Former White House Counsel C. Boyden Gray published an editorial in RealClear Energy on May 4, explaining that while President Biden’s E15 waiver is a good first step, more is needed to confront the new energy crisis. He writes, Moving towards a comprehensive, sound, and sustainable energy policy will require some course correction. The administration’s current approach reflects a tug-of-war…
Rep. Jim Jordan, joined by 17 other Members of Congress, wrote to Twitter’s Board of Directors asking for the preservation of documents related to governance, free speech, and twitter’s pending acquisition by Elon Musk. He writes, Free speech online is under attack by Big Tech. In particular, Twitter has increasingly engaged in “heavy-handed censorship . . . to silence prominent…
Kevin Stocklin at the American Conservative writes on the use of so-called “ESG” in state pension funds. He explains, State pension fund managers who have declared that they will include environmental and social justice goals in their investment decisions collectively control more than $3 trillion in retirement assets and include the five largest public pension plans in the U.S. Among them are…
Pamela King at E&E News writes on the major questions doctrine in a recent article, Inside a legal doctrine that could derail Biden climate regs. She explains, The doctrine—which says Congress must speak clearly if it wishes to allow a federal agency to address matters of “vast economic and political significance”—has been invoked by Republican state attorneys general and conservative…
Kevin Stocklin at the American Conservative writes on the growing Civil War For America’s Banks. He explains, Progressives, with the assistance of the Biden administration, have succeeded in pushing JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and other major banks into left-wing activism, shunning industries including oil and gas producers and gun manufacturers, and fighting conservative state laws on…
Coca-Cola’s has officially walked back a proposal requiring the company’s outside law firms to have a quota of Black attorneys and lawyers from other underrepresented groups working on its cases. The policy, introduced by then-general counsel Bradley Gayton, was initially announced in January 2021 but was paused after Gayton was replaced as general counsel in March 2021. In announcing the…
Former White House Counsel C. Boyden Gray published an editorial in Real Clear Politics on March 13, suggesting one simple solution to rising fuel prices—passing the Next Generation Fuels Act. He writes, The Next Generation Fuels Act – a bipartisan bill sponsored by Representative Cheri Bustos of Illinois – would eliminate these barriers and bring American fuel policy into the 21st century….
Former White House Counsel C. Boyden Gray sent a letter on behalf of the Project on Fair Representation to Morgan Stanley and Princeton University on Tuesday, warning them of the illegality of their racially discriminatory internship program. The letter, sent to Eric Grossman, the Chief Legal Officer of Morgan Stanley, and Ramona E. Romero, the Vice President and General Counsel…
Former White House Counsel C. Boyden Gray published a letter to the editor in The Washington Post on January 30, rebuffing a recent editorial’s take on the rise of race and sex quotas in corporate boardrooms. He writes, The Jan. 24 editorial “Boardrooms’ changing complexion” was uncommonly shy about conservatives’ main point: that race and sex discrimination is illegal and…