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Nasdaq Diversity Rules Challenge Puts Conservatives on Defense

August 29, 2022
…“You have to be able to say it’s arbitrary,” Judge Stephen Higginson of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit told the Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment and the New Civil Liberties Alliance during oral arguments Monday, referring to the Security and Exchange Commission’s rules approval…Read the full article
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Showdown Over Nasdaq Board Diversity Rule Heads to 5th Circuit

August 29, 2022
…The case is Alliance For Fair Board Recruitment v. SEC, 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 21-60626. For NCPPR: Peggy Little and Sheng Li of the New Civil Liberties Alliance…Read the full article
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Lawyers Begin Attempt to Appeal Conviction of Social Media Influencer David Lesh

August 27, 2022
…New Civil Liberties Alliance filed a brief on Tuesday appealing Lesh’s conviction in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. His lawyers argued that prosecutors failed to prove his guilt, the bench trial denied his right to a trial by jury on criminal charges, the court erred by allowing inadmissible material into evidence, and…
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A Backlash Against the Education Department’s Anti-Charter School Agenda

August 26, 2022
 For decades, millions of American families have been dissatisfied with their local public schools, and the political parties have diverged in their approach to this problem. Democrats have generally supported providing more resources to public schools, while Republicans have favored giving families alternatives, such as vouchers to help pay private school tuition. In the 1990s,…
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5th Circ. To Scope SEC Agenda In Nasdaq Diversity Rule Fight

August 26, 2022
…The Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment is represented by C. Boyden Gray, Jonathan Berry, R. Trent McCotter, Michael Buschbacher and Jordan Smith of Boyden Gray & Associates. The National Center for Public Policy Research is represented by Margaret Little and Sheng Li of the New Civil Liberties Alliance…Read the full article
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The Brewing Legal Fight Over Biden's Debt Cancellation

August 26, 2022
…John Vecchione of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a group that litigates against the administrative state, told Law360, “We obviously believe that this is huge overreach and illegal activity by the executive. I can’t tell you we have a case, but I suspect that, to the extent that there is litigation, we will attempt to…
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