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FINRA Authority Fight Carries Weight But May Be a ‘Hard Ask’
…But even if it’s not a state actor, there are problems with the SEC’s supervision of FINRA, said Russ Ryan of the New Civil Liberties Alliance in Washington, which submitted an amicus brief supporting Alpine. The brief said the SEC’s supervisory role in enforcement matters wasn’t close or meaningful…
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Biden Student Loan Debt Forgiveness Plan for 804,000 Borrowers Faces New Legal Challenge
…The Cato Institute and Mackinac Center for Public Policy launched the fresh legal challenge Tuesday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The appeal was filed on their behalf by the New Civil Liberties Alliance…
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Opponents of the ‘Administrative State’ Turn Attention to Upcoming Supreme Court Case
…Opponents of the Chevron doctrine, like Philip Hamburger of Columbia Law School, say the doctrine is a violation of due process. “The New Civil Liberties Alliance is arguing that Chevron deference is best understood as Chevron bias,” Mr. Hamburger tells the Sun. “When the government is a litigant, the case requires judges to favor one party — the government — over…
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Left and Right Unite Against New York ‘Hateful Conduct’ Regulation of Social Media, News, Blogs
…The New Civil Liberties Alliance, which is representing doctors in a legal challenge to the Biden administration’s pressure on social media to censor purported disinformation, told the 2nd Circuit that New York is trying to pull a fast one by claiming to regulate “commercial speech.” This ordinarily applies to “factual and uncontroversial information” and arguably…
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Federal Appeals Court To Rehear Case That Could Devastate Biden Admin’s Censorship Regime
…Jenin Younes, lead counsel representing the four private plaintiffs on the Missouri v. Biden case for the New Civil Liberties Alliance, told the Daily Caller News Foundation she believes the court’s decision to rehear the case indicates a willingness to reconsider excluding CISA and other agencies. “In terms of the Supreme Court application, it’s not…
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Speech Code for Lawyers? Appeals Courts Poised to Clash on Constitutionality of State Rules
..The New Civil Liberties Alliance, which is representing lawyers Mario Cerame and Timothy Moynahan in a similar lawsuit against Connecticut’s Rule 8.4(7), filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of Greenberg this week…
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