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Pennsylvania lawyer says professionalism rules violate First Amendment

March 6, 2024
… Other amicus briefs were filed by the Manhattan Institute and the New Civil Liberties Alliance.
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Lawyer speech codes enforce 'rigid ideological orthodoxy,' chill 'unpopular views,' SCOTUS told

March 1, 2024
… The Institute for Faith and Family, Foundation for Moral Law and New Civil Liberties Alliance, which is challenging a somewhat different Connecticut legal ethics rule, each filed individual briefs… NCLA President Mark Chenoweth mocked the “standing gymnastics” of the 3rd Circuit in a statement Monday accompanying its brief. Relying on “nonbinding, personal assurance” to Greenberg that he wouldn’t…
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Energy Dept. Halts Crypto Mining Survey To End Industry Suit

March 1, 2024
The crypto industry group challenging a U.S. Department of Energy survey on crypto mining has reached an agreement that will see the government offices destroy any data they’ve already collected and circulate the survey for comment from stakeholders — a step the crypto players say the government improperly bypassed the first time around…
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How gun accessories called bump stocks ended up before the U.S. Supreme Court

February 28, 2024
… A group called the New Civil Liberties Alliance sued to challenge the bump stock ban on behalf of Michael Cargill, a Texas gun shop owner. According to court records, Cargill bought two bump stocks in 2018 and then surrendered them once the federal ban took effect. The case doesn’t directly address the Second Amendment…
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The Supreme Court’s Review Of Trump-Era Bump Stock Ban: An Overview

February 28, 2024
… The legality of the bump stock ban is now being questioned before the Supreme Court. Michael Cargill, a gun store owner and U.S. Army veteran, challenged the ban, arguing that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) exceeded its authority in reinterpreting the definition of machine guns to include bump stocks. Cargill’s…
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Texas man takes ATF bump stock ban challenge to Supreme Court

February 28, 2024
… John Vecchione, senior litigation counsel for the New Civil Liberties Alliance, which represents Cargill, told the Washington Examiner that the ATF “waived the Chevron argument in lower courts and said we’re just going to go straight on statutory construction, just as if there was no Chevron. “So I don’t think Chevron will hit it, but it is part of the administrative…
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