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<title><![CDATA[Michael Toth - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/30674.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Michael Toth]]></description><category domain="30674">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Climate Plaintiffs Deserve To Lose Again]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/10/05/suncor-is-much-bigger-than-oil-gas/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Toth</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Local emissions rules shouldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t be used to shake down companies for conduct occurring elsewhere.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Corporate March to Texas Won't End With Exxon]]></title>
							<link>https://www.civitasoutlook.com/research/proxy-advisors-vote-no-on-texas-6a7a6370-fa95-4863-a77b-049cf822ae27</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Toth</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The problem for the proxy advisory firms is that the corporate march to the Lone Star State won't end with Exxon.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Tax Break for Foreigners and Trial Lawyers]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-tax-break-for-foreigners-and-trial-lawyers-684dac55?st=iVYaog</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Toth</author>
							<description><![CDATA[America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s one-of-a-kind tort system generates many perverse incentives, but this one takes the cake: Foreign investors receive special tax treatment for financing lawsuits against American companies. Congress should close the loophole that lets Russian oligarchs bankroll legal...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Oren Cass' Bad Timing]]></title>
							<link>https://www.civitasinstitute.org/research/oren-casss-bad-timing</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Toth</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Cass's critique misses the most telling point about today's economy: U.S. companies are on top because they consistently outcompete their global rivals.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trial Lawyers and the Future of Energy in the Bayou]]></title>
							<link>https://www.civitasoutlook.com/research/trial-lawyers-and-the-future-of-oil-gas-in-the-bayou-1feb4206-d531-4967-8079-1e43229935bf</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Toth</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court heard oral argument last week in a case that will determine whether oil and gas companies can stop politically-connected Louisiana trial lawyers from marching them through state court proceedings over allegations that the companies'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' drilling activities dating back...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America Needs a Transcontinental Railroad]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/america-needs-a-transcontinental-railroad-fe969a0d?st=soYWpu</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Toth</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A proposed merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern would foster efficiencies, but opponents say the deal would kill competition.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Greenpeace Asks a Dutch Court To Reverse an American Verdict]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/greenpeace-asks-a-dutch-court-to-reverse-an-american-verdict-ec50b1e8?st=6ruYyM</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Toth</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The group wants to use European law as a shield to disrupt American infrastructure projects.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Texas Stands on Commerce: Others Should Take Note]]></title>
							<link>https://www.civitasinstitute.org/research/more-business-ahead-for-texas</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Toth</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Clear limits on shareholder resolutions have made Texas a model of business certainty '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and business is flooding in.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Climate Litigation Imposes Back Door Taxes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.civitasinstitute.org/research/carbon-taxes-are-headed-for-the-san-francisco-court</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Toth</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Californians should object to climate taxes because they reflect the state's most dysfunctional tendencies.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Troubling Pattern of Municipal Lawfare]]></title>
							<link>https://www.civitasinstitute.org/research/waging-municipal-lawfare</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Toth</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The limited authority of local governments to initiate public interest litigation is a matter of law, not politics.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Education Revolution Is Here]]></title>
							<link>https://www.civitasinstitute.org/research/the-education-revolution-is-here-and-parents-and-children-are-winning</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Toth</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We see new policies and rights that return power to parents and students.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Climate Lawyers Try a New Approach]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/climate-lawyers-try-a-new-approach-wrongful-death-lawsuits-7c7223af?st=bvkXpt</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Toth</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Heatstroke killed Julie Leon on a 108-degree day. A lawsuit blames oil companies.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump and Wiles Are Like a New Madden and Summerall]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5405571-trumps-resurgence-in-second-term/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Toth</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Pundits have credited White House chief of staff Susie Wiles for the new administration'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s winning streak.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Tax Bill Will Uplift the Poor &ndash; Again]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/06/25/gop_tax_bill_will_uplift_poor__again_152957.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Toth</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) faces a critical test in the Senate, opponents are pointing to a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis to claim that the legislation will disproportionately help the richest Americans. Don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t buy it. The truth is that taxpayers at lower...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lawsuits Are Threatening Trump's Early Energy Successes]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/5360195-trump-energy-agenda-michigan-louisiana/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Toth</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Energy has been a highlight of the Trump 2.0 presidency. But the administration needs more cooperation from Lansing and Baton Rouge to bring its ambitious goals to fruition.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Bad Business on the Bayou]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-bad-business-on-the-bayou-chevron-law-environment-oil-gas-industry-304bcb41?st=dbNven</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Toth</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Chevron finds itself the victim of a political alliance between the tort bar and Louisiana Republicans.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Congress Must Shield U.S. From European Regulations]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/5216720-eu-regulation-us-business/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Toth</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s tariffs and the ensuing debates have diverted attention from the fact that regulating international trade is the role of Congress. After all, tariffs are taxes, and it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a bedrock principle of U.S. law that taxation requires'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' legislation.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Federal Lands Can Be Used To Ease Housing Affordability]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/5185128-federal-lands-housing-affordability/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Toth</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Next to inflation, Americans ranked'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' housing as their top financial concern'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in a Gallup survey last May. Since then, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s gotten only worse.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' January home sales'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' were down 5 percent from last year'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s dismal numbers. Record numbers of first-time buyers are stuck on the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Uses Trade Leverage To Help Working Americans]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/5144927-us-eu-trade-dispute-tariffs/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Toth</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Recent tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and Colombia are not trade wars. They are a response to political issues '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' illegal immigration, Fentanyl, cartels and crime. The Trump administration is showing it will use trade as leverage to advance domestic policy goals.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[EU Imposes Its ESG Agenda on American Companies]]></title>
							<link>https://www.civitasinstitute.org/research/the-eu-imposes-its-esg-agenda-on-american-companies</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Toth</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The goal in negotiating with the EU should be to secure the freer flow of goods, services, and investment, something in the interests of both America and the EU.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Solicitor General's Misguided Endorsement of Climate Suits]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/5062808-climate-lawsuits-energy-policy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Toth</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In her final weeks as U.S. solicitor general,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Elizabeth Prelogar'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' filed amicus briefs'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' urging'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the Supreme Court'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' to allow climate lawsuits, particularly one brought by Honolulu, to proceed under state tort law. This stance is ill-advised and inconsistent with the positions taken...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[CBS Refusal To Release 60 Minutes Harris Transcript Indefensible]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/10/22/cbs_refusal_to_release_60_minutes_harris_transcript_indefensible_151814.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Toth</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s criticism of the CBS "60 Minutes" interview with Kamala Harris has triggered the predictable legacy media meltdown. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s unfortunate. Trump and Harris supporters should demand CBS come clean about why the network significantly altered Harris'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' responses on...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the Corporations Are Fleeing Delaware]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/4715117-why-the-corporations-are-fleeing-delaware/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Toth</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For more than a century, executives have flocked to Delaware, the First State, to incorporate their businesses. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not for the beaches or even the taxes '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Delaware'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 8.7 percent corporate rate, in fact,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' ranks near the highest in the country.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Parental Authority Gets a Boost From Dobbs]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/articles/parental-authority-gets-a-boost-from-dobbs-justice-alito-glucksberg-unenumerated-rights-history-tradition-education-meyer-pierce-11658941498?mod=djemalertNEWS</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Toth</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Constitution protects unenumerated rights that are 'deeply rooted' in history and tradition.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is the Republic Lost?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.libertylawsite.org/2015/04/02/is-the-republic-lost/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Toth</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When the delegates were departing the Constitutional Convention, a woman stopped Benjamin Franklin outside Independence Hall and asked the Pennsylvania delegate, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Well, Doctor, what have we got? A republic or a monarchy?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Franklin responded, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'A republic, if you can keep...]]></description>
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