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Third Lawsuit Filed against California Law That Restricts Doctors’ COVID Advice to Patients

December 2, 2022
…Drs. Tracy Hoeg, Ram Duriseti, Aaron Kheriaty, Pete Mazolewski and Azadeh Khatibi filed the second lawsuit on Nov. 1 in the Eastern District. The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a legal group that advocates for constitutional freedoms, is representing them…
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As Elon Musk Fights Censorship, States Take Aim at Anthony Fauci, Big Tech

November 30, 2022
…No, Fauci preferred the vague term “social distancing,” says Jenin Younes, litigation lawyer with the New Civil Liberties Alliance, who was representing plaintiffs at the deposition, including two authors of the Great Barrington Declaration, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford University professor of medicine and a health economist, and Dr. Martin Kulldorff, a Harvard University professor…
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Hungry for Power, the FTC Makes Itself a Drink

November 28, 2022
The Federal Trade Commission has a well-documented history of asserting regulatory powers beyond anything granted to it by Congress. Just last year, in AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC, the Supreme Court unanimously rejected the Commission’s decades-long claim that it can seek equitable monetary relief, like restitution and disgorgement, in enforcement actions.The Commission recently announced…
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California’s Perilous Bid to Censor Your Doctor’s Advice

November 24, 2022
…In a federal lawsuit it filed this month on behalf of five California physicians, the NCLA argues that AB 2098 is unconstitutionally vague and inconsistent with the First Amendment. The Liberty Justice Center (LJC), which is representing two other doctors, makes similar claims in a lawsuit it filed last month…Read the full article
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Health Care or Spyware? Lawsuit Attacks Mass. Covid-Tracking App

November 22, 2022
…Sheng Li, litigation counsel for the New Civil Liberties Alliance, said that this involuntary download policy violates the US Constitution’s Fifth Amendment, which forbids government agencies from taking a citizen’s property without just compensation. The memory inside a smartphone belongs to the owner, and “the government cannot take your property without giving you some sort…
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Judge Turns Down Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki’s Effort to Quash Subpoena

November 19, 2022
…“Ms. Psaki’s lawyers tried to argue that she is above the law and that her time is too precious to bother with such frivolities as a deposition in a First Amendment case. They persisted with this contention, although the judge presiding over the case in the Western District of Louisiana found that exceptional circumstances existed—specifically,…
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