by nclaadmin | Sep 13, 2019 | Blog, Peggy Little
New Civil Liberties Alliance recently hosted a showing of Little Pink House, a 2017 fact-based film dramatization of the events leading to the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in Kelo v. New London. When that case was handed down in 2005, immediate, nationwide outrage...
by nclaadmin | Sep 4, 2019 | Blog, Caleb Kruckenberg
At some point in every lawyer’s career, they become familiar with, what I call, “hallway law.” This is the set of rules that everyone seems to think apply, but don’t actually have any basis in the law. Hallway law exists merely from inertia, but it can be...
by nclaadmin | Aug 27, 2019 | Blog, Michael P. DeGrandis
Taoism is a Chinese philosophy that is often represented by the yin-yang—a symbol of contrasting opposites in perfect balance with each other. From the Taoist perspective, “day” is only “day” in relationship to the night. In other words, all things are...
by nclaadmin | Aug 8, 2019 | Blog, Haley Connor
The rule of lenity requires that if a criminal statute is ambiguous, courts must interpret the ambiguity in a manner favorable to the defendant. There are two primary reasons for the rule of lenity. First, criminal laws must provide people with fair notice so people...
by nblazie | Aug 8, 2019 | Blog, Ethan Beck
Answers Pet Food, a brand created by Pennsylvania-based company Lystn to provide high quality, organic pet food, is being targeted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for failing to comply with an unofficial, zero-tolerance policy toward naturally occurring...
by nblazie | Aug 7, 2019 | Blog, Gelane Diamond
Billions of dollars over budget. Years behind schedule. Hundreds of acres of land taken from Central Valley farmers, who are still waiting to receive their compensation. How did a project to build America’s first high-speed railway become such a wreck? The...
