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Coral Gables Resident Can Move Forward With Suing City Over Use Of Automated License Plate Readers

October 28, 2019
CORAL GABLES (CBSMiami) – A Coral Gables resident who is suing the city over its use of automated license plate readers can move forward with the lawsuit. A judge recently denied the city’s request to dismiss the case. “Even though I’m considered to be a good citizen, my city feels the need to basically track…
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USDA Withdraws RFID Requirement

October 28, 2019
The United States Department of Agriculture has apparently reversed course on the issue of radio frequency identification (RFID) for cattle. In April of 2019, APHIS posted a factsheet to provide producers with information about the Agency’s guidelines and goals related to Animal Disease Traceability. The factsheet broke the news that USDA would no longer accept…
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Deep State Guide to Resisting Trump's Executive Orders on Guidance Document Abuse

October 23, 2019
[R]egulatory overreach gravely undermines our constitutional system of government. Unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats must not be able to operate outside of the democratic system of government…imposing their own private agenda on our citizens. A permanent federal bureaucracy cannot become a fourth branch of government, unanswerable to American voters. In America, the people must always reign. —President Donald Trump,…
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More Shields and Fewer Swords in Realm of Federal Regulation

October 11, 2019
Yesterday the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) held a fascinating event on one of their marquee cases, Baldwin v. United States (read more in my postfrom last month—it’s the second of the four cases discussed). The case involves the Internal Revenue Service issuing a tax filing rule that conflicted both with legislation passed by Congress…
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Harriet Hageman on CSC Radio: NCLA Represents America's Ranchers Against USDA Overreach

October 10, 2019
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Executive Orders Address Federal Overreach

October 10, 2019
In his ongoing promise to roll back unnecessary regulations, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders Wednesday to improve transparency and fairness surrounding federal regulatory guidance. Trump’s executive orders, “Bringing Guidance out of the Darkness” and “Transparency and Fairness,” will make all agency guidance available to the public before agencies can enforce it. This will…
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