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Suspended Federal Circuit Judge Fights to Retain Bench Seat
…On Tuesday, Newman’s attorney’s from the nonpartisan civil rights organization the New Civil Liberties Alliance filed an amended complaint and a motion seeking to restore her position in the court, after she was suspended by her colleagues from hearing new cases while her competency and conduct was investigated. Newman says court’s decision to suspend her without finding…
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US Judge Facing Competency Probe Asks Court to Block Her Suspension
…Newman’s attorney Greg Dolin of the New Civil Liberties Alliance said in an interview that the judge “has been and continues to be in sufficiently good health — as now verified by a qualified neurologist — to continue her work.” Federal Circuit Chief Judge Kimberly Moore and representatives for the court did not immediately respond…
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Fishing Co. Takes Industry-Paid Monitors Fight to High Court
…Seafreeze’s counsel, John Vecchione of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, told Law360 on Tuesday the justices could narrow the doctrine so that it will have to take more than silence from Congress in a particular statute for courts to defer to agencies. His organization would prefer to see deference to agencies fully overturned, Vecchione said.…
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Rhode Island Fishermen Ask Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Observer Fees
…The legal activist group New Civil Liberties Alliance petitioned the court June 14 for a “writ of certiorari” in its case representing Point Judith, R.I. companies Relentless Inc., Huntress Inc. and Seafreeze Fleet LLC. Their case challenges a 2020 rule imposed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that required vessel operators to pay for…
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Twitter Users Suspended for COVID Tweets Argue to Reinstate Case against Feds
…Attorney John Vecchione of the New Civil Liberties Alliance in Washington, D.C., argued Thursday on behalf of the Twitter users and first addressed the concrete nature of the injuries sustained by his clients. “In my clients’ case,” he said, “something has happened. It’s not arguable they were thrown off Twitter. You have real injury.”…
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Sixth Circuit Grapples with US Role In Twitter Users’ Bans
…Three users of Twitter, who said the federal government caused the social media platform to discipline them for spreading Covid-19 disinformation, received a chilly response from a Sixth Circuit panel Thursday. Senior US Circuit Judge Danny J. Boggs asked the attorney representing the men, John J. Vecchione, to explain when the government’s pressure goes too…
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