Research Director @CivitasInst; Founding Partner, PNT Law Firm | Former Senior Counsel @TXAG & Marine Corps JAG | Featured in WSJ, NYT, Politico & more
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Will state attorneys general allow their cities to make energy policy?
That's the question I ask in my latest column discussing climate lawfare currently being waged by blue cities and counties across the country:
civitasinstitute.org/researc…
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Two great conversations with @GovRonDeSantis at @UTAustin today: a student roundtable followed by "An Afternoon with Ron DeSantis."
Thank you to everyone who joined us!
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A special ‘thank you’ to the New York City Lawyer Chapter of @FedSoc for co-sponsoring yesterday evening’s event on ‘The Civitas Collection 250.’
Editor @Reinsch84 was joined by contributors John Yoo, Wilfred McClay, and @Rickersam3 to discuss themes in the Declaration and American civic life, 250 years on.
Today, SCOTUS hears Suncor v. Boulder.
A ruling for Boulder exposes all types of businesses to similar shakedowns over worldwide emissions from any of the 50 states or roughly 40,000 local governments.
The targets go well beyond oil and gas: utilities, transportation, agriculture, manufacturing, even tech could be next.
Honored to have a piece in @PostOpinions today on what’s at stake.
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Going public. Texas style. 🤠
Our SMU CGI register tracks 7 Texas-corporation IPOs since June 2025, plus 1 Texas LLC. Many in the pipeline.
Texas is becoming a legal home at the IPO stage, too.
Meet the issuers:
tracker.smucgi.org/texas-at-…
#YallStreet #IPO @SMUCox @SMULawSchool
🤖 Made with AI
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“We’re not dealing with a discretionary product. We’re dealing with the foundation of civilization. Let’s put it right: energy.”
- Former AG Bill Barr at our Suncor v. Boulder event
Today at UT Austin, @CivitasInst hosts a signature event on Suncor, a case with broad implications for global energy markets, American business, and climate policy.
I’ll moderate two panels featuring leading legal and policy experts.
Join us: civitasinstitute.org/events/…
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‘Y’all Street’ Welcomes Financial Giant Morgan Stanley to Dallas thetexan.news/issues/texas-t…
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A proxy ballot is a microphone; a portfolio decision is a checkbook.
@mctoth & @ShaneGoodwin's latest on ExxonMobil's reincorperation for @BLaw.
A proxy ballot is a microphone. A portfolio decision is a checkbook.
In our latest @BLaw piece, @ShaneGoodwin and I show that investors who voted against reincorporating to Texas or Nevada were about as likely to keep or increase their positions as those who voted for it.
Here's a link to the piece:
news.bloomberglaw.com/busine…
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The Supreme Court hears Suncor v. Boulder on the first day of its term.
Four days before that, we're putting lawyers from all sides of the question in one room in Austin.
Join us. RSVP for free: civitasinstitute.org/events/…
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Judges evaluating contested scientific and legal questions should know who developed the materials they are being asked to consider and what interests those contributors represent.
Research director @mctoth's new paper lays out the case for why.
Read the full text here: civitasinstitute.pulse.ly/oy…
Thank you @MisruleofLaw. We miss you in Texas but so glad to have you cheering us on from Tennessee.
Bravo to Texas, @mctoth, and Tennessee’s Sen. Bill Hagerty @SenatorHagerty wsj.com/opinion/bring-back-s…
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“Pro-business state governments are showing what the future of effective corporate governance can look like.”
@SenatorHagerty’s response to @mctoth’s essay for the @WSJ.
Read the full letter: wsj.com/opinion/bring-back-s…
A nice follow-up to my recent @WSJ op-ed on @BlackRock choosing Texas.
@SenatorHagerty wrote a terrific letter connecting what’s happening in Texas and Tennessee to a bigger idea: states should be able to compete over corporate governance.
@SenatorHagerty and @SECPaulSAtkins the SEC have been working on this from different fronts for some time. Credit to both for this long overdue reform.
Sen. Hagerty’s letter & SEC announcement are linked below.
