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‘Vindictive Operation’: Oldest Federal Judge Speaks Out Against Colleagues’ Effort To Remove Her From The Bench

March 13, 2024
… Newman passed examinations by two medical professionals, though the judicial council dismissed their validity, according to the New Civil Liberties Alliance… Moore’s order last year quickly sparked due process concerns: should the judges who are accusing Newman be the same ones investigating? Former Federal Circuit Chief Judge Paul Michel sounded the alarm in July about Moore and the…
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‘John Doe’ Tennessee Accountant Challenges PCAOB’s Enforcement Powers

March 7, 2024
… The unnamed Tennessee accountant is represented by the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA), a group that is also representing a separate anonymous plaintiff who filed a similar suit against the PCAOB last year in Texas. The Supreme Court is slated to weigh in on the constitutionality of the SEC’s own administrative tribunals this year, while the…
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Pennsylvania lawyer says professionalism rules violate First Amendment

March 6, 2024
… Other amicus briefs were filed by the Manhattan Institute and the New Civil Liberties Alliance.
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Lawyer speech codes enforce 'rigid ideological orthodoxy,' chill 'unpopular views,' SCOTUS told

March 1, 2024
… The Institute for Faith and Family, Foundation for Moral Law and New Civil Liberties Alliance, which is challenging a somewhat different Connecticut legal ethics rule, each filed individual briefs… NCLA President Mark Chenoweth mocked the “standing gymnastics” of the 3rd Circuit in a statement Monday accompanying its brief. Relying on “nonbinding, personal assurance” to Greenberg that he wouldn’t…
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Energy Dept. Halts Crypto Mining Survey To End Industry Suit

March 1, 2024
The crypto industry group challenging a U.S. Department of Energy survey on crypto mining has reached an agreement that will see the government offices destroy any data they’ve already collected and circulate the survey for comment from stakeholders — a step the crypto players say the government improperly bypassed the first time around…
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How gun accessories called bump stocks ended up before the U.S. Supreme Court

February 28, 2024
… A group called the New Civil Liberties Alliance sued to challenge the bump stock ban on behalf of Michael Cargill, a Texas gun shop owner. According to court records, Cargill bought two bump stocks in 2018 and then surrendered them once the federal ban took effect. The case doesn’t directly address the Second Amendment…
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