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Mark Zuckerberg’s Overdue Admission About Government Censorship Could Offer Fuel For First Amendment Claims

August 28, 2024
… New Civil Liberties Alliance litigation counsel Jenin Younes said Zuckerberg’s admission doesn’t change the Supreme Court’s standing analysis for the plaintiffs in Murthy, though it “certainly strengthens the First Amendment claim.” “The Court would likely say this doesn’t establish that any of the specific plaintiffs were censored because of the government, even though Zuckerberg…
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Republican attorneys general, trade groups back challenge to SEC's audit trail database

August 27, 2024
… The New Civil Liberties Alliance, representing the National Center for Public Policy Research and individuals Erik Davidson and John Restivo, on April 16 filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in Waco, Texas, arguing that the SEC’s data collection under the CAT violates the First, Fourth and Fifth amendments, as well as the Administrative Procedure…
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Crypto advocates file brief against SEC's investor tracking database

August 23, 2024
The DeFi Education Fund and the Blockchain Association jointly filed an amicus brief in a case brought by two individuals and the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) against the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), its chairman Gary Gensler and the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT). The complaint does not mention cryptocurrency or blockchain, but…
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FDIC Challenged Over 'Kafkaesque' Enforcement Proceeding

August 20, 2024
A former small business financier battling Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. enforcement claims has asked a D.C. federal court to issue an emergency order staying the agency’s “Kafkaesque” administrative proceeding against him, arguing that it deprives him of his constitutional right to a jury trial…
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Code Games

August 20, 2024
… When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) banned residential evictions for non-payment of rent in 2020, property owners responded with a flurry of lawsuits, arguing that the federal government owed them compensation for what amounted to a physical taking of their property. While those lawsuits were ongoing, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in…
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Challenge To SEC Database Not Too Late, Investors Argue

August 16, 2024
The Texas investors suing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to stop the collection of trading information through a central database have hit back against the agency’s arguments that the lawsuit was filed 12 years too late, saying they have ongoing concerns that their private information could be compromised…
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