A group suing over Gov. Charlie Baker’s pandemic executive orders is citing last week’s U.S. Supreme Court order to stop capping religious gatherings in coronavirus hot zones in New York. In that case, the court ruled 5-4 that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo could not...

Pandemic restrictions on places of worship in Massachusetts won’t run afoul of a US Supreme Court ruling this week that barred certain capacity limits on religious gatherings in areas of New York where coronavirus infections were rising, according to legal scholars...

The publisher of conservative media organization The Federalist responded to a government ruling that stated he violated labor law when he tweeted workers who wanted to unionize would be sent “back to the salt mine.” Read the full article

The publisher of conservative online magazine The Federalist unlawfully threatened workers when he said via Twitter that he’d send them “back to the salt mine” if they attempted to form a union, the National Labor Relations Board held. Read the full article

If you’ll recall, last year, Federalist publisher Ben Domenech responded to Vox writers staging a walkout with this jokey tweet: Little did he know how much trouble he was in. Read the full article

NCLA Litigation Counsel, Caleb Kruckenberg joined Stacy Washington on Sirius XM Patriot to address why CDC's national eviction moratorium order is unconstitutional.  

Landlord groups like the National Apartment Association and property owners have joined a lawsuit brought by the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a civil rights group, aiming to strike down the order. They argue that rental housing providers have been irreparably damaged...

In an expected move, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker once again extended the state’s eviction ban for another 30 days on November 13, 2020. The revised executive order 2020-72 defines new financial conditions for individuals covered under the eviction ban. Renters who...

One group that has been fighting the USDA’s plans to make radio-frequency animal identification (RFID) the law of the land (see main story) is R-CALF USA. Ken Fox, who runs an Angus/Angus-cross cow-calf operation in South Dakota with his wife, three sons and...

The USDA has reopened the debate in the cattle industry on radio-frequency tags with a new proposal that has the stated goal of increasing overall traceability in case of disease outbreaks in cattle. It asked the industry to weigh in with comments on its plan to make...

Mark Chenoweth addresses the potential of lawsuits in key battleground states post-elections.  

Voting deadlines, problems with voting machines, mail-in ballots and other issues that might hit the court.  

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has given Michelle Cochran one more chance to block the Securities and Exchange Commission from pushing ahead with an administrative proceeding against her. Cochran, a certified public accountant from Texas, has already been...

The National Association of Home Builders has filed a complaint against the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over its eviction moratorium order. In partnership with Pacific Legal Foundation, the NAHB – along with Skyworks Ltd, Cedarwood Village, and...

The Fifth Circuit on Friday granted a full-panel review of an accountant's challenge to the constitutionality of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's administrative law judges. The appellate court said in an order that a "majority of the circuit judges in...

 Landlords are fuming after a federal judge upheld a nationwide order temporarily preventing them from evicting residential tenants through the end of the year to help control the spread of the coronavirus. U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee, a Donald Trump appointee...

A federal judge ruled against landlord groups who were seeking to block the U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s national moratorium on evictions due to the coronavirus pandemic. U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee in Atlanta on Thursday rejected a motion for a preliminary...

Governor Roy Cooper has signed a new executive order to prevent evictions of North Carolinians who can’t afford their rent. But many property owners and landlords say it leaves them out to dry. In the order issued Wednesday, Governor Roy Cooper says an estimated...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has come under increased scrutiny since the outbreak of COVID-19. For years, many have warned of the risks of the agency’s changing priorities and scope. With the outbreak of COVID-19, the costs of CDC’s mission...

Amy Coney Barrett has been sworn in as the newest member of the U.S. Supreme Court. Mark Chenoweth, executive director of the New Civil Liberties Alliance discusses how Barrett may shape the future of the nation's highest court.  

The New Civil Liberties Alliance (the “Alliance”), a non-profit civil liberties legal interest group based in Washington, petitioned a federal judge in the Northern District of Georgia to block the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions’ (the “CDC”) moratorium on...

NCLA's Mark Chenoweth discusses Judge Amy Coney Barrett's rise to the U.S. Supreme Court as Senate votes to confirm her nomination.  

The Seventh Circuit judge, nominated by President Donald Trump to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, is on track for confirmation Monday night and would join the high court at a time of rising conservative disdain for the Supreme Court's 1984 ruling...

In September, the Trump administration announced a national moratorium on evictions, via an order by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention aimed at reducing the spread of coronavirus. The four-month temporary suspension applies to any tenant who can’t make...