by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jul 14, 2020 | Blog, Kara Rollins
In a previous post, we discussed the new and welcome regulatory changes made by President Trump in Executive Order 13924 last month, a significant victory for civil liberties. But while excitement is warranted for these positive developments, many further reforms,...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jun 30, 2020 | Blog, Kara Rollins
Executive Orders are one source of egregious expansions of administrative power, and NCLA litigators frequently challenge unconstitutional exercises of lawmaking by executive fiat. For example, see NCLA’s recent amicus brief challenging the authority of the Department...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jun 11, 2020 | Blog, Kara Rollins
Last fall, President Trump issued two Executive Orders aimed at reining in unlawful administrative state action. Together, the orders represented a welcome change for regulated parties, who too often find themselves in regulatory agencies’ crosshairs with little...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Apr 2, 2020 | Blog, Kara Rollins
The ongoing national emergency is still too new and too fluid for any of us to glean much beyond the obvious—wash your hands, stay inside, and practice kindness and grace toward others. But that has not stopped prognosticators from discussing what a...
by NCLA | Feb 6, 2020 | Blog, Kara Rollins
In Brady v. Maryland, the Supreme Court first recognized that a defendant’s due process rights are violated when a prosecutor fails to disclose material exculpatory evidence, evidence tending to show that a defendant is not guilty of a crime or punishment. The Brady...
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...
