CEI Today: E-Verify, global warming lawsuit, cybersecurity debate, and controversy over Cordray appointment

E-VERIFY - DAVID BIER

E-Verify Mandate Would Impose New Costs on American Businesses, Workers

If the Senate’s comprehensive immigration reform proposal becomes law, one provision alone—that employers use E-Verify to confirm work eligibility—will cost businesses, workers and government $8.5 billion per year, according to an analysis by the Competitive Enterprise Institute. >Read more

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CYBERSECURITY - RYAN RADIA Myth v. Fact: H.R. 624, The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) The Chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Mike Rogers, defends the House-passed cybersecurity bill, CISPA, on RedState. CEI's Ryan Radia takes issue: As you explain in your post above, CISPA includes a private right of action that “establishes liability if the government violates restrictions on use, disclosure or retention of information.” Given that users harmed by governmental misuse of information shared under CISPA have no other remedy, why does the bill require injured individuals to prove that the government “intentionally or willfully violate[d]” CISPA? ? > Scroll to read full comment > Interview Ryan Radia

FINANCIAL REGULATION Hensarling: CFPB Has No Valid Director So Financial Services Committee Cannot Accept Testimony The House Financial Services Committee chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) fired off a statement about why the committee cannot legally accept testimony from Richard Cordray on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) semi-annual report "until he is validly appointed as the bureau’s director. However, the committee will continue to conduct rigorous oversight of the CFPB." In fact, CEI is currently involved in litigating a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the powerful, unaccountable CFPB, including how its director is appointed. > Read the chairman's statement > Read about the lawsuit > Interview an expert

GLOBAL WARMING LAWSUIT - SAM KAZMAN Supreme Court Asked to Review EPA “Endangerment” Regs In a lawsuit challenging over-reaching greenhouse gas regulations, the Competitive Enterprise Institute joined the Southeastern Legal Foundation, a host of lawmakers and several companies in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling that upheld EPA. > Read more > Interview Sam Kazman

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CLIP & Wiley Rein Webinar: The Broadcast Incentive Auction The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is developing service and auction rules to transition broadcast spectrum to mobile use through a novel incentive auction. > Info & registration

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CEI Weekly: Cybersecurity Bill Passes House

April 19, 2013

Feature: CEI experts express concerns about CISPA.

FEATURE: Cybersecurity Bill Passes the House The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) passed the House this week and is headed to the Senate. The bill would facilitate information sharing between private companies and government agencies about possible cyber threats. CEI's Ryan Radia argued that despite lawmakers' good intentions, CISPA could ultimately harm American consumers by voiding private contracts and undermining the rule of law. Read Radia's statement here. SHAPING THE DEBATE The UAW, Having Stripped Detroit Bare, Turns to the South Matt Patterson and Julia Tavlas' op-ed in Forbes Another Correa Problem Iain Murray & Geoffrey McLatchy's op-ed in The American Spectator Facts on the Marketplace Fairness Act Jessica Melugin's web memo    Unions Do Their Business on Taxpayers' Dime CEI's citation in The Baltimore Sun Obama's Closed Government Brian McNicoll's citation in The Huffington Post Obama Threatens CISPA Vote Ryan Radia's citation in Ars Technica Perez Used Private Email for Gov Business Chris Horner's citation in The Washington Free Beacon CISPA Passes House Despite Privacy Concerns Ryan Radia's citation in The Daily Caller

CEI PODCAST April 18, 2013: CISPA Is the Wrong Approach to Cybersecurity Today, the House passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2013 (CISPA). Associate Director of Technology Studies Ryan Radia opposes the bill because it would nullify existing contracts and eliminate the rule of law in certain areas. BEST OF THE BLOGS Four of the Worst Arguments Against the Immigration Bill By David Bier Don't Waste Billions Putting Gun-Wielding Guards in Our Schools By Hans Bader Lessons on Regulatory Reform: the BRAC Acts By Christian Rice Can Wind 'Compete' Without Subsidy? By Marlo Lewis

CEI Today: Cybersecurity, Gang of 8 immigration bill, and wind energy subsidies

VOTE ON CYBERSECURITY BILL - RYAN RADIA

 
CISPA Is the Wrong Approach to Cybersecurity

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2013 (CISPA). Associate Director of Technology Studies Ryan Radia opposes the bill because it would nullify existing contracts and eliminate the rule of law in certain areas.

> Read about CISPA

> Listen to the podcast

> Interview Ryan Radia


 

IMMIGRATION "GANG OF 8" PROPOSAL Openmarket.org: Four Of The Worst Arguments Against The Immigration Bill Since the Gang of 8 released their proposal, the desperation from those who want to see this bill die — and any hope of immigration reform die with it — can be heard throughout DC. Its opponents are spreading everything from the inaccurate to the absurd about the bill and its probable consequences. > Read more > Interview David Bier

WIND ENERGY SUBSIDIES - MARLO LEWIS Globalwarming.org: Can Wind ‘Compete’ without Subsidy? The EU’s biggest joke of a climate policy—by far—has been the Emissions Trading Scheme, a cap-and-trade. It’s actually failed twice. During its first phase, the over allocation of carbon rationing coupons led to windfall profits for utilities, but no actual emissions reductions, as the carbon price plummeted. This week, during its phase three, the Emissions Trading Scheme collapsed again, and this time, it appears to be down for good.  > Read more > Interview Marlo Lewis

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CEI Today: Cybersecurity vote, immigration bill, and EU's failed emissions trading scheme

VOTE ON CYBERSECURITY BILL - RYAN RADIA

 
CISPA Voids Private Contracts, Undermines Rule of Law; Free Market Group Urges House to Reject Cybersecurity Bill

The U.S. House of Representatives will soon vote on final passage of H.R. 624, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2013 (CISPA). The Competitive Enterprise Institute, a free market think tank, strongly urges Members of the House of Representatives to vote “Nay” on passage of CISPA.

We support voluntary information sharing about cyber threats and applaud lawmakers for rethinking outdated federal laws that inhibit Web firms’ ability to defend their networks. Yet CISPA goes far beyond untangling this web of legal barriers – it voids private contracts and undermines the rule of law. Although a bipartisan group of lawmakers, led by Rep. Justin Amash, proposed an amendment to address these concerns, the House Rules Committee rejected this crucial amendment.

> Read more

> Interview Ryan Radia

CEI Immigration Analyst: Gang of 8 Proposal 'A Good Starting Point' Legislation Needs to Allow More Low-Skilled Work Visas, Fix E-Verify, Limit Job-Killing Regs A bipartisan proposal to reform America’s immigration system provides “a good starting point” for discussion but could be improved in a variety of ways, said David Bier, a CEI immigration policy analyst. The legislation, introduced in the predawn hours of April 17, would attempt to secure America’s border, permit more legal immigration and legalize the statuses of millions of immigrants already in the country. But its limits on the number of visas for unskilled workers remains too low; its regulations will impose new costs on businesses; and E-Verify, a key component of reform, needs strict standards to limit errors for American workers and protect small businesses. > Read more > Interview David Bier

GLOBAL WARMING TREATY - WILLIAM YEATMAN Globalwarming.org: EU’s Empty Climate Policy Reflects the Impossibility of a Global Climate Treaty (which is great for humankind) The EU’s biggest joke of a climate policy—by far—has been the Emissions Trading Scheme, a cap-and-trade. It’s actually failed twice. During its first phase, the over allocation of carbon rationing coupons led to windfall profits for utilities, but no actual emissions reductions, as the carbon price plummeted. This week, during its phase three, the Emissions Trading Scheme collapsed again, and this time, it appears to be down for good.  > Read more > Interview William Yeatman

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CEI Today: Cyber security bill, IMF carbon tax, and E-Verify public opinion

CYBER SECURITY - WAYNE CREWS & RYAN RADIA

The House Intelligence Committee is expected to markup a cybersecurity bill Wednesday, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. CEI's Wayne Crews and Ryan Radia have been critical of “CISPA.”

It’s not clear what government’s capabilities really are with respect to private critical infrastructure security and cybersecurity, regardless of resources. Given that, ensuring that nothing blocks markets from reacting as fluidly as possible, rather than federally over-steering cybersecurity, should be the guiding principle.  > Read the full commentary

> View the coalition letter, expressing concerns that companies would share sensitive Internet and other information with the government without sufficient privacy safeguards, oversight or accountability.

> Interview Wayne Crews or Ryan Radia

 

IMF CARBON TAX - MARLO LEWIS Master Resource: IMF’s Carbon Tax Shenanigans: Part I The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently published a report urging the world’s governments to “reform” energy subsidies estimated at $1.9 trillion in 2011. Eliminating government policies designed to rig markets in favor of particular energy companies or industries is a worthy goal. Unfortunately, that’s not the agenda the IMF is pushing. The IMF seeks to shame U.S. policymakers into enacting a carbon tax.  > Read more > Interview Marlo Lewis

E-VERIFY - DAVID BIER Openmarket.org: Americans Reject Actual E-Verify System Imagine there was a free program that could guarantee for employers a legal workforce and eliminate illegal immigration. Would you favor such a system? Yes or no? This is essentially how all polls attempt to gauge the popularity of E-Verify, the electronic national identification system included in many immigration reform proposals. Then, the system’s proponents exclaim, “Americans demand E-Verify!” > View the full commentary > Interview David Bier

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