by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jan 22, 2024 | Blog, Greg Dolin
One of the foundational principles of the United States is that we are a country of laws, not men—a place where the lowliest of the low are subject to the same laws and rules as the most exalted and powerful. Most of us learned in our middle school civics class...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jan 16, 2024 | Blog, John J. Vecchione
This week, we go to the Supreme Court in Relentless v. Commerce for argument on whether Chevron deference—the deference given to agencies when they interpret an ambiguous or silent statute—continue or be abandoned by the Court. Both our briefs and those of the...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jan 8, 2024 | Blog, Kara Rollins
Clickbaity titles and hyperbolic claims are, yet again, dominating the coverage of the Supreme Court’s docket. Among those are the suggestions that this term’s Relentless and Loper Bright cases are the “end” of everything from the environment to the government...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Dec 1, 2023 | Blog, Randy Quarles
“[i]f nothing more were required, in exercising a legislative trust, than a general conveyance of authority—without laying down any precise rules by which the authority conveyed should be carried into effect—it would follow that the whole power of legislation might be...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Dec 22, 2023 | Blog, Sheng Li
NCLA lawsuits have forced the Department of Transportation to abandon an abusive administrative enforcement action against a small family-owned business for the third time this year. These cases provide a roadmap for others to follow when DOT drags them...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Dec 18, 2023 | Blog, Margot Cleveland
Justices Sotomayor and Thomas agree. Professors Neal Katyal and Philip Hamburger agree. And the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) agree. The United States Supreme Court should reconsider its qualified immunity...