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OPINION: Will SCOTUS Help Trump Tame the Leviathan?

March 24, 2025
As President Trump and Elon Musk strive, from the Executive branch, to tame the federal leviathan, a case coming up at the Supreme Court offers the judiciary an opportunity to aid the noble cause. The dispute centers on the “Universal Service Fund,” paid for in part by a tax on Americans’ phone bills. On Wednesday,…
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Chevron Law Firm Asks Court To Delay CPSC Rule On Infant Loungers

March 21, 2025
A little-noticed rule from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) would harm countless small manufacturers of infant supplies if allowed to go into effect this May, nonprofit law firm the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) contends…
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Trump moved to abolish the Education Department: What comes next

March 20, 2025
… Speaking on the “John Solomon Reports” podcast this month, New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) President Mark Chenoweth said that if Trump’s “trying to, for example, shut down the Department of Education without a vote of Congress, he just doesn’t have that power to go that far unilaterally.” …
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Federal safety rule on baby cushions goes too far, contradicts Trump agenda, legal group claims

March 14, 2025
FIRST ON FOX: A baby products manufacturer is challenging a new federal regulation as overly broad and contrary to President Donald Trump‘s agenda of reigning in three-letter agencies and commissions. New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) filed suit Thursday in Washington, D.C. against the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) over a new federal safety standard for infant support cushions. NCLA,…
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Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action

March 6, 2025
Believe it or not, there’s still important litigation happening that doesn’t involve President Donald Trump, and the proof exists in this month’s circuit court calendars. During the remaining weeks of March, arguments will explore numerous high-profile topics, including a law firm’s severe punishment for alleged misconduct in 9/11 litigation and a judicial rebuke of Trader…
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NCLA Urges Fifth Circuit to Uphold Injunction Against Corporate Transparency Act

March 4, 2025
The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) has filed an amicus curiae brief in Texas Top Cop Shop v. Bondi, urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to uphold a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). This action follows the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s announcement that it will not…
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