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Supreme Court Allows Federal Agencies to Be Taken to Court

April 14, 2023
…The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonprofit civil rights group that supported Cochran’s case in its journey to the high court, said the ruling will allow citizens to access federal courts when agencies violate their constitutional rights. The NCLA will continue to represent Cochran as her case proceeds in the lower courts…
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Patient Privacy at Risk in Senate Bill Aimed at Pharmacy Managers

April 13, 2023
…”Patients may not even know that their data is released,” Greg Dolin, a University of Baltimore law professor and senior litigation counsel at the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonprofit that defends constitutional rights, tells Reason. Since the bill’s main thrust seems to be aimed at reimbursement and financial issues, it’s unclear whether patient data would be…
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DOJ’s Bump Stock Appeal Could Have Much Broader Implications

April 11, 2023
…The Supreme Court “has been clear that we do not invoke lenity just because ‘multiple, divergent principles of statutory construction are available,’” Higginson wrote. Michael Cargill, the Texas gun shop owner who brought the lawsuit challenging the ban, is represented by the New Civil Liberties Alliance…
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Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plans And Payment Pause Face Multiple New Threats

April 10, 2023
…The latest lawsuit filed by the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) argues that all payment pause extensions beyond the initial six months authorized by Congress in the CARES Act — including the extensions implemented by the Trump administration before Biden took office — are illegal. Congress “enacted a clear six-month deadline for that debt-relief program,”…
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Lawsuit Prompts Changes in Fulbright-Hays Grant Program

April 10, 2023
…Sheng Li, litigation counsel for the New Civil Liberties Alliance, which brought the lawsuit, said in an interview that the department could resolve the lawsuit amicably by revising the regulations. Li said the department’s current proposal “looks pretty good,” though he hasn’t taken a close look at the wording…
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Biden’s Student Loan Pause Faces Another Lawsuit

April 7, 2023
…The newest legal challenge was filed by the New Civil Liberties Alliance on behalf of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a free market think tank, earlier this week. In a similar lawsuit, private lender SoFi sued the Biden administration last month, also seeking to end the pause on payments…
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