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Professor Punished by Kangaroo Court Asks Supreme Court to Let Him Punish University Officials

February 25, 2021
Can a professor hold university officials personally accountable for violating his constitutional rights when they deliberated with lawyers before doing it? The New Civil Liberties Alliance posed the question to the Supreme Court in a petition seeking review of a 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that granted “qualified immunity” to University of North Texas officials.…
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A Return To Rule By Guidance Document?

February 23, 2021
In a step backward for due process, the Biden Department of Labor has revoked a Trump‐​era policy meant to rein in the use of informal guidance documents to issue regulatory commands. Per Allen Smith at the Society for Human Resource Management, this raises the likelihood that the department will move to reshape the American workplace through a rapid “stream…
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Xerox Executive's Appeal Asks 2nd Circuit to Void SEC Lifetime 'Gag' Order

February 23, 2021
An attorney with the New Civil Liberties Alliance asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Friday to lift an 18-year-old gag order that barred a former Xerox executive from speaking out about his long-ago prosecution by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, arguing that the enforcement was an unconstitutional prior restraint…
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Getting Ready for Arthrex: What the Amici Are Saying

February 22, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear, on March 1, 2021, whether administrative patent judges (APJs) of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) are “inferior” officers properly appointed under the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution (U.S. Const., art. II, § 2, cl. 2), and, if…
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Biden Continues the CDC's Eviction Moratorium Despite Constitutional Violations

February 18, 2021
CDC has now extended its one-sided eviction moratorium order until March 31st as a stop-gap solution to the eviction crisis sweeping the country. NCLA has filed a complaint against CDC’s order for leaving housing providers in the lurch and for prohibiting them from taking delinquent tenants to court. Litigation Attorney Caleb Kruckenberg joined “Morning News…
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Trainers Given Fines for ‘Sored’ Horses Will Get New Hearings

February 17, 2021
WASHINGTON (CN) — In the fall of 2017, federal agricultural authorities took aim at a trio of horse trainers, Joe Fleming, Sam Perkins and Jarrett Bradley, accused of entering injured animals into competition for an unfair advantage. The Horse Protection Act of 1960 imposes penalties on those who engage in the practice known as “soring,” where an irritant…
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