by nclaadmin | Nov 13, 2019 | Blog, Peggy Little
Lawyers, heal yourselves! My work at New Civil Liberties Alliance involves reining in the Administrative State. Every day brings new revelations of the vast sweep and deep tentacles of the modern Administrative State across every level of government. Do you know...
by nclaadmin | Nov 6, 2019 | Blog, Caleb Kruckenberg
ALPRs are high-speed cameras that take photographs of vehicle license plates when they travel on public roadways. Originally ALPRs were installed primarily on police vehicles as a way to expedite license plate checks for expired registration, active warrants, or...
by nclaadmin | Oct 28, 2019 | Blog, Kara Rollins
Asset forfeiture is the process local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies use to seize property they allege was used to facilitate a crime or is the result of a crime. It is a vestige of English law that was used to combat piracy. Or maybe more accurately...
by nclaadmin | Oct 17, 2019 | Blog, Michael P. DeGrandis
Ah, the games bureaucrats play. They most often resemble Twister, of course: How well can you contort yourself to follow an agency’s myriad of guidance and regulations? But many of their games are more insidious, implicating fundamental rights including freedoms of...
by nclaadmin | Oct 17, 2019 | Blog, Caleb Kruckenberg
The Trump Administration has taken an important step in overhauling the administrative state by tackling the rampant abuse of agency “guidance.” Instead of issuing formal rules, agencies have come to rely on informal interpretations, advice, statements of policy and...
by nclaadmin | Oct 17, 2019 | Adi Dynar, Blog
The two executive orders issued by the White House—“Bringing Guidance out of the Darkness,” and “Transparency and Fairness”—promise to start clearing the fog of faulty guidance documents issued by federal administrative agencies in the so-called Washington D.C....
