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Federal Judge Slaps Down Biden Administration’s Attempt To Dismiss Daily Wire Censorship Lawsuit

May 7, 2024
In a court order Tuesday, a U.S. District judge rejected the Biden State Department’s attempts to dismiss a censorship lawsuit brought by The Daily Wire, The Federalist, and the State of Texas. The Daily Wire lawsuit, filed jointly by the New Civil Liberties Alliance with The Federalist and Texas in December of 2023 to the U.S.…
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Washington DC’s 500 Most Influential People of 2024

May 2, 2024
Here’s our list of the experts and advocates, outside the government, who are playing big roles in Washington’s policy debates. Our nation’s capital is full of people who aren’t elected but who shape the laws and policies that govern our nation and ultimately affect the course of history. Despite what the news says, the majority…
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Meet the Lawyers Taking Big Government to the Supreme Court—And Winning

April 29, 2024
As the administrative state implements more regulations on Americans, a team of legal veterans has come together to fight the expansion of unelected government agency power. Sometimes, they even win. The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA), which consists of a team of 27 lawyers and support staff, including former judges, had four of the cases…
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SEC Critics Preview Future Challenges To Agency Action

April 23, 2024
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission may face new challenges to its enforcement authority from the way it imposes industry bars to the burden of proof needed to bring its civil cases, two frequent legal opponents of the agency said Tuesday. Russ Ryan, senior litigation counsel at the New Civil Liberties Alliance, and Nick Morgan,…
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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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