“The State Department, through its Global Engagement Center, was funding the development, the research, the promotion of different types of technology that are used to censor publications,” said New Civil Liberties Alliance counsel Margot Cleveland during a “Real America’s Voice” interview…

… Mark Chenoweth, president and general counsel of New Civil Liberties Alliance, which is serving as co-counsel, said in the press release: “The State Department supposedly developed these speech-suppressing technologies to combat foreign propaganda overseas. That the federal government now sees fit to wield these weapons — or put them in others’ hands to wield —…

… “The U.S. Department of State, through its Global Engagement Center (GEC), is actively intervening in the news-media market to limit the reach of, the circulation of, and render unprofitable, disfavored press outlets by funding the infrastructure, development, and marketing and promotion of censorship technology and private censorship enterprises to covertly suppress speech of a…

… Newman’s counsel, Greg Dolin of the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA), told IPWatchdog in September that he believes the order is flatly illegal, citing to Rule 20, which requires a “fixed period” for suspending a judge from being assigned new cases. According to Dolin, the order calls for a floating period of one year…

… The case before the First Circuit was brought by investor James Harper, whose financial records the IRS obtained through a judicially enforced “John Doe summons” asking Coinbase to turn over information on thousands of account holders. John Doe summons, which don’t require a showing of probable cause, direct a third party to surrender information…

A legal activist group aiming to weaken the administrative state plans to sue the SEC over its long-standing practice of barring defendants who settle charges from later denying the allegations levied by the agency. The New Civil Liberties Alliance said Tuesday that it will challenge the Wall Street regulator’s decision to reject the group’s petition to amend…