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CEI Weekly: The Supreme Court Rules Against PCAOB

by Charles Huang on July 2, 2010

in Economy, Energy, Environment, Features, Zeitgeist

CEI Weekly is a compilation of articles and blog posts from CEI’s fellows and associates sent out via e-mail every Friday. Also included in the Weekly newsletter is a brief description of CEI’s weekly podcast and a feature on a major CEI breakthrough made during the week. To sign up for CEI Weekly, go to http://cei.org/newsletters.

CEI Weekly
July 2, 2010

>>The Supreme Court Speaks: Free Enterprise Fund v. PCAOB

This week, after nearly five years, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in CEI’s challenge to the Sarbanes-Oxley corporate accounting law and the quasi-government enforcement entity it spawned, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The court found that the PCAOB violated the Separation of Powers clause of the U.S. Constitution, by impermissibly insulating the members of the board from removal by the Securities and Exchange Commissioners who appoint them. Unfortunately, the court declined to go further and invalidate the procedure by which the members of the board are selected in the first place. While we feel the court should have more strongly questioned the validity of both the PCAOB and Sarbanes-Oxley itself, we take it as a welcome sign that the flaws of the entire edifice are receiving greater scrutiny. We look forward to more opportunities to roll back the excessive and counterproductive burdens imposed by the law and enforced by the board. CEI’s Sam Kazman and Hans Bader served as co-counsel in the case alongside Michael Carvin of the law firm Jones Day and the Free Enterprise Fund, a non-profit organization founded by investment professional Mallory Factor and current Wall Street Journal editorial board member Stephen Moore.
http://cei.org/news-release/2010/06/28/supreme-court-strikes-down-key-sarbanes-oxley-provisions
http://ceiondemand.org/2010/06/28/sam-kazman-on-free-enterprise-fund-v-pcaob/

>>[Video]CEI on the Air
Sam Kazman on Fox Business discussing the PCAOB Supreme Court Decision Wayne Crews on Fox News’ Glenn Beck discussing the Presidential Internet “Kill Switch”

>>Shaping the Debate
Is Scott Brown a Game-Changer on the Financial Bill?
John Berlau’s op-ed in the National Review Online

‘Green’ Energy Company Threatens Economics Professor … with Package of Dismantled Bomb Parts
Chris Horner’s op-ed in Pajamas Media

Market Meddling Led to BP Oil Spill
Dan Compton’s letter to the editor in The Guardian

US Supreme Court Invalidates Part Of Accounting Board
Hans Bader’s quote in Fox Business

Supreme Court SOX Ruling Has IT Implications
John Berlau’s quote in Yahoo! News

>>Best of the Blogs
Can Businessmen (and Women) Make Good Politicians
by Fred Smith

Blowout Prevention Act — or Oil Production Prevention Act?
by Marlo Lewis

Bio Jet Fuel — the Real $600 Toilet Seat?
by Marlo Lewis

>>LibertyWeek Podcast
Episode 99: Sarbanes-Oxley Smackdown
Richard Morrison and Marc Scribner welcome special guests Sam Kazman and Berin Szoka to Episode 99 of the LibertyWeek podcast. We start with Sam’s take on the Supreme Court’s ruling in the case of Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and its implications for financial regulation reform. We continue with an interview with Progress and Freedom Foundation Senior Fellow Berin Szoka. We talk about free speech, privacy concerns, the future of commercial space exploration and his forthcoming book (with Adam Thierer) about the next digital decade.

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CEI Weekly: Kozinski Brings Down the House at CEI’s Annual Dinner

by Charles Huang on June 25, 2010

in Energy, Environment, Features, Legal, Odds & Ends, Regulation, Zeitgeist

CEI Weekly is a compilation of articles and blog posts from CEI’s fellows and associates sent out via e-mail every Friday. Also included in the Weekly newsletter is a brief description of CEI’s weekly podcast and a feature on a major CEI breakthrough made during the week. To sign up for CEI Weekly, go to http://cei.org/newsletters.

CEI Weekly
June 25, 2010

>>CEI Dinner 2010
CEI’s 2010 dinner took place last week. The evening was a great success, earning rave reviews from attendees. The dinner featured as Master of Ceremonies Tom Donlan of Barron’s, and a keynote address from the Honorable Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Kozinski managed to make a lecture on antitrust law entertaining! CEI presented the 2010 Julian Simon Memorial Award to noted statisticians Stephen McIntyre and Ross McKitrick for their work in debunking the infamous “hockey stick” climate graph. Read coverage (and see photos) of our dinner from Jennifer Harper in The Washington Times, Jim Antle in The American Spectator, and David Lat in Above the Law. To all our sponsors and guests, thank you for coming and making it a great event – we’ll see you all in 2011!

>>Shaping the Debate
District Court Deals Temporary Setback to Obama’s Bankrupting Agenda
Chris Horner’s op-ed in the Daily Caller

Five Years After Kelo
Marc Scribner’s op-ed in the Daily Caller

Rail Pricing and Profitability Raise Many Subtle Issues
Roger Abbott’s letter to the editor in The Wall Street Journal

Can Obama Shut Down the Internet?
Wayne Crews’ quote in The Daily Beast

FCC Formally Launches ‘Third Way’ Process, Asks for Comments

Ryan Radia’s quote in PC Magazine

>>Best of the Blogs
Mordor Looks For More Wealth For Its Orcs
by Iain Murray – as Featured on The Volokh Conspiracy

Sen. Inhofe demolishes energy independence rationale for cap-and-trade
by Marlo Lewis

A new low for science and the NAS — the “Black List”
by Fran Smith

>>LibertyWeek Podcast
Episode 98: The Bountiful Harvest of Socialism
Richard Morrison and Jeremy Lott welcome guest co-host Jim Antle for episode 98. We cover Obama’s speechifying, the end of free checking accounts, the bountiful harvest of socialism in Venezuela and the end game of Detroit’s notorious mayoral sexting scandal.

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CEI Weekly: The Senate’s Global Warming Circus

by Charles Huang on June 18, 2010

in Economy, Energy, Environment, Features, Legal, Personal Liberty, Zeitgeist

CEI Weekly is a compilation of articles and blog posts from CEI’s fellows and associates sent out via e-mail every Friday. Also included in the Weekly newsletter is a brief description of CEI’s weekly podcast and a feature on a major CEI breakthrough made during the week. To sign up for CEI Weekly, go to http://cei.org/newsletters.

CEI Weekly
June 18, 2010

>>The Senate’s Global Warming Circus
The U.S. Senate seems determined to divest itself of its reputation as “the world’s greatest deliberative body” these days, as witnessed most recently during a debate over global warming. As Vice President for Strategy Iain Murray explains in a recent op-ed for the Washington Times, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) was attempting last week to get her colleagues to stand up to the Environmental Protection Agency’s unconstitutional power grab over regulating greenhouse gases. While coming down to a close vote, her resolution of disapproval against the EPA’s scheme was ultimately defeated – though by some of the most disingenuous and misleading rhetoric heard on the Senate floor in some time. As Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis points out, though, while falling short of a legislative victory, Sen. Murkowski succeeded in scoring an important political victory.

>>Shaping the Debate
Ending the Ethanol Experiment
Brian McGraw’s op-ed in the Washington Times

Movie Star Misses the Mark on Mining
William Yeatman’s op-ed in Human Events

America’s Nuclear Future Must Involve the Public
Iain Murray’s article in the Washington Examiner Opinion Zone

>>Best of the Blogs
Florida Property Insurance: Turning a Blind Eye is not Reform
by Michelle Minton

Pundits Gone Wild: Ronald Brownstein
by William Yeatman

>>LibertyWeek Podcast
Episode 97: Bailout Fatigue
Richard Morrison and Marc Scribner welcome co-host William Yeatman for episode 97. We take on the latest federal bailout, attacks on Nancy Pelosi from the left, Obama and the BP blame, and opposition to supersizing the World Cup.

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CEI Weekly: Senate Defends EPA Power Grab

by Charles Huang on June 11, 2010 · 1 comment

in CEI Projects, Economy, Energy, Environment, Features, International, Personal Liberty, Regulation, Zeitgeist

CEI Weekly is a compilation of articles and blog posts from CEI’s fellows and associates sent out via e-mail every Friday. Also included in the Weekly newsletter is a brief description of CEI’s weekly podcast and a feature on a major CEI breakthrough made during the week. To sign up for CEI Weekly, go to http://cei.org/newsletters.

CEI Weekly
June 11, 2010

>>Senate Defends EPA Power Grab; Votes Down Resolution
On Thursday, 53 members of the U.S. Senate went on record supporting economy-busting global warming regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency. The resolution, S.J.Res.26, introduced by Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) would have stopped the EPA from ‘enacting’ controversial global warming policies through the regulatory back door. Specifically, it would have overturned EPA’s finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health and welfare. The endangerment finding is both a trigger and precedent for sweeping policy changes never approved by Congress. Read more of what CEI has to say about the resolution:

Iain Murray’s “EPA Vote Coming Down to the Wire” in the American Spectator and “Action Needed Now to Stop EPA Power Grab” in the National Review Online.

Chris Honer’s “Senate to Vote on Obama’s Power Grab” in the Daily Caller.

>>CEI Studios Release
[Video] CEI in the News

>>Shaping the Debate
Let Michigan Insurance Consumers Tailor Coverage
Michelle Minton’s Op-ed in the Detroit News

Peekaboo! I See You…Acting Unconstitutionally
Iain Murray’s Op-ed in the American Spectator

Time to set Amtrak Free
Iain Murray and Roger Abbott’s Article in the Washington Examiner Opinion Zone

Tapping the Well of Freedom
Iain Murray’s Op-ed in the National Review Online

Australian Resource Tax Will Dampen Innovation
Fred Smith’s Letter to the Editor in the Financial Times

>>Best of the Blogs
Halter’s Loss a Major Blow for Big Labor
by Ivan Osorio

Statement of Marlo Lewis on S.J.Res.26, Sen. Murkowski’s resolution to overturn EPA’s endangerment finding
by Marlo Lewis

Thank You CBD: Another Reason to Nix EPA Endangerment Finding
by Marlo Lewis

>>LibertyWeek Podcast
Episode 96: Donut Day Disobedience
Richard Morrison and Marc Scribner welcome Chris Horner, Sam Kazman, and Ryan Radia to episode 96. We cover Chicago’s dishonorable gun restrictions, a special interview with bestselling author Christopher C. Horner, civil disobedience on National Donut Day, a shout out to CEI’s annual dinner gala, and the FTC’s proposed “Drudge Report Tax.”

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CEI Weekly: How Deregulation Can Curb Terrorism

by Charles Huang on June 4, 2010

in Economy, Energy, Environment, Features, International, Legal, Personal Liberty, Regulation, Zeitgeist

CEI Weekly is a compilation of articles and blog posts from CEI’s fellows and associates sent out via e-mail every Friday. Also included in the Weekly newsletter is a brief description of CEI’s weekly podcast and a feature on a major CEI breakthrough made during the week. To sign up for CEI Weekly, go to http://cei.org/newsletters.

CEI Weekly
June 4, 2010

>>Deregulation Can Curb Terrorism
Tired of the long lines and excessive bureaucracy that characterize modern air travel? So are we. In a new American Spectator article, CEI Vice President Iain Murray identifies three reforms to the Transportation Security Administration that would reduce waiting lines, trim agency waste, and improve security. Until Congress scraps the TSA and restores the private sector’s proper role in providing competitive and effective transportation security, the TSA should allow airports to opt-out of federal security screening and adopt a sensible risk model that would reduce costs while improving safety.
Read Murray’s essay here.

>>CEI Studios Release
[Video] The Nanny Zone: Episode 1

>>Shaping the Debate
Senate Considers Union Pension Bailout
Vincent Vernuccio cited in CNSNews.com

Virginia Attorney General Demands Scientist’s E-Mails
Chris Horner on NPR

Is GM’s First Profit in Three Years for Real?
Iain Murray cited in MSN Money

Rescuing the Pension Plans: Just Don’t Call It a ‘Bailout’
CEI cited in SeekingAlpha.com

‘Merchants of Doubt’ Delves Into Contrarian Scientists
CEI cited in the USA Today

>>Best of the Blogs
Obama Administration Pushes More Bailouts at Taxpayer Expense; America to Bail Out Corrupt Union Pension Funds
by Hans Bader

Internet Gambling Regs in Effect…Now
by Michelle Minton

New York Winemakers Forced to Market Out-of-State
by Angela Logomasini

>>LibertyWeek Podcast
Episode 95: Tea Party in a China Shop
Richard Morrison and Jeremy Lott welcome special guest David Freddoso to episode 95. We take a look at Tea Party politics in the next Congress, climate secrecy at the University of Virginia, consumers getting SLAPPed in court and the Blago corruption trial proceeding in Chicago

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CEI Weekly: CEI Blasts Unconstitutional EPA Power Grab

by Charles Huang on May 21, 2010

in Economy, Energy, Environment, Features, Personal Liberty, Regulation, Zeitgeist

CEI Weekly is a compilation of articles and blog posts from CEI’s fellows and associates sent out via e-mail every Friday. Also included in the Weekly newsletter is a brief description of CEI’s weekly podcast and a feature on a major CEI breakthrough made during the week. To sign up for CEI Weekly, go to http://cei.org/newsletters.

CEI Weekly
May 21, 2010

>>CEI Teams Up With Virginia Governor George Allen Against EPA
CEI’s Marlo Lewis teamed up with former Virginia Governor, George Allen, to write an op-ed in Forbes, as well as an On-Point, contesting the EPA’s unconstitutional power grabs.

>>Shaping the Debate
Off Target on Off-Label Drugs
Gregory Conko and Henry Miller’s op-ed in Forbes.com

New York Needs to Relax on Wine
Angela Logomasini’s op-ed in the New York Post

Short-Circuiting the Internet
Ryan Radia’s quote in the Orange County Register

Congress May Roll Dice, Legalize Net Gambling
Michelle Minton’s quote in CNET

>>Best of the Blogs
Preempting State Pension Bailouts
by Ivan Osorio

Triumph of Pigou
by Fred Smith

>>LibertyWeek Podcast
Episode 93: Tea Party Euro Trip
Richard Morrison and Jeremy Lott welcome Reason magazine Senior Editor Michael Moynihan to episode 93. We take on the high-profile congressional primaries, Chuck Schumer’s hypocritical stance on privacy, the fight for wine liberation in New York, passing the buck on debit card fees and we embark on a Tea Party Euro Trip.

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CEI Weekly: CEI Defends Internet Freedom

by Charles Huang on May 13, 2010

in Economy, Energy, Environment, Features, Legal, Personal Liberty, Regulation, Zeitgeist

CEI Weekly is a compilation of articles and blog posts from CEI’s fellows and associates sent out via e-mail every Friday. Also included in the Weekly newsletter is a brief description of CEI’s weekly podcast and a feature on a major CEI breakthrough made during the week. To sign up for CEI Weekly, go to http://cei.org/newsletters.

CEI Weekly
May 13, 2010

>>CEI Fights Government Campaign to Regulate the Internet
Bureaucrats at the Federal Communications Commission want to impose new rules on Internet providers, opening the door to greater government regulation of the Internet. To counter this serious threat, CEI has joined with several other free market groups to ask Congress to step in and defend Internet freedom. This week, CEI’s Ryan Radia spoke alongside leading activist group presidents and a member of Congress at a Capitol Hill press conference. Radia called on Congress to enact a new Communications Act for the 21st century – a comprehensive deregulatory agenda aimed at unleashing competition, innovation, and choice. Watch the news conference here (CEI remarks begin at 20:18).

>>Crews to FCC: First Amendment Doesn’t Need A Bailout
Wayne Crews, CEI Vice President for Policy, filed comments (PDF) with the FCC on May 7 in the agency’s “Future of Media” proceeding. Crews argued that the FCC’s duty is to expand communications liberty, not further subjugate private media to government control. The only prerequisite for free speech, Crews argued, is freedom. Crews summarized his FCC filing in an op-ed last Wednesday in the Washington Times.

>>Shaping the Debate
Does the Climate Bill Have a Chance?
Myron Ebell’s commentary in the New York Times’ Room for Debate
The chance that the Senate will pass a comprehensive energy-rationing (a k a climate) bill this year remains close to zero. BP’s big oil spill in the Gulf changes very little. The global warming movement peaked last June 26 when the House passed the Waxman-Markey bill. When members went home for the Fourth of July, many who voted for it discovered that their constituents were angry and mobilized. Seeing the public reaction, the Senator majority leader, Harry Reid, dropped plans to move a cap-and-trade bill before the August recess and turned to health care reform. It’s been all downhill since then. The Kerry-Boxer bill, which is very similar to Waxman-Markey, passed the Environment and Public Works Committee last fall, but it was clear that it couldn’t get 51 votes, let alone 60, on the floor. That’s when Senator Kerry began working on a “middle-of-the-road” package with Senators Graham Lieberman.

Dodd’s Bank Bill: Worse Than ObamaCare. It’s the Nationalization, Stupid!
John Berlau’s op-ed in Biggovernment.com

Schumer’s Hypocritical Assault on Facebook
Ryan Radia’s op-ed on Townhall.com

The FCC’s “Third Way,” Will it Work?
Ryan Radia’s citation in CBSNews.com

FCC Offers Regulation Lite for Broadband Providers, Pleasing Few
Wayne Crews’ citation in Wired.com

>>Best of the Blogs
Risky Alternatives for Online Gamblers Post-UIGEA
by Michelle Minton

Lindsey Graham: “It’s not a Global Warming Bill to me.”
by Marlo Lewis

>>LibertyWeek Podcast
Episode 92: FCC Power Grab
Richard Morrison and Marc Scribner team up with William Yeatman, Ryan Radia and Iain Murray to bring you episode 92. We take on the prospects for cap-and-trade climate legislation, the FCC’s broadband power grab, tales from a hung parliament and an exciting new job opportunity in Venezuela.

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CEI Weekly: CEI Catches GM’s Misleading Ad

by Charles Huang on May 6, 2010

in Economy, Energy, Environment, Features, International, Personal Liberty, Regulation, Zeitgeist

CEI Weekly is a compilation of articles and blog posts from CEI’s fellows and associates sent out via e-mail every Friday. Also included in the Weekly newsletter is a brief description of CEI’s weekly podcast and a feature on a major CEI breakthrough made during the week. To sign up for CEI Weekly, go to http://cei.org/newsletters.

CEI Weekly
May 6, 2010

>>CEI Calls out GM for Misleading Advertising
This week, CEI filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission against General Motors, arguing that GM’s recent ad campaign misleads consumers to believe that the company has repaid its bailout loans in full. In reality, GM only paid back about ten percent of these funds, and it used other government funds to do so. The complaint got major coverage in the USA Today, ABC, Michelle Malkin, the Wall Street Journal Blog, AOL News, Advertising Age, the Drudge Report and Instapundit. Read the press release of the filing at CEI.org. CEI’s Hans Bader, co-author of the complaint, also wrote a blog post on Openmarket.org about the complaint.

>>Shaping the Debate
Shutdown.fcc.gov
Wayne Crews’ op-ed in the Washington Times

Search Neutrality? How Google Became a “Neutrality” Target
CEI cited in Ars Technica

Oil’s Hidden Costs Visible, but Will it Matter?
Myron Ebell cited by the Associated Press

Citation in Ron Paul’s Letter to his Constituents
“Dear Colleague:
The 2010 edition of Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State shows how the American people suffer when Congress delegtes it constitutional power to create laws to unelected federal bureaucrats. According to the report, comply[sic] with regulations costs a total of $1.1.87 trillion[sic] in 2009, and consume 8.3 % of gross domestic product.”

>>CEI and Reason Host Author Matt Ridley
On May 20th at 6:00 PM, CEI and Reason will host a reception for author Matt Ridley to commemorate the publication of his new book, The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves. The event will be held at CEI. To sign up visit CEI.org.

>>Best of the Blogs
“Nearly Two-Thirds of Americans Say the Stimulus Isn’t Working”
by Hans Bader

ObamaRail: Great for Railfans, Bad for Transportation
by Marc Scribner

>>LibertyWeek Podcast
Episode 91: Musical Chairs
Richard Morrison and Jeremy Lott team up with Marc Scribner, Iain Murray, Alex Nowrasteh and Ryan Radia to bring you a special, multi-guest episode 91. We respond to the President’s anti-anti-government speech, handicap the British elections, examine anger over immigration and chew over the threats to the Google-AdMob deal.

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CEI Weekly: CEI Protects Main Street From Financial Reform Bill

by Charles Huang on April 29, 2010

in Economy, Energy, Environment, Features, Legal, Personal Liberty, Regulation, Zeitgeist

CEI Weekly is a compilation of articles and blog posts from CEI’s fellows and associates sent out via e-mail every Friday. Also included in the Weekly newsletter is a brief description of CEI’s weekly podcast and a feature on a major CEI breakthrough made during the week. To sign up for CEI Weekly, go to http://cei.org/newsletters.

CEI Weekly
April 29, 2010

>>CEI Urges Senate to Reject Ruinous Financial Reform Bill
This week CEI joined a coalition of think tanks and activist groups in sending a letter to Republicans urging them to filibuster the financial reform bill known as the “Restoring American Financial Stability Act.” The letter was posted on National Review and The American Spectator. Read the letter here.

>>Shaping the Debate
Free the Data, Save the Science
Chris Horner’s citation in the Wall Street Journal Europe
“In the U.S., where last year’s Recovery and Reinvestment Act stimulated climate-change research to the tune of $35.7 billion, there exist few enforcement mechanisms for those seeking to examine the fruits of that investment. That helps explain why it took Competitive Enterprise Institute scholar Christopher Horner more than two years, and the threat of legal action before he finally received temperature information as requested from NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies.”

FTC Should Green-Light Google-AdMob Deal
Ryan Radia’s op-ed in Forbes.com

Andy Stern’s Debts
Vincent Vernuccio’s op-ed in the Washington Times

Wall Street Shuffle: Their ‘Huge Playground’ is Safe
Chris Horner’s op-ed in the Daily Caller

Fly the Free Skies
Iain Murray and Roger Abbott’s article in the Washington Examiner Opinion Zone

Beware the Financial Trojan Horse
Hans Bader’s op-ed in the Daily Caller

How Cap and Trade was ‘Trashed’
CEI cited in NPR.org

>> [Video]CEI’s Marlo Lewis Appears on RT Alyona Show
CEI’s Marlo Lewis appeared on RT’s The Alyona Show to talk about Earth Day and its link to global warming alarmism. Watch the interview here.

>>Best of the Blogs
ObamaCare Will Raise Insurance Premiums and Health Care Costs, Perhaps Bankrupt Hospitals, Federal Officials Admit
By Hans Bader

FDA Salt Statement Leaves a “Mistaken Impression”
By Dan Compton

>>LibertyWeek Podcast
Episode 90: Jerry Brito’s Surprisingly Free
Richard Morrison, Jeremy Lott, and Jerry Brito bring you episode 90. We take a look at immigration in Arizona, expanding finance regulations, myths about green energy, porn at the SEC and Jerry’s Mercatus Center technology project, Surprisingly Free.

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