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Sheng Li

Litigation Counsel


Sheng Li is Litigation Counsel for the New Civil Liberties Alliance. Prior to joining NCLA, Sheng served as Counselor to the Administrator of Wage and Hour at the U.S. Department of Labor. In that role, he led numerous efforts to remove or simplify unduly burdensome regulations. He has also worked in the private sector as a litigation associate at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler and at Kirkland & Ellis.

Sheng is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and Yale Law School, where he was managing editor of the Yale Journal of International Law. After graduating law school, Sheng served as law clerk to the Hon. Danny J. Boggs on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Sheng enjoys biking, playing ultimate frisbee, and spending time with his wife and two cats.

Not licensed in Virginia; admitted to practice in New York, Maryland, the District of Columbia, and select federal jurisdictions.

Court’s Student-Loan Decision Is Not Legally Controversial

By: Sheng Li July 11, 2023
The Supreme Court typically waits until the end of a term before releasing its most impactful and controversial decisions. This term’s final decision was Biden v. Nebraska, which held that President Biden lacks authority to spend half a trillion dollars to cancel federal student-loan debt. The decision was undoubtedly impactful — it stopped a program that…
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The Student-Loan Suspension Is Also Illegal

By: Sheng Li April 15, 2023
The Biden administration’s attempt to forgive $400 billion in outstanding student loan debt through administrative fiat has come under richly deserved fire, with its fate now in the hands of the Supreme Court. But an equally unlawful companion giveaway has thus far avoided much controversy. That giveaway, which began under the Trump administration and has…
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Everyone Entering Marco Island Be Warned: City Is Keeping Tabs on You

By: Sheng Li February 11, 2022
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Photo: Plaintiffs in Schemel v. Marco Island: Stephen Overman, Michael Tschida, and Shannon Schemel. NCLA filed a lawsuit against the City of San Marco, Florida, on February 7, 2022, challenging the use of Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs) to track all drivers within city limits. This marks NCLA’s second lawsuit against a Florida municipality’s use of ALPR…
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