The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) has filed a lawsuit against the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Electronic Monitoring Program. This program uses GPS tech to track the location and movements of every state-licensed boat fishing for Coastal Dungeness crab, regardless of whether it is actively fishing or not. The NCLA said the program is sustained by making…

The New Civil Liberties Alliance and the American Livestock Markets and Dealers Association, on Nov. 4, 2024, both asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to delay implementation of the Animal Disease Traceability rule that requires breeding cattle and bison moving interstate, and bangs vaccinated heifers to be tagged with an electronically readable/radio frequency (RFID) button…

More internal government communications will soon be revealed in a high-profile censorship case that already hit the U.S. Supreme Court, thanks to a Friday court ruling in Missouri v. Biden. The historic free speech case uncovered that federal officials, all the way up to President Joe Biden, pressured social media companies to remove specific posts and…

The American Livestock Markets and Dealers Association (ALMDA), a national association serving livestock markets, order buyers, dealers, and professional livestock marketers throughout the U.S, has formally requested that USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) delay the implementation or enforcement of the final rule, “Use of Electronic Identification Eartags as Official Identification in Cattle…

The New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed a complaint against the U.S. Department of Agriculture and its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, challenging a new rule that would require electronically readable, or EID, ear tags for certain cattle and bison transported across state lines. Set to take effect on November 5, the rule aims…

Senior United States District Judge David Alan Ezra vacated the ATF’s bump stock ban rule on Monday and recognized plaintiff Michael Cargill’s “right to possess” the device under federal law… Cargill secured a favorable ruling against the bump stock ban in this same district court in 2023, however, the court did not provide any means…