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Mark Chenoweth on One America News: The state prosecutorial resources are up for sale

NCLA Executive Director & General Counsel, Mark Chenoweth, describes the situation where the employees in state attorney general offices are paid by a private organization or individual as a violation of the due process requirement. TweetShareShare0 Shares
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Thomas Dissent Latest Sign in Battle Over Chevron Deference

Justice Clarence Thomas offered the latest signal of his appetite to rein in the power of federal agencies, criticizing a long-standing legal principle that federal agencies commonly rely on to defend their regulatory decisions. Read the full article here. TweetShareShare0 Shares
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Supreme Court upholds decision to abide by IRS on mailbox rule for tax refund claims

The Supreme Court let stand an appeals ruling that precluded a tax refund to movie producers Howard and Karen Baldwin, deferring to an Internal Revenue Service regulation that ended the common-law mailbox rule for refund claims, even though Justice Clarence Thomas reversed his position on an earlier case. Read the full article here. TweetShareShare0 Shares
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Mark Chenoweth on Chicago's Morning Answer: Private funding of state AGs creates a bias problem

NCLA Executive Director & General Counsel, Mark Chenoweth, comments on an enormous due process problem for targets of enforcement actions from state attorney general offices filled with special assistants on private payrolls. TweetShareShare0 Shares
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Supreme Court Won’t Review Challenge to Mailbox Rule

The Supreme Court rejected a case involving the producers behind the 2004 movie “Ray,” about the life of musician Ray Charles, involving their fight with federal officials over the rule for assessing the timeliness of a tax filing. Read the full article here. TweetShareShare0 Shares
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Justice Thomas, in Lone Dissent, Thrashes 'Chevron' and His Own 'Brand X' Decision

Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday sharply criticized his own majority opinion in a 15-year-old telecommunications case and an underlying decision that says courts must give deference to agencies interpreting their own regulations, urging his colleagues to reconsider both rulings. Read the full article here. TweetShareShare0 Shares
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