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Biden’s Mental Capacities in the Eye of the Beholder
...Among those who will be present and their organization, in no particular order and in addition to the aforementioned Mr. Bartlett: Sarah Parshall Perry (the Heritage Foundation); Jon Schweppe (American Principles Project); Cindy Chafian (Firebrand Action and...
Scientists, Doctors Sue Biden Admin Over COVID Censorship
...The lawsuit the doctors and scientists have raised is against the Biden administration and specifically the CDC and the Department of Homeland Security. The group is represented by the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA), which is charging the administration with...
Lawsuits Against Area License Plate Readers Raising Questions of Privacy Violations
...Could a favorable ruling become a landmark decision? "Sure," said Richard A. Samp, Senior Litigation Counsel for the Washington, D.C.-based New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA), which filed a 34-page legal brief July 12 on behalf of its client. "These sorts of...
Multiple Scientists Join Lawsuit Against Biden Administration’s Alleged Social Media Censorship on COVID-19
...The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) joined the lawsuit representing Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a professor of medicine at Stanford University, and Martin Kulldorff, former professor of medicine at Harvard University as well as a former member of the U.S. Centers for...
Scientists Join Lawsuit Against Biden Admin Over Censoring COVID-19 Information on Social Media
...Drs. Jayanta (Jay) Bhattacharya, Martin Kulldorff and Aaron Kheriaty joined the lawsuit filed by the states of Missouri and Louisiana, alleging that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) worked with Big Tech...
Censored Doctors Join AGs’ Lawsuit Against Feds for Big Tech Collusion, New Officials Sued
...All four are clients of the New Civil Liberties Alliance. The public interest law firm is separately trying to resurrect its dismissed Big Tech collusion suit on behalf of other clients by citing the communications between the feds and social media companies...
Great Barrington Declaration Authors Join Lawsuit Against Alleged Government-Big Tech Collusion
...“The government’s sweeping campaign to suppress the perspectives of the plaintiffs, and others like them, represents the most severe abrogation of the First Amendment in modern times, and we look forward to seeing this constitutional atrocity rectified in a court...
CDC Told Big Tech To Censor COVID Claims Now Debated by Mainstream Scientists, Documents Show
...New Civil Liberties Alliance attorney Jenin Younes told Just the News it incorporated "the revelations about the CDC emails" into a filing Thursday seeking to reopen its case against the feds on behalf of deplatformed users... Read the full article
US Suspends Fulbright-Hays Foreign-language Penalty
...The provision limited native speakers of a foreign language to no more than 10 of the 15 points available on the portion of the Fulbright-Hays application that assesses foreign language proficiency. It was challenged in federal court by a conservative civil rights...
Appeal Filed for Former JMU Coach
...The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed an appeal yesterday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on behalf of a former forensics coach at James Madison University. Greg Dolin, Senior Litigation Counsel for the nonprofit civil rights group, says they...
SEC Gag Order Challenger Loses Federal Appeal (But There’s a Silver Lining)
...The SEC did not respond to my query on the 5th Circuit ruling and concurrence. Novinger counsel Margaret Little of the New Civil Liberties Alliance said she and her client are “exploring all of our options”... Read the full article
This Appeal Asks the Supreme Court To Reject Warrantless Gun Seizures Justified by ‘Special Needs’
...The brief goes to the heart of the main question raised by the appeal: "whether a so-called 'special-needs exception' to the Fourth Amendment exists and allows warrantless entry into the home of someone who is not subject to penal control or supervision." In...
Politico Playbook: Biden Critics Press for More SCOTUS Action
...Mark Chenoweth has been appointed president of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, where he currently is executive director and general counsel... Read the full article
Chamber Slams SEC Judges As Unconstitutionally Protected
...Cochran is represented by Gregory G. Garre, Charles S. Dameron and Blake E. Stafford of Latham & Watkins LLP and Margaret A. Little, Markham S. Chenoweth, Richard A. Samp, Kara M. Rollins and Russell G. Ryan of the New Civil Liberties Alliance... Read the full...
SEC Can’t Play Judge And Jury Of Its Cases, Justices Told
...An SEC representative said the agency does not comment beyond public filings. Cochran is represented by Gregory G. Garre, Charles S. Dameron and Blake E. Stafford of Latham & Watkins LLP, and Margaret A. Little, Markham S. Chenoweth, Richard A. Samp, Kara M....
High Court Urged to Allow SEC Judge Challenges in District Court
...The US Solicitor General—representing both the SEC and the FTC—has until Aug. 8 to file a consolidated response brief on the merits of both cases. The New Civil Liberties Alliance and Latham & Watkins LLP represent Cochran... Read the full article
U.S. Supreme Court Just Gave Federal Agencies a Big Reason to Worry
...Regulatory skeptics, meanwhile, welcomed the decision for restoring power to Congress. The New Civil Liberties Alliance, which filed an amicus brief backing challengers to the EPA’s potential emissions regulation, said in a press release that the ruling properly...
Federal Court To Rehear Challenge To Bump Stock Ban
...Cargill is allied with the New Civil Liberties Alliance, and Rich Samp, the group's senior litigation counsel, said "We are gratified that the en banc Fifth Circuit has agreed to step in and take a second look at the panel’s rubberstamping of the ATF’s...
Bump Stock Case Gets 5th Cir. Rehearing as Issue Awaits SCOTUS
...Everytown for Gun Safety advocates for universal background checks and other gun control measures. Bloomberg Law is operated by entities controlled by Michael Bloomberg, who serves as a member of Everytown for Gun Safety’s advisory board. The Pacific Legal...
5th Circ. Grants En Banc Hearing On ATF’s Bump Stock Ban
...Mark Chenoweth of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, representing Cargill, said they are "delighted" with the decision. "Two other circuits have heard similar cases en banc, so we are not surprised by today's news," Chenoweth told Law360 on Thursday. "We are...
Supreme Court Shoots Down Challenge to SEC ‘Gag Orders’ That Was Backed by Elon Musk, Mark Cuban
...In March, Romeril challenged the case with the Supreme Court. He argued that the gag rule was a "sweeping restriction on freedom of speech," Reuters reported. The New Civil Liberties Alliance now represents Romeril... Read the full article
High Court Won’t Hear Challenge To SEC ‘Gag Orders’
...Romeril is represented by Floyd Abrams and Michael B. Weiss of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, and Peggy A. Little, Kara M. Rollins and Mark Chenoweth of the New Civil Liberties Alliance... Read the full article
Kamala Harris’ Online Harassment Task Force Is a Bad Idea
..."By instrumentalizing tech companies, including Twitter—through pressure, coercion, and threats—to censor viewpoints that the federal executive has deemed 'misinformation,' the Surgeon General has turned Twitter's censorship into state action," writes the New Civil...
Ginsburg-Scalia Fellowship Wants To Train Lawyers To Get Along
...The latest addition takes a different approach. The New Civil Liberties Alliance’s Ginsburg-Scalia Fellowship is an eight-week dinner lecture series for law students working as summer associates at Washington, D.C. law firms that began in May. It aims to promote...
FIRE Launches Massive Off-campus Expansion To Defend Free Expression Everywhere
“...FIRE, with its impeccable reputation for putting free speech first, will fill the gap, along with excellent existing groups such as the Pacific Legal Foundation and the New Civil Liberties Alliance,” he said... Read the full article