1977
19 verified events recorded in 1977.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977-12-28 | International Emergency Economic Powers Act: Carter-Era Statute Becomes Principal Modern Instrument of Unilateral Economic Action
3 src Jimmy Carter · Jonathan Bingham · Clement Zablocki · U.S. Congress | confirmed | |
| 1977-10-20 | Carl Bernstein Exposes CIA Media Network in Rolling Stone: 400+ Journalists Secretly Served Intelligence Agency
3 src Carl Bernstein · CIA · William Colby · George H.W. Bush | confirmed | |
| 1977-10-12 | Community Reinvestment Act Passed to Combat Redlining, Banking Industry Resists
3 src President Jimmy Carter · Senator William Proxmire · American Bankers Association · Federal Reserve · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1977-08-31 | J.P. Stevens Found Guilty of Massive NLRB Violations, Creates Corporate Union-Busting Playbook
3 src J.P. Stevens & Company · Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union · National Labor Relations Board · Corporate Campaign Inc. | confirmed | |
| 1977-08-12 | Weinberger v. Equifax: Fifth Circuit Guts Anti-Pinkerton Act, Clearing Path for Private Intelligence Industry
5 src U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · Equifax Inc. · Government Accountability Office | confirmed | |
| 1977-07-01 | Exxon Internal Climate Research Program Confirms Human-Caused Global Warming
3 src James Black · Roger Cohen · ExxonMobil · Exxon Corporation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1977-06-23 | Supreme Court Decides GTE Sylvania, First Major Chicago School Antitrust Victory
2 src U.S. Supreme Court · Aaron Director · Chicago School of Economics | confirmed | |
| 1977-05-21 | Harlon Carter Leads NRA Cincinnati Revolt Transforming Gun Lobby into Political Weapon | ||
| 1977-01-01 | American Enterprise Institute Budget Surges to $10 Million - Think Tank Infrastructure Expansion
3 src American Enterprise Institute · William Baroody Sr. · Gerald Ford · Howard Pew Freedom Trust · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1977-01-01 | American Enterprise Institute Organizational Profile: Transforming Industry Lobby into 'Scholarly' Think Tank
4 src American Enterprise Institute · Irving Kristol · Jeane Kirkpatrick · Dick Cheney · +4 | confirmed | |
| 1977-01-01 | BCCI Establishes Partnership with Pakistan's Zia ul-Haq Military Regime
6 src General Zia ul-Haq · Agha Hasan Abedi · Pakistan military · BCCI Pakistan operations · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1977-01-01 | Charles Koch Founds Cato Institute with $500,000, Expanding Libertarian Infrastructure
3 src Charles Koch · Ed Crane · Murray Rothbard · Koch Industries | confirmed | |
| 1977-01-01 | Department of Justice Announces Abandonment of Robinson-Patman Act Enforcement, Adopting Chicago School Critique
4 src Department of Justice · Robert Bork · Federal Trade Commission · Chicago School of Economics | confirmed | |
| 1977-01-01 | Edwin Feulner Becomes Heritage Foundation President, Beginning 36-Year Tenure Building Conservative Policy Infrastructure
4 src Edwin Feulner · Heritage Foundation · Paul Weyrich · Richard Scaife · +4 | confirmed | |
| 1977-01-01 | Jack Kemp and William Roth Introduce Tax Cut Bill, Translating Supply-Side Theory to Legislation
2 src Jack Kemp · William Roth · Arthur Laffer · Jude Wanniski | confirmed | |
| 1977-01-01 | Milton Friedman Begins Development of "Free to Choose" PBS Series on Free Markets
4 src Milton Friedman · Rose Friedman · Bob Chitester · Free to Choose Network | confirmed | |
| 1977-01-01 | National Association of Business PACs Founded to Coordinate Corporate Political Money
2 src National Association of Business Political Action Committees | confirmed | |
| 1977-01-01 | Oracle Corporation Founded to Build CIA Database, Named After CIA Project
3 src Larry Ellison · Robert Miner · Central Intelligence Agency · Oracle | confirmed | |
| 1977-01-01 | William E. Simon Becomes Olin Foundation President, Launching Strategic Conservative Funding
2 src William E. Simon · John M. Olin · John M. Olin Foundation | confirmed |