An attorney told a three-judge panel at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday afternoon that a federal judge in Texas was mistaken in finding last year that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives had authority to outlaw bump stocks that enable rifles to fire hundreds of times in minutes. Read the full…

…The National Center for Public Policy Research on Tuesday submitted a petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to review the regulations the Securities and Exchange Commission approved Aug. 6. Another group, the Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment, previously filed a challenge to the rules Aug. 10 in the U.S. Court of Appeals…

A New Hampshire man urged the First Circuit on Tuesday to revive his suit challenging the IRS’ procurement of his records from cryptocurrency platforms, saying federal law prohibiting suits that restrain … Read the full article TweetShareShare0 Shares

…In another brief filed in support of the states the same day, limited government advocacy group New Civil Liberties Alliance argued that Congress cannot purchase states’ sovereign taxation power. The group also repeated the states’ argument that the mandate unconstitutionally commandeers state officials. The mandate is Congress’ “boldest power grab in recent history,” Margaret Little,…

The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear an appeal of a state court decision that found Gov. Charlie Baker had the right to impose sweeping pandemic-era orders closing businesses, limiting gatherings and requiring masks in an attempt to limit the spread of coronavirus. The nation’s highest court announced without comment on Monday that it would…

The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed an amicus brief with the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Amarillo Division, in support of the Texas, Mississippi, and Louisiana attorneys general in the states’ dispute with the U.S. Treasury Department over a provision in the American Rescue Plan Act (P.L. 117-2) that limits the state…