Publications
In this co-written essay, legal director Sandeep Vaheesan and chief economist Brian Callaci deliver the argument that today’s “state capacity” discourse wrongly blames democratic procedures for government failure, when the real solution is not deregulated, top-down speed but renewed democratic governance that balances effective state action with public participation and legitimacy.
CJL program manager Karina Montoya takes stock of Google’s YouTube TV growth in live TV streaming, and what its clashes with TV programmers mean as Big Tech continues to be an unregulated actor in streaming services.
CJL director Courtney Radsch argues that today’s AI systems—shaped by market concentration, surveillance-based business models, and weak regulation—are evolving into an infrastructure of cognitive control that threatens freedom of thought, human agency, and democracy unless firm legal, structural, and human-rights–based constraints are imposed.
Reporter Austin Ahlman writes about how the Supreme Court’s likely overturning of Humphrey’s Executor could end agency independence and transform regulators like the FTC into direct instruments of presidential power.
Industrial Policy Program Manager Audrey Stienon writes that Europe’s landmark Green Deal is being weakened under pressure from Trump’s tariff threats and rising far-right influence, jeopardizing the EU’s climate ambitions and democratic sovereignty.
Transportation analyst Arnav Rao argues that the MSC–BlackRock port takeover would dangerously consolidate global shipping, undermining U.S. security and supply chain resilience rather than protecting it.
Eileen Pomeroy argues that while the $1.5 billion Anthropic settlement offers limited compensation to authors, it fails to address broader copyright abuses in AI training—and highlights the urgent need for the news industry to organize collectively for fair remuneration.
Policy director Phil Longman gives a riveting argument about how America can save Social Security and strengthen retirement security by making the system fairer—taxing the wealthy more, expanding benefits for working- and middle-class Americans, and addressing decades of policy failures that fueled inequality.
