What’s Next After Court Upholds TikTok Ban
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What’s Next After Court Upholds TikTok Ban

Last week, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit upheld the TikTok divest-or-ban bill against a constitutional challenge. The result was unsurprising given how poorly TikTok fared at…

Did the Courts Just Nuke Environmental Review?
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Did the Courts Just Nuke Environmental Review?

Description AEI fellows James W. Coleman and Adam J. White join Santi Ruiz of the Institute for Progress and Nicholas Bagley of the University of Michigan Law School to discuss…

“Propertizing” Privacy: Evaluating the Merits of a Property-Based Approach to Personal Data Protection
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American Enterprise Institute

“Propertizing” Privacy: Evaluating the Merits of a Property-Based Approach to Personal Data Protection

Decades into the Information Age, privacy continues to bedevil policymakers and businesses. Does treating personal information as common-law property offer a framework for thinking about privacy protection and maximizing consumer…

Message from Voters: Remove Politicized Constraints on Fossil Energy Production
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The Hill

Message from Voters: Remove Politicized Constraints on Fossil Energy Production

On Election Day, voters delivered at least one clear message: Remove the policy roadblocks standing in the way of greater fossil energy production, American oil and natural gas in particular.…

The MAGA Science Agenda Reveals America’s Future
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The New York Times

The MAGA Science Agenda Reveals America’s Future

The leader of the Republican Party and our country’s next president has tapped a pro-choice scion of the country’s most famous Democratic dynasty to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. In keeping…

The Roots of Public Mistrust: Science, Policy, and Academic Integrity
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SAPIR

The Roots of Public Mistrust: Science, Policy, and Academic Integrity

Astronomer Carl Sagan observed in his popular 1980 television show Cosmos, “There are many hypotheses in science that are wrong. That’s perfectly all right; it’s the aperture to finding out what’s…

President Trump Should Abandon Biden’s Misguided War on Big Business
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AEIdeas

President Trump Should Abandon Biden’s Misguided War on Big Business

As President Trump takes office for the second time, a pressing question will be how to handle the Biden administration’s legacy of targeting large businesses. In 2021, President Biden issued…

Should State Laws Determine National Energy and Climate Policies?
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National Review

Should State Laws Determine National Energy and Climate Policies?

Opponents of fossil fuels claim to oppose pollution, but they are all too happy to pollute our legal and constitutional institutions in pursuit of their climate-policy agenda. The latest manifestation…

Maine Shows the Way: Low Earth Orbit Satellites Can Rescue the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program
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AEIdeas

Maine Shows the Way: Low Earth Orbit Satellites Can Rescue the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program

As the Kamala Harris-Tim Walz and Donald Trump-JD Vance campaigns pour resources into Maine to compete for electoral votes, both the Vice President and former President Trump could benefit from…

Regulating Artificial Intelligence in a World of Uncertainty
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Regulating Artificial Intelligence in a World of Uncertainty

Key Points Read the pdf. Executive Summary New and increasingly capable artificial intelligence applications are a fact of life. They offer great promise of advances in human welfare but also…

The Energy Permitting Reform Act Doesn’t Go Far Enough
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RealClearPolicy

The Energy Permitting Reform Act Doesn’t Go Far Enough

This summer, Senators Joe Manchin and John Barrasso’s Energy Permitting Reform Act passed out of the Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee by a 15-4 vote and the House of…

TikTok’s No Good, Very Bad Day in Court
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AEIdeas

TikTok’s No Good, Very Bad Day in Court

Last month, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral argument in TikTok Inc. v. Garland, which tests the constitutionality of a federal law that would ban the popular social…

The Clean Energy Transition’s Voter Problem
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The Honest Broker

The Clean Energy Transition’s Voter Problem

The future of the clean energy transition is cloudy. It’s well-known that there are disagreements—wide disagreements—between Republicans and Democrats about our energy future. But less well-known is the bedrock of…

Why the Veto of California Senate Bill 1047 Could Lead to Safer AI Policies
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AEIdeas

Why the Veto of California Senate Bill 1047 Could Lead to Safer AI Policies

Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act, reignited the debate about how best to regulate the rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence. Newsom’s veto illustrates a cautious approach to regulating…

State Attorneys General Are Stepping in to Deal with ESG Abuse of Investors
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The Hill

State Attorneys General Are Stepping in to Deal with ESG Abuse of Investors

The current proxy advisory system — in which proxy advisors make recommendations to investors and asset managers on how they should vote on shareholder proposals — has evolved into a…