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On April 24, I had the pleasure of arguing before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Newman v. Moore. During the argument, the panel of judges inquired as to what is the appropriate standard for removing judges from office, and whether that standard is different from the standard…
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Trump’s tariffs are unconstitutional — we’re suing to end them
A small business in Florida is facing illegal tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on imports from China and other countries. Our organization, the New Civil Liberties Alliance, has filed a lawsuit in federal court because these tariffs are unlawful. The company is named Simplified. It was founded by CEO Emily Ley and sells premium…
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Could Jarkesy Help Resolve Circuit Split on NLRB’s Authority to Impose Monetary Remedies?
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Judge Bumatay’s dissent in Int’l Union of Operating Eng’rs, Stationary Eng’rs, Loc. 39 v. NLRB, 127 F.4th 58, 79 (9th Cir. 2025), suggests that SEC v. Jarkesy, 603 U.S. 109 (2024)—which held that the SEC’s in-house adjudication of civil-penalty claims violated the accused’s right to a jury trial in an Article III court—may be key…
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Abolish Cigie to Save the Constitution
The media has noted President Trump’s termination of inspectors general from more than a dozen federal agencies but has overlooked a larger threat to presidential control of the executive branch. Congress intentionally insulated the Council of the Inspectors General for Integrity and Efficiency from presidential control, essentially leaving it accountable to no one. Cigie—pronounced “Siggy”—is…
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Courts Aren’t Trampling Trump, They’re Trampling the Voters
“They’re not coming after me, they’re coming after you, and I’m just standing in the way.” President Trump, while varying the formulation, regularly jibes that sentiment when speaking to Americans. Mr. Trump, moreover, has never been more correct in his assessment than now. The “they,” however, is no longer Democrats, the Deep State, or even…
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Our Agencies Are Failing Us: Why A Mother’s Discernment Cannot Be Replaced by Fallible Agencies
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American citizens should not allow federal agencies to replace their own discernment and instinct by blindly believing that regulations reduce risk—the government will never be a benevolent parens patriae. Skepticism of the government is a natural result of being in the public interest legal profession, but entering motherhood heightened this distrust. The sanctity of protecting…
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