

  • 04/26/2018

View Full Document as PDF Dear Members of Congress: The undersigned organizations urge you to support the concurrent resolution, introduced by Majority…

Energy and Environment

Comment

CEI Comments on EPA’s Proposed Rule to Repeal the Clean Power Plan

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 04/26/2018

View Full Document as PDF Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2017–0355 Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Environmental…

Energy and Environment

Letters

CEI Leads Coalition Supporting Amendment to FAA Reauthorization Act to Remove Cap on the Passenger Facility Charge

  • 04/23/2018

View Full Document as PDF Dear Chairman Pete Sessions, Ranking Member Jim McGovern: We write today to express our strong support of…

Transportation

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging President Trump to Support and Improved Trans-Pacific Partnership

  • 04/20/2018

View Full Document as PDF Dear President Trump: We agree with the 25 United States Senators who recently urged you to secure…

Trade and International

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Supporting Scott Pruitt

  • 04/12/2018

Read the Letter at Conservative Action Project Conservatives stand behind Scott Pruitt as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and thank…

Energy and Environment

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Urging President Trump to Support an Improved Trans-Pacific Partnership

  • 04/11/2018

View Full Document as PDF Dear President Trump: We agree with the 25 United States Senators who recently urged you to…

Trade and International

Letters

CEI Coalition Letter to Senate Commerce on Surface Transportation Board Nominee Confirmation Hearing

  • 04/10/2018

View Full Document as PDF Dear Chairman Thune, Ranking Member Nelson, and members of the Committee: We write today on the forthcoming…

Transportation

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Supporting Inclusion of REINS Act Language in NAFTA

  • 04/06/2018

View Full Document as PDF Mr. President: On behalf of millions of members and supporters of our organizations, we write in appreciation…

Trade and International

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Urging Revocation of California’s Waiver from the Clean Air Act

  • 04/04/2018

View Full Document as PDF Dear Administrator Pruitt: Our organizations write today to call for the revocation of California’s waiver from the…

Energy and Environment

Legal Brief

Brief of Amicus Curiae of Competitive Enterprise Institute in South Dakota v. Wayfair

  • 04/04/2018

View Full Document as PDF Before overruling precedent, it is important to evaluate that precedent from a broader constitutional perspective. Precedents that…

Law and Litigation

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Praising EPA, DOT for Steps to CAFE Standard Reform

  • 04/02/2018

View Full Document as PDF Dear Secretary Chao and Administrator Pruitt: We are writing to thank you for your principled leadership on…

Energy and Environment

Comment

Letter to the NLRB Office of Inspector General on Mark Gaston Pearce

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 03/27/2018

View Full Document as PDF Dear Inspector General Berry: The Competitive Enterprise Institute respectfully requests the National Labor Relations Board Office of…

Labor and Employment

Letters

CEI Urges EPA to Rescind Pebble Mine Veto

  • 03/26/2018

View Full Document as PDF Dear Administrator Pruitt, In 2013, organizations from Coast to Coast called on EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy to…

Energy and Environment

Comment

CEI Petition to Department of Energy on Dishwasher Cycle Times

  • By: Devin Watkins, Sam Kazman
  • 03/20/2018

View Full Document as PDF The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), submits this petition for rulemaking under 5 U.S.C. § 553(e). We request…

Energy and Environment

Comment

CEI Comments to NHTSA on Removing Regulatory Barriers for Vehicles with Automated Driving System

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 03/20/2018

View Full Document as PDF On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (“CEI”), I respectfully submit these comments in response to the…

Transportation

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Congress to Enact the Global Trade Accountability Act

  • 03/15/2018

View Full Document as PDF To Members of Congress: We the undersigned free market organizations, representing millions of hardworking Americans, urge you…

Business and Government

Letters

CEI Leads Coalition Urging House Leadership to Include the Save Local Business Act (H.R. 3441) in the 2018 Spending Bill

  • 03/12/2018

View Full Document as PDF Dear Senators and Representatives, The undersigned organizations urge House leadership to include the House-passed Save Local Business…

Labor and Employment

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Opposing Remote Transactions Parity Act (RTPA), H.R. 2193

  • 03/12/2018

View Full Document as PDF On behalf of the millions of citizens represented by the undersigned organizations, we write in strong opposition…

Tech and Telecom

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition in Opposition to Taxpayer Bailouts for Private Health Insurance Companies

  • 03/12/2018

View Full Document as PDF Dear Members of Congress: On behalf of our organizations and the millions of American taxpayers we represent,…

Business and Government

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Urging Incorporation of Intermediary Immunity into NAFTA’s Digital Trade Chapter

  • 03/08/2018

View Full Document as PDF Dear Ambassador Lighthizer, Secretary Guajardo, and Minister Freeland, We are American, Canadian, and Mexican scholars and advocates…

Tech and Telecom

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to Markup the Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2017.

  • 03/08/2018

View Full Document as PDF Dear Representative, On behalf of the undersigned organizations and our millions of members from across the country,…

Business and Government

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter to President Trump Urging Reconsideration of Aluminum and Steel Tariffs

  • 03/06/2018

View Full Document as PDF Dear Mr. President: On behalf of the undersigned groups representing millions of taxpayers and consumers across the…

Trade and International

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Congress to Rein in FDA Overreach as Part of FY18 Spending Bill

  • 03/05/2018

Without modernization of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, the Deeming Rule will kill tens of thousands of jobs and put many Americans'…

Consumer Freedom

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Supporting the AV START Act (S. 1885)

  • 03/05/2018

Speeding up the AV START act could potentially save thousands of lives.

Transportation

Comment

CEI Comments in Response to the Federal Highway Administration’s Request for Information on Automated Driving Systems

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 03/05/2018

View Full Document as PDF On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (“CEI”), I respectfully submit these comments in response to the…

Transportation

Comment

Comments of Marlo Lewis on a Potential Clean Power Plan Replacement Rule

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 02/26/2018

View Full Document as PDF Thank you for the opportunity to submit comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) advance notice of…

Energy and Environment

Letters

CEI Joins Open Letter to President Trump Opposing Import Restrictions on Steel and Aluminum

  • 02/22/2018

View Full Document as PDF Dear President Trump, On behalf of the following organizations, we urge you not to impose tariffs or…

Business and Government

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Congress to support the Sugar Policy Modernization Act of 2017

  • 02/21/2018

View Full Document as PDF Dear Senators and Representatives, On behalf of the undersigned organizations and our millions of members across the…

Business and Government

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Expanded Congress to Expand Offshore Energy Development Through Revenue-Sharing Agreements with the States

  • 02/14/2018

View Full Document as PDF Dear Members of Congress: On behalf of our organizations and the millions of Americans we represent across…

Energy and Environment

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter in Opposition to Raising the Federal Gas Tax

  • 02/13/2018

View Full Document as PDF Dear Representative: On behalf of our organizations and the millions of Americans we represent across all 50…

Energy and Environment

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Supporting the Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act

  • 02/07/2018

View Full Document as PDF Dear Congressman Roskam, On behalf of millions of taxpayers across America, we write to endorse the Preventing…

Business and Government

Legal Brief

Brief of Amicus Curiae of CEI, Cato Institute, Reason Foundation et al. in Ulbricht v. United States

  • 02/05/2018

CEI and other organizations submitted a brief on warrentless seizure of IP address data.

Tech and Telecom

Letters

CEI Leads Coalition Letter Supporting Resolution Providing Congressional Disapproval of CFPB

  • 02/05/2018

View Full Document as PDF Dear Member of Congress: The undersigned organizations write in strong support of a resolution introduced in the…

Banking and Finance

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Opposing Taxpayer-Funded Pension Bailouts

  • 02/02/2018

View Full Document as PDF Dear Members of Congress: On behalf of our organizations and the millions of American taxpayers we represent,…

Labor and Employment

Comment

CEI Comments to Montana Rural Broadband Subsidy Alternatives

  • By: Ryan Radia
  • 02/01/2018

View Full Document as PDF The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) respectfully submits these comments regarding the Montana Public Service Commission’s Notice of…

Tech and Telecom

Comment

SEC Should Investigate California Cities for Securities Fraud Related to Climate Risks

  • By: Devin Watkins, Sam Kazman
  • 02/01/2018

View Full Document as PDF Dear Ms. Gaunt: It has come to our attention that various municipalities expect substantial future financial harm,…

Energy and Environment

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter In Support of EPA Proposed Adjustments to the Renewable Volume Obligations for Biodiesel

  • 01/30/2018

View Full Document as PDF Dear Administrator Pruitt: The Institute for Energy Research and our co-signers write in support of the Environmental…

Energy and Environment

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Congress Not to Interfere With SEC Rulemaking on Paperless Delivery of Mutual Fund Reports

  • 01/30/2018

View Full Document as PDF Dear Chairmen: On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we write to urge opposition to any effort to…

Banking and Finance

Legal Brief

Brief of Amicus Curiae of Cato Institute, Competitive Enterprise Institute et al in CTIA v. Berkeley

  • 01/30/2018

View Full Document as PDF The Petition squarely presents an important and unsettled question of law that goes to the heart of…

Law and Litigation

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Opposing Contractor Nexus Tax Grab in Massachusetts

  • 01/22/2018

View Full Document as PDF Dear Mr. Harding: We, the undersigned, write in opposition to the “Proposed Update – 12/19/17” 830 CMR…

Labor and Employment

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter to ALEC Energy and Environment Task Force on Endangerment Finding

  • 01/22/2018

View Full Document as PDF To Members of the ALEC Energy, Environment, and Agriculture Task Force, We welcome discussion and debate over…

Energy and Environment

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Congress to Oppose Using the Congressional Review Act to Overturn the FCC Restoring Internet Freedom Order

  • 01/22/2018

View Full Document as PDF Dear Senators & Representatives: We, the undersigned organizations, representing millions of taxpayers and consumers nationwide, urge Congress…

Tech and Telecom

Legal Brief

Brief of Amicus Curiae of CEI, Cato Institute et al. in United States v. Microsoft

  • 01/18/2018

View Full Document as PDF This Court can reach the right decision and do so the right way by giving careful legal…

Law and Litigation

Comment

CEI Letter to OMB Requesting Rejection of CFPB “Payday Lending” Rule

  • 01/17/2018

View Full Document as PDF Dear Ms. Rao:             The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) hereby requests that OMB reject the information collection…

Banking and Finance

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Urging Rejection of Tariffs on Washing Machines

  • 12/08/2017

VIEW FULL DOCUMENT AS PDF Dear Mr. President and Ambassador Lighthizer: On behalf of the undersigned organizations, representing millions of American taxpayers,…

Antitrust

Comment

CEI, ICLE, and Tech Freedom Give Comments to Federal Communications Commission on Charter Cable Merger

  • By: Ryan Radia
  • 12/08/2017

VIEW FULL DOCUMENT AS PDF Introduction and Summary On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), the International Center for Law &…

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

Legal Brief

Brief of Amicus Curiae in Janus v American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees

  • 12/06/2017

View Full Document as PDF The injury identified by the plaintiffs in Abood v. Detroit Board of Education was that “a substantial…

Law and Litigation

Comment

Comments to the Department of Labor on the 2018 Draft Strategic Plan

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 12/05/2017

View Full Document as PDF Thank you for the opportunity to submit comments on the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Draft Strategic Plan for…

Labor and Employment

Letters

CEI Leads Coalition Urging Feds to Stand Down on States’ Medical Marijuana Decisions

  • 12/05/2017

View Full Document as PDF Dear Speaker Ryan, Leader McConnell, Leader Pelosi, and Leader Schumer: On behalf of the thousands of Americans…

Consumer Freedom

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Urging Congress to Fix Menu Labeling Rules

  • 11/30/2017

View Full Document as PDF Dear Senators and Representatives: Several years after the former president signed it into law, Obamacare continues to…

Letters

CEI Leads Coalition Dispelling Myths About Passenger Facility Charges

  • 11/30/2017

View Full Document as PDF Dear Chairmen Frelinghuysen and Cochran, Ranking Member Lowey, Vice Chairman Leahy, and members of the House and…

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Urging Efforts to Prevent IRS Abuse

  • 11/28/2017

View Full Document as PDF Dear Speaker Ryan and Majority Leader McConnell, On behalf of millions of taxpayers across America, we hereby…

Business and Government

Letters

CEI Leads Coalition Supporting BEST Act

  • 11/27/2017

Dear Members of Congress: Federal regulations have a significant impact on consumer freedom, public health and safety, and the budgets of all Americans. The goal…

Consumer Freedom

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Supporting Tax Reform, Cutting Green Energy Handouts

  • 11/20/2017

View Full Document as PDF Dear Senators and Representatives: On behalf of our organizations and the millions of Americans we represent, we…

Energy and Environment

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter in Support of the Harvest Price Subsidy Prohibition Act

  • 11/17/2017

View Full Document as PDF Dear Member of Congress, On behalf of the millions of Americans represented by the undersigned organizations, we…

Comment

CEI and R Street Comments to NHTSA on Automated Driving Systems 2.0: A Vision for Safety

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 11/14/2017

View Full Document as PDF On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (“CEI”) and the R Street Institute (“R Street”), we respectfully…

Tech and Telecom

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition in Support of International Communications Privacy Act

  • 11/07/2017

View Full Document as PDF Dear Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Feinstein, Chairman Goodlatte and Ranking Member Conyers: We write to you today…

Tech and Telecom

Legal Brief

Brief of Amicus Curiae of CEI, Cato, Reason Foundation et al. in Berninger v. FCC

  • 11/02/2017

View Full Document as PDF This Court should grant certiorari because the court below incorrectly concluded that Section 706 of the Telecommunications…

Law and Litigation

Letters

Open Letter to President Trump: Avoid Trade Restrictions on Solar Panels

  • 10/27/2017

VIEW FULL DOCUMENT AS PDF Dear President Trump, On behalf of the undersigned organizations, representing millions of Americans, we urge you to…

Antitrust

Comment

Testimony of Wayne Crews on “Regulatory Reform Task Force Check-In”

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 10/24/2017

View Full Document as PDF When policymakers neglect federal regulation, they ignore arguably the greatest element of governmental influence in the United…

Business and Government

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Supporting Review of National Monuments Under the Antiquities Act

  • 10/20/2017

View Full Document as PDF Dear Mr. President, As leaders of grassroots, legal, and public policy organizations throughout the United States, we…

Energy and Environment

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Repeal of Expanded Davis-Bacon Act

  • 10/20/2017

View Full Document as PDF Dear Secretary Acosta: As the Department of Labor implements Executive Order 13771, “Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory…

Labor and Employment

Comment

Comments to the EPA on Renewable Fuel and Diesel Standards for 2019

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 10/20/2017

View Full Document as PDF Thank you for the opportunity to submit comments[1] on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA)…

Energy and Environment

Letters

CEI Submits Letter to EPA on Burdensome Endangerment Finding

  • 10/17/2017

View full document as PDF Dear Administrator Pruitt: On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) and the Science and Environmental Policy…

Climate

Comment

CEI Comments on EPA & NHTSA Reconsideration of Fuel Economy Standards

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr., Sam Kazman
  • 10/06/2017

View Full Document as PDF The Obama EPA’s final Mid-Term Evaluation (MTE) is arbitrary, capricious, and an abuse of discretion. Reconsideration is…

Energy and Environment

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Repeal of Estate Tax

  • 10/05/2017

View Full Document as PDF Dear Leader McConnell, Speaker Ryan, Chairman Hatch, and Chairman Brady, The undersigned organizations appreciate your work to…

Business and Government

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Comprehensive, Pro-Growth Tax Reform

  • 10/05/2017

View Full Document as PDF Dear Speaker Ryan, Leader McConnell, Secretary Mnuchin, Director Cohn, Chairman Hatch, and Chairman Brady: On behalf of…

Business and Government

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Supporting FAA Amendment on Supersonic Aircraft

  • 10/03/2017

View Full Document as PDF Dear Chairman Thune and members of the Committee: Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO)…

Transportation

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Supporting Review of National Monuments

  • 10/03/2017

View Full Document as PDF Dear Mr. President, We applaud your decision to review the national monuments designated over the past 21…

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Supporting No Regulation Without Representation Act

  • 10/03/2017

View Full Document as PDF Dear Representatives: We, the undersigned organizations representing millions of Americans, write to express gratitude to Congressman Jim…

Regulatory Reform

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Supporting Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations

  • 10/03/2017

View Full Document as PDF Dear Senator Lankford and Representative Jenkins, We write in support of your bill, the Transparency and Honesty…

Energy and Environment

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Supporting Cutting-Edge Technologies for Less Harmful Tobacco Products

  • 10/03/2017

View Full Document as PDF Dear Commissioner Gottlieb, We the undersigned organizations dedicated to improving public health, increasing consumer choice, and reducing…

Consumer Freedom

Letters

CEI Joins More than 50 Organizations Urging Congress to Support the Employee Rights Act

  • 10/03/2017

View Full Document as PDF Dear Members of Congress: On behalf of our organizations and the millions of Americans we represent across…

Labor and Employment

Letters

CEI Leads Coalition Letter Supporting Save Local Business Act (H.R. 3441)

  • 10/03/2017

View Full Document as PDF Dear Member of Congress: The undersigned organizations write in strong support of legislation, the Save Local Business…

Labor and Employment

Comment

CEI Letter of Support for AV START Act

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 10/02/2017

View Full Document as PDF Chairman Thune, Ranking Member Nelson, and members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:…

Transportation

Comment

CEI Comments to the Department of Labor on Overtime Rule Regulations

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 09/25/2017

View Full Document as PDF The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) is pleased to submit these comments in response to the Department of…

Labor and Employment

Comment

CEI Comments to Office of the Comptroller on Volcker Rule

  • 09/22/2017

View Full Document as PDF On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), we are pleased to submit the following comments on…

Banking and Finance

Legal Brief

Brief of Amicus Curiae of CEI in Naruto v. Slater

  • 09/13/2017

View Full Document as PDF UPDATE: On April 23, 2018 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit…

CEI Litigation

Letters

CEI Leads Coalition Letter on Reciprocal Switching

  • 09/07/2017

View Full Document as PDF Dear Chairman Thune, Chair Fischer, and Ranking Members Nelson and Booker: As you return to work following…

Transportation

Legal Brief

Brief of Amicus Curiae from States in Christie v. National Collegiate Athletic Association

  • 09/06/2017

View Full Brief as PDF Our system of dual sovereignty limits the degree of control that Congress can exercise over state regulation.

CEI Litigation

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Support for Right to Try Act

  • 09/06/2017

View Full Document as PDF Dear Senators: As advocates for individual rights, human dignity, and limited government representing…

Health and Safety

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Opposing Raising the National Debt Limit

  • 09/06/2017

View Full Document as PDF Dear Speaker Ryan, Leader McCarthy, Whip Scalise, and Chairwoman McMorris Rodgers: We, the undersigned conservative organizations,…

Business and Government

Letters

CEI Leads Coalition Letter Supporting Rohrabacher-Farr Medical Marijuana Amendment

  • 09/01/2017

View Full Document as PDF Dear Members of the House Rules Committee:  On behalf of the thousands of Americans whose views and…

Consumer Freedom

Comment

CEI Submitted Comments to the FCC on Restoring Internet Freedom

  • By: Ryan Radia
  • 08/31/2017

View Full Document as PDF On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), we respectfully submit these reply comments regarding the FCC’s…

Tech and Telecom

Legal Brief

Amicus Brief of Pacific Legal Foundation, CEI and the Cato Institute in Christopher Christie v. NCAA

  • 08/31/2017

View Full Document as PDF A federal statute compels New Jersey to continue prohibiting sports gambling, thus requiring the state to hold…

Consumer Freedom

Comment

Coalition of 83 Organizations, Elected Officials, and Individuals Submit Comments In the Matter of Restoring Internet Freedom

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 08/18/2017

View Full Document as PDF Dear Chairman Pai, Commissioner O’Rielly, and Commissioner Clyburn: These coalition comments are updated from the July 17,…

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

Comment

Testimony of Marc Scribner Before the Utah Transportation Governance and Funding Task Force

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 08/15/2017

View Full Document as PDF Chairs Harper and Schultz, and members of the task force, thank you giving me the opportunity to…

Transportation

Legal Brief

Brief of Amici Curiae of CEI, Cato, and Reason Foundation in Carpenter v. U.S.

  • 08/14/2017

View Full Document as PDF For nearly 40 years,[1] this Court and courts below have struggled with using a…

Legal Brief

Brief Of Amicus Curiae In Opposition IRS Summons in USA v. Coinbase

  • 08/03/2017

View full document as PDF The contract between Coinbase and its customers allocates property rights in personal information. That protects customers’ privacy…

Banking and Finance

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging Use of Congressional Review Act to Reverse CFPB Arbitration Rules

  • 07/24/2017

View Full Document as PDF Dear Speaker Ryan and Majority Leader McConnell: We, the following free-market, limited-government, and liberty-oriented organizations, ask you…

Banking and Finance

Comment

CEI’s John Berlau Testimony Before House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities and Investment

  • By: John Berlau
  • 07/18/2017

View full document as PDF Chairman Huizenga, Ranking Member Maloney, and honorable members of this subcommittee, thank you for this opportunity to…

Banking and Finance

Comment

CEI Comments to the FCC on Restoring Internet Freedom

  • By: Ryan Radia
  • 07/18/2017

View full document as PDF On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), we respectfully submit these comments regarding the FCC’s proposed…

Tech and Telecom

Letters

CEI Leads Coalition Urging Senate to Confirm Marvin Kaplan and William J. Emanuel to the National Labor Relations Board

  • 07/13/2017

View Full Document as PDF Dear Senator: The undersigned organizations urge the Senate to confirm Marvin Kaplan and William J. Emanuel to…

Labor and Employment

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Supporting Amendment #388 to the National Defense Authorization Act [H. R. 2810]

  • 07/12/2017

View full document as PDF Dear Representative: The undersigned organizations write in strong support of Representative Warren Davidson’s amendment #388 to H.

Business and Government

Letters

CEI Joins Coalition Advocating for Removing Public Utility Regulation of Broadband

  • 07/12/2017

View Full Document as PDF Dear Ms. Dortch: We, the undersigned organizations and trade associations, thank the Commission for taking a leadership…

Legal Brief

CEI Amicus Brief in Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

  • 07/10/2017

View full document as PDF The injury identified by the plaintiffs in Abood v. Detroit Board of Education was that “a substantial…

CEI Litigation

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