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How Biden Is Continuing to Cancel Student Loan Debt Despite Supreme Court Ruling
…The Biden administration is facing at least one lawsuit over the account adjustments, filed by the New Civil Liberties Alliance on behalf of the conservative groups Cato Institute and the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. The plaintiffs recently filed an appeal after the lawsuit was dismissed by a federal judge in Michigan, who ruled that they did not have…
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Supreme Court Sets Up Doubleheader to Scrutinize Federal Government Authority
…“The people of New England famously rebelled against George III because he ‘erected’ ‘New Offices and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass’ them ‘and eat out their substance,’” John Vecchione, an attorney with the New Civil Liberties Alliance representing the fisheries, wrote. “Respondents have revived cause for similar grievance by promulgating a regulation that requires…
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California Quietly Repeals Restrictions on Doctors’ COVID-19 Advice
…In McDonald v. Lawson, which the Liberty Justice Center (LJC) filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on October 4, 2022, Judge Fred Slaughter declined to issue a preliminary injunction, concluding in a December 28 order that A.B. 2098 was probably constitutional. Four weeks later in Høeg v. Newsom, which the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA)…
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FINRA Authority Fight Carries Weight But May Be a ‘Hard Ask’
…But even if it’s not a state actor, there are problems with the SEC’s supervision of FINRA, said Russ Ryan of the New Civil Liberties Alliance in Washington, which submitted an amicus brief supporting Alpine. The brief said the SEC’s supervisory role in enforcement matters wasn’t close or meaningful…
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Biden Student Loan Debt Forgiveness Plan for 804,000 Borrowers Faces New Legal Challenge
…The Cato Institute and Mackinac Center for Public Policy launched the fresh legal challenge Tuesday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The appeal was filed on their behalf by the New Civil Liberties Alliance…
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Opponents of the ‘Administrative State’ Turn Attention to Upcoming Supreme Court Case
…Opponents of the Chevron doctrine, like Philip Hamburger of Columbia Law School, say the doctrine is a violation of due process. “The New Civil Liberties Alliance is arguing that Chevron deference is best understood as Chevron bias,” Mr. Hamburger tells the Sun. “When the government is a litigant, the case requires judges to favor one party — the government — over…
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