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Justices Ceded Too Much Power To Agencies, Thomas Says

February 24, 2020
Justice Thomas said the court should revisit an earlier decision granting so-called Chevron deference, under which courts must defer to an agency’s interpretation of its regulations if the underlying statute is ambiguous, as well as his own 2005 opinion in National Cable & Telecommunications Association v. Brand X Internet Services, in which he said if…
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Mark Chenoweth on The Dom Giordano Program: How politicians influence attorney general offices

February 21, 2020
NCLA Executive Director & General Counsel, Mark Chenoweth discusses how the special interest groups can influence attorney general offices and why it violates the due process requirement and ethics standards.   TweetShareShare0 Shares
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Court satisfied that USDA's RFID mandate is completely withdrawn

February 20, 2020
Last week the Wyoming federal district court dismissed the lawsuit filed in October by R-CALF USA, and ranchers Tracy and Donna Hunt and Kenny and Roxy Fox, against the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. The court concluded that there was no longer any “case or controversy” as the…
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Ranch Group Seeks Supplemental Order in RFID Case

February 20, 2020
Harriet Hageman, senior litigation counsel for the New Civil Liberties Alliance, filed a motion in the Wyoming federal district court on behalf of R-CALF USA and ranchers Tracy and Donna Hunt and Kenny and Roxy Fox. The motion asks the court to issue a supplemental order to address one of the important claims that was…
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Mark Chenoweth on The Lars Larson Show: SAAGs Threaten the Independence of Attorney General Offices

February 20, 2020
NCLA Executive Director & General Counsel, Mark Chenoweth discusses the growing influence of the special interest groups on attorney general offices across the U.S.   TweetShareShare0 Shares
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NCLA Backs Adviser's 11th Circ. Challenge Of SEC Judges

February 18, 2020
The New Civil Liberties Alliance has thrown its support behind another challenger to the constitutionality of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s administrative law judges, this time in the Eleventh Circuit. Read the full article here. TweetShareShare0 Shares
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