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Commission on Court-Packing

April 14, 2021
NCLA’s Executive Director and General Counsel Mark Chenoweth joins “The Drew Mariani Show” to discuss President Biden’s executive order that has created a commission to report on possible changes to the Supreme Court’s membership, jurisdiction and lifetime terms. Key takeaways: • None of the proposed changes given to the new commission for research are constitutional.…
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The Changes to Title IX Policy

April 12, 2021
NCLA’s Senior Litigation Counsel Harriet Hageman joins “The Charlie James Show” to discuss the changes to Title IX under the Biden Administration. Key takeaways: • Since the “Dear Colleague” letter, our schools and universities have been taking an approach to Title IX that has essentially stripped our students and professors of due process rights and…
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NJ Landlords Fight Back: Lawsuit Challenges Murphy Executive Order

April 7, 2021
Last spring when the pandemic was raging and many New Jersey workers lost their jobs, Gov. Phil Murphy suspended the right of landlords to evict tenants. Murphy also signed executive order No. 128, forcing landlords to use their tenants’ security deposits toward rent payments. A group that represents small property owners has filed a lawsuit,…
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Landlords Claim CDC Eviction Moratorium Is Hurting Them

April 5, 2021
RICHMOND, Va. — Landlords across the country are saying the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s eviction moratorium that was recently extended to protect tenants struggling to make rent is starting to hurt them. For this reason, a civil rights organization is filing lawsuits against the CDC. Getting rid of the CDC eviction moratorium is what…
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Landlords Struggle Under Extended CDC Eviction Ban, Class-Action Lawsuit Argues

March 31, 2021
(The Center Square) – Landlords are struggling after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) extended a national ban on certain evictions apparently to slow the spread of COVID-19. The CDC extended the moratorium, first enacted in Sept. 2020, through June 30. The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA), a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights…
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The Bump Stock Ban Highlights the Danger of Letting Bureaucrats Invent Crimes

March 31, 2021
Two years ago, peaceful, law-abiding gun owners across the country became felons overnight, thanks to the Trump administration’s ban on bump stocks. But as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit recognized last week, Congress alone has the authority to define new federal crimes, while the president and his underlings are charged with enforcing those laws.…
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