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Policy Groups, 20 States Back Ohio’s ARPA Fight In 6th Circ.
Three limited-government advocacy organizations and 20 states urged the Sixth Circuit to uphold an injunction barring the federal government from enforcing a law against Ohio that requires states to return coronavirus... Read the full article
More Lawsuits a Likely Result of SEC Shift on No-Admit, No-Deny Settlements
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plans to make it harder for companies and individually charged officers to settle allegations of wrongdoing without first admitting guilt. SEC enforcement chief Gurbir Grewal said last week the agency wants to move away...
Judge Again Sides With MSU in Lawsuit From Employee Over COVID Vaccine Mandate
A federal court has again sided with Michigan State University in a lawsuit from an employee challenging the school’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement. Judge Paul Maloney declined this month to grant Jeanna Norris a preliminary injunction that would have blocked MSU from...
Fight Against ‘Bump Stock Ban’ Reaches Fifth Circuit Court
Late last week the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, covering most of Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi, took up “Michael Cargill v. Garland, et al,” a case challenging the 2017 Trump-issued Executive Order prompting the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms,...
MSU Vaccine Mandate Stands After Judge Again Denies Challenger
COVID-19 vaccinations will continue to be required at Michigan State University after a judge denied an employee’s attempt to block the mandate. MSU President Samuel Stanley Jr. announced July 30 that all students, faculty and staff would be required to get vaccinated...
Moms Fighting Back Over Masking Kids and CRT, with Maud Maron, Natalya Murakhver, and Jenin Younes
Megyn Kelly is joined by Maud Maron, a public defender and candidate for NYC City Council, Natalya Murakhver, founder of the "Mask Like A Kid" campaign, and Jenin Younes, litigation counsel for the New Civil Liberties Alliance, who are three liberals, to talk about...
Federal Judge Ruled Against MSU Employee With ‘Natural Immunity’
A federal judge ruled against a Michigan State employee who filed a lawsuit in relation to the university's vaccine mandate, according to MLive. In August, administrative associate and fiscal officer Jeanna Norris argued she had a natural immunity against COVID-19...
States Fight Back Against ARP’s Tax Cut Ban
The “tax cut ban” introduced in the American Rescue Plan Act — which requires that states that accept federal funds through ARPA must not reduce their own taxes — has been challenged by a number of states in several jurisdictions. “This provision violates very basic...
Thumbs Up on Michigan State’s COVID Vaccine Mandate, Thumbs Down on Natural Immunity, Federal Judge Says
Michigan State University’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate will stand after a federal judge ruled against an employee who argued her natural immunity should exempt her. Jeanna Norris, a MSU administrative associate and fiscal officer, sued President Samuel Stanley and the...
Judge Upholds MSU’s Vaccine Mandate Against a Professor Who Cited Natural Immunity
A federal judge has ruled against a Michigan State University employee who claimed in a lawsuit that the school’s vaccine policy is unconstitutional and irrational because she already has “robust immunity” after recovering from a COVID-19 infection. Jeanna Norris, a...
Federal Judge Denies Request to Block Vaccine Mandate on Natural Immunity Basis
A request to block Michigan State University’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate based on natural immunity was denied by a federal judge. Jeanna Norris, a university employee, sued against the mandate since she already had the virus and recovered. She presented two antibody...
Federal Judge Rules Against Natural Immunity Claim Challenging COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
A federal judge on Oct. 8 denied a request to block Michigan State University’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate on the basis of natural immunity. An employee at the school, Jeanna Norris, filed a lawsuit against the mandate and asked a judge to intervene. Read the full...
Court: Lack of Natural Immunity Exception Doesn’t Make MSU Vaccine Mandate Irrational
A Michigan State University employee was denied a preliminary injunction in her challenge of a university employee vaccine mandate policy. Among the challenger’s arguments was that the mandate doesn’t meet a rational basis test because it doesn’t make an exception for...
Public Interest Groups Challenge Nasdaq Diversity Rule in Federal Court
...The National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) filed a petition this week with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, challenging the adoption of the Nasdaq diversity rule. The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) is representing NCPPR and is...
Women Score Gains on Philly Corporate Boards but Remain Far From Parity
...The National Center for Public Policy Research filed a lawsuit over the SEC’s approval of the Nasdaq board diversity rules. The National Center, represented by the New Civil Liberties Alliance, argues that the SEC’s regulatory authority, established by the 1934...
Care for Neediest Hangs in Balance in High Court HHS Case
...Others agree. The New Civil Liberties Alliance says it’s “particularly disturbed by the appeals court’s decision not to exercise its independent judgment regarding the best reading of the statute at issue.” Likewise, the Americans for Prosperity Foundation says...
SEC Sued over Nasdaq’s ‘Diversity’ Rule for Race, Gender, LGBTQ Quotas on Boards
The National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative think tank advocating free market policies, sued the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday after it approved the Nasdaq’s controversial “diversity” rule. The policy attempts to avoid the...
Fifth Circuit Hears Arguments In Bump Stock Ban Case
...In no time flat, there were proposals and bills banning the devices, proposals that sometimes went well beyond just bump stocks. President Trump eventually decided to ban them via executive order, thus negating any push for federal regulations. However, some still...
Second Circuit Declines to Strike Down No-Deny Provision of Executive’s SEC Consent Agreement
On Sept. 27, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected the most recent legal challenge to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) practice of using “no-deny” consent agreements to resolve civil enforcement actions. This practice allows...
Blog: New Challenge to Nasdaq Board Diversity Rule
A new petition has been filed challenging the Nasdaq board diversity rule (see this PubCo post). The National Center for Public Policy Research filed the petition on Tuesday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, but asked the court to transfer the...
Crypto User Asks 1st Circuit To Curtail IRS Collection of Records
It’s no secret that the Internal Revenue Service suspects thousands of cryptocurrency users of underreporting their tax liability. In 2017, the IRS won a ruling that granted the government access to transaction records belonging to more than 10,000 customers of the...
Arguments Surrounding Constitutionality of Bump Stocks Hit the Fifth Circuit
An attorney told a three-judge panel at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday afternoon that a federal judge in Texas was mistaken in finding last year that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives had authority to outlaw bump stocks that enable...
Nasdaq Board-Diversity Regulations Face Another Court Challenge
...The National Center for Public Policy Research on Tuesday submitted a petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to review the regulations the Securities and Exchange Commission approved Aug. 6. Another group, the Alliance for Fair Board...
NH Man Presses 1st Circ. To Revive IRS Crypto Doc Suit
A New Hampshire man urged the First Circuit on Tuesday to revive his suit challenging the IRS' procurement of his records from cryptocurrency platforms, saying federal law prohibiting suits that restrain ... Read the full article
Biz Groups Back Texas, Miss., La. Bid In Tax Cut Limit Suit
...In another brief filed in support of the states the same day, limited government advocacy group New Civil Liberties Alliance argued that Congress cannot purchase states' sovereign taxation power. The group also repeated the states' argument that the mandate...