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Federal judge hears arguments in Texas gun owner’s bump stock lawsuit
September 9, 2020
A Texas gun owner who sued the federal government over its bump stock ban argued his case in federal court Wednesday. Michael Cargill, of Austin, sued the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in 2019, claiming the government violated his rights when…
Landlord Who Claims He’s Suffering ‘Significant Economic Damages’ Sues CDC, HHS For Eviction Moratorium
September 9, 2020
A civil liberties group filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of a landlord who alleges that a recent U.S. government eviction moratorium order will continue to cause him “significant economic damages” from unpaid rent. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an order Friday temporarily halting residential evictions until…
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Bump Stock Ruling Vacated, to Be Reheard
September 8, 2020
A federal appeals court last week vacated an earlier decision that upheld the federal government's ban on bump stocks and granted a petition for a rehearing. The U.S. 10th Circuit, based in Denver, Colorado, agreed to an en banc petition in the case of Utah gun rights advocate W. Clark Aposhian, backed by…
Landlord Sues to Block CDC Ban on Evictions During Pandemic
September 8, 2020
A Virginia landlord sued the Trump administration Tuesday seeking to block the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s coronavirus-based ban on residential evictions. Landlord Rick Brown and his attorneys at New Civil Liberties Alliance called the CDC’s eviction ban an “affront to core constitutional limits on federal power,” adding…
NCLA Challenges CDC's Eviction Moratorium
September 8, 2020
Last week, Ilya Somin and I blogged about the Trump Administration's new eviction moratorium. The New Civil Liberties Alliance has challenged the policy, and sought a temporary restraining order in the Northern District of Georgia. The Plaintiff is from Virginia, but the CDC is based in Atlanta. Read the full article
CFPB tells Pa. judge that other courts have rejected Navient's argument
September 8, 2020
Though its structure was found to be unconstitutional, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is arguing old decisions can be fixed through the process of ratification as its case against the nation’s largest student loan servicer heads toward trial. The agency’s authority came into question when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled…
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