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SEC hit with new lawsuit alleging ‘mass surveillance’ of Americans through stock market data

April 21, 2024
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is illegally collecting data of every citizen who invests in the stock market, according to a new lawsuit. The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) filed the suit Tuesday against the SEC claiming that the agency, through its “Consolidated Audit Trail,” or “CAT,” program, is collecting mass amounts of personally identifiable…
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Lawsuit Seeks To Stop The SEC’s Decade-Long Assault On Your Investment Data And Basic Rights

April 16, 2024
A new lawsuit exposes an extreme and multifaceted disregard for the Constitution by the administrative state. The Securities and Exchange Commission unconstitutionally mandated the seizure of data of every purchase or sale of securities in the U.S. markets, a lawsuit filed Tuesday in a Texas federal court alleged. The lawsuit, Davidson v. SEC, challenges the Consolidated…
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OPINION: The Securities and Exchange Commission Is Watching You

April 15, 2024
The Securities and Exchange Commission is deploying a massive government database—the Consolidated Audit Trail, or CAT—that monitors in real time the identity, transactions and investment portfolio of everyone who invests in the stock market. As SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce describes it, by allowing the commission to “watch investors’ every move in real time,” CAT will make it…
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Doctors Say MSU Vax Mandate Suit Needs High Court Review

April 8, 2024
Three doctors urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case challenging Michigan State University’s vaccine mandate after the Sixth Circuit backed the suit’s dismissal, arguing that the circuit court should have applied a stricter standard when considering whether the government could interfere with patients’ medical decisions…
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Biden Details Student Loan ‘Plan B’ as He Woos Young Voters

April 8, 2024
President Joe Biden offered details of a sweeping alternative student debt plan that would offer relief to tens of millions of American borrowers during a visit to the college town of Madison, Wisconsin, as he seeks to excite young voters frustrated after his original program was struck down by the Supreme Court. Biden’s “Plan B” would see…
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96-year-old judge cites colleagues’ ‘pattern of harassment’ in bid to preserve lawsuit

April 5, 2024
April 5 (Reuters) – U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman asked a Washington, D.C., federal court on Friday to reject a bid from her fellow judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to end her lawsuit over their decision to suspend her from the bench… A spokesperson for the Federal Circuit declined…
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