Because our elected branches of government can’t always be trusted to zealously keep one another in check, litigation by individual private citizens has long been among the most effective ways to enforce separation of powers and other structural constitutional boundaries. At least four recent cases involving the Securities and Exchange Commission underscore the power…

…“I think this is an issue that’s going to percolate through the courts for the next couple of years,” said Kara Rollins, an attorney at the nonprofit New Civil Liberties Alliance who represents Island and the other defendants… Read the full article TweetShareShare0 Shares

…Cochran is represented by Margaret A. Little, Mark S. Chenoweth, Richard A. Samp and Kara M. Rollins of the New Civil Liberties Alliance and Gregory C. Garre, Margaret A. Upshaw and Black E. Stafford of Latham & Watkins LLP… Read the full article TweetShareShare0 Shares

…Entities with COVID-19 vaccine mandates that don’t pay heed to the new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance will face lawsuits, a civil liberties lawyer says. “We don’t have a new lawsuit in the works yet. But if we see that colleges and universities and public employers are not responding to the new…

…It was a clean sweep for critics of the administrative state, including the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA), a group founded by Columbia Law School Professor Philip Hamburger, who says: “Administrative power is the most important civil rights issue of the 21st century.”… Read the full article TweetShareShare0 Shares

…Among those who will be present and their organization, in no particular order and in addition to the aforementioned Mr. Bartlett: Sarah Parshall Perry (the Heritage Foundation); Jon Schweppe (American Principles Project); Cindy Chafian (Firebrand Action and Media); Mark Tooley (Institute on Religion and Democracy); Stuart Taylor (Princetonians for Free Speech); Tim Goeglein (Focus on…