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NCLA seeks motion to block RFID mandate
March 2, 2020
Motion asks judge to require USDA to make more robust effort at notifying states and others that RFID mandate has been withdrawn. Read the full article here.
How coronavirus turned the “dystopian joke” of FaceID masks into a reality
February 29, 2020
Thousands ordered masks that let them unlock their phones during outbreaks. But this viral art project doesn’t just work with surveillance technology—it works against it, too. Read the full article here.
Big Brother grows alarmingly bigger, one automated license-plate reader at a time
February 29, 2020
Once upon a time, America was free. Now, it’s not so free. And this story out of Coral Gables, Florida, about a man’s court fight to rid his community of a privacy-dinging, constitutionally questionable automated license plate reader program, helps explain why. Read the full article here.
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Big Brother Grows Bigger, Bold & Blunt Podcast
February 27, 2020
OK, so we all know we live in a surveillance society nowadays -- or do we? Caleb Kruckenberg is an attorney who's litigating a case against automated license plate readers. And you will not believe what the government's doing now. This is one of the most important court cases to…
Harriet Hageman on CSC Talk Radio: USDA has backed down, but we are not out of the woods yet
February 27, 2020
Harriet Hageman, NCLA Senior Litigation Counsel, warns that even though USDA withdrew the unlawful Factsheet requiring to tag cattle with RFID technologies, the internal practices which had led to the controversial requirements in the first place should be probed for violation of the Administrative Procedure Act and Federal Advisory Committee…
Disease Traceability: Where It Starts and Stops
February 27, 2020
Initiating a conversation about RFID is nearly as combustible as broaching your opinion about universal healthcare – at Thanksgiving dinner at your new in-laws who do not share your political affiliation. It leaves an edge in the air that makes any meal fairly unpalatable. Read the full article here.
CFPB Accused of Unlawful Funding Practices
February 27, 2020
According to a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) is alleging that Congress unlawfully divested its legislative appropriations power when it gave CFPB the ability to draw funding directly from the Federal Reserve, without annual appropriations…
Mark Chenoweth on One America News: The state prosecutorial resources are up for sale
February 26, 2020
NCLA Executive Director & General Counsel, Mark Chenoweth, describes the situation where the employees in state attorney general offices are paid by a private organization or individual as a violation of the due process requirement.
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CFPB’s Bureaucratic Lawlessness—Real Consequences for Real People
February 26, 2020
NCLA Senior Litigation Counsel Michael P. DeGrandis hosts Lunch & Law with Crystal Moroney and attorney Ron Canter to discuss a shocking abuse of process perpetrated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. To date, Ms. Moroney is nearing the fourth year of a CFPB investigation into her small law firm—an…