CEI Weekly (10/23/09)
Support Builds for Supreme Court Case Against Sarbanes Oxley
The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to hear a case that could have a major impact on the U.S. capital markets. In a new development, three former U.S. Attorneys General, a prominent former Democratic Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and several law professors and economists are all asking the Court to strike down as unconstitutional Sarbanes-Oxley’s Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, or PCAOB.
-Visit CEI to read more about who is challenging Sarbanes Oxley.
-Briefs pertaining to the case are available at ControlAbuseofPower.org.
Shaping the Debate
Memo to Spitzer: It's Not Your Money - Ivan Osorio and Vincent Vernuccio's op-ed in the Investor's Business Daily
Tech Heavies to FCC: Stay on Target - Ryan Radia's quote in E-Commerce Times
One of These Groups is Wrong About Climate Policy - Myron Ebell's letter to the editor in the Wall Street Journal
Best of the Blogs
A Cure Worse than the Disease - by Greg Conko
With Democratic support coalescing around Senator Max Baucus’s (D-MT) health care reform proposal, passage of a comprehensive overhaul now appears more likely than ever. As I explain in a new Competitive Enterprise Institute paper out today, “A Cure Worse than the Disease: Obama Care Won’t Cut Costs, But May Cut Quality,” most of the alleged cost-cutting measures in the Baucus bill merely shift costs from the federal government onto the states or private payers
Data Deflates Threat-Multiplier Hype - by Marlo Lewis
“Climate change is a threat multiplier” is the new trendy rationale for Kyoto-style energy rationing. One hears little these days about Al Gore’s nightmare vision of death and destruction from ever more powerful and frequent hurricanes, catastrophic sea-level rise, or a warming-induced climate shift into a new ice age. This story line is too implausible for most grownups to swallow or patronize, no matter how desperate they are to look green.
FTC Sets its Sights on Bloggers - by Elizabeth Jacobson
The blogosphere has been up in arms over the last two weeks, ever since the Federal Trade Commission issued an update to its “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.” In the past, these guidelines have determined the kinds of research claims companies or celebrity endorsers can make about products in advertising. With the recent update, though, the FTC has chosen to extend its reach onto the Internet, applying its regulations to blogs, Facebook pages, even Twitter feeds
Liberty Week Podcast
This week, host Richard Morrison and guest-host Jeremy Lott interview CEI Senior Fellow Gregory Conko about Congress’ health care debacles, er, uh, bills. Energy Policy Analyst William Yeatman joins in to discuss avoiding another housing crisis, California’s proposed ban on big screen TVs, the Abramoff scandal’s latest jailing, and the FTC’s war against free speech.
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