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Federal judge hears arguments in Texas gun owner’s bump stock lawsuit
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A Texas gun owner who sued the federal government over its bump stock ban argued his case in federal court Wednesday. Michael Cargill, of Austin, sued the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in 2019, claiming the government violated his rights when he was ordered to “destroy…
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Landlord Who Claims He’s Suffering ‘Significant Economic Damages’ Sues CDC, HHS For Eviction Moratorium
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A civil liberties group filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of a landlord who alleges that a recent U.S. government eviction moratorium order will continue to cause him “significant economic damages” from unpaid rent. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an order Friday temporarily halting residential evictions until 2021 in order to “prevent…
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Bump Stock Ruling Vacated, to Be Reheard
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A federal appeals court last week vacated an earlier decision that upheld the federal government’s ban on bump stocks and granted a petition for a rehearing. The U.S. 10th Circuit, based in Denver, Colorado, agreed to an en banc petition in the case of Utah gun rights advocate W. Clark Aposhian, backed by the nonprofit New Civil Liberties…
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Landlord Sues to Block CDC Ban on Evictions During Pandemic
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A Virginia landlord sued the Trump administration Tuesday seeking to block the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s coronavirus-based ban on residential evictions. Landlord Rick Brown and his attorneys at New Civil Liberties Alliance called the CDC’s eviction ban an “affront to core constitutional limits on federal power,” adding the agency’s nationwide moratorium during…
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NCLA Challenges CDC's Eviction Moratorium
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Last week, Ilya Somin and I blogged about the Trump Administration’s new eviction moratorium. The New Civil Liberties Alliance has challenged the policy, and sought a temporary restraining order in the Northern District of Georgia. The Plaintiff is from Virginia, but the CDC is based in Atlanta. Read the full article TweetShareShare0 Shares
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