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Judge Terry Doughty Praised After Biden’s Social Media Ban: ‘Big Win’

…The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a non-profit group which claims to “protect constitutional freedoms from violations by the administrative state,” joined the suit, representing a number of groups and individuals who claimed to have been censored on social media. In a statement sent to Newsweek, NCLA president Mark Chenoweth said: “Judge Doughty’s ruling in the Missouri v.…
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2nd Circ. Pauses Firm’s CFPB Fight For High Court Appeal

…The Second Circuit agreed to hold off on a mandate enforcing an investigative demand the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued to a collection firm, after the firm argued that the U.S. Supreme Court is likely to hear the constitutional issues being debated. The court granted The Law Offices of Crystal Moroney PC’s request to stay…
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Suspended Federal Circuit Judge Fights to Retain Bench Seat

…On Tuesday, Newman’s attorney’s from the nonpartisan civil rights organization the New Civil Liberties Alliance filed an amended complaint and a motion seeking to restore her position in the court, after she was suspended by her colleagues from hearing new cases while her competency and conduct was investigated. Newman says court’s decision to suspend her without finding…
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US Judge Facing Competency Probe Asks Court to Block Her Suspension

…Newman’s attorney Greg Dolin of the New Civil Liberties Alliance said in an interview that the judge “has been and continues to be in sufficiently good health — as now verified by a qualified neurologist — to continue her work.” Federal Circuit Chief Judge Kimberly Moore and representatives for the court did not immediately respond…
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Fishing Co. Takes Industry-Paid Monitors Fight to High Court

…Seafreeze’s counsel, John Vecchione of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, told Law360 on Tuesday the justices could narrow the doctrine so that it will have to take more than silence from Congress in a particular statute for courts to defer to agencies. His organization would prefer to see deference to agencies fully overturned, Vecchione said.…
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Rhode Island Fishermen Ask Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Observer Fees

…The legal activist group New Civil Liberties Alliance petitioned the court June 14 for a “writ of certiorari” in its case representing Point Judith, R.I. companies Relentless Inc., Huntress Inc. and Seafreeze Fleet LLC. Their case challenges a 2020 rule imposed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that required vessel operators to pay for…
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