Press Releases
NCLA Urges AZ District Court to Reverse Tentative Ruling Against Body Camera Co.
Washington, DC (March 31, 2020) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights organization filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in support of Axon Enterprise Inc. in the body camera company’s...
NCLA Commends the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for Not Deferring to FDA’s Attempt to Circumvent FOIA
Washington, DC (March 25, 2020) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights organization commends today’s decision of the Ninth Circuit in Goldwater Institute v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In a victory for NCLA, the...
NCLA Amicus Urges Ark. Supreme Court to Abandon “Great Deference” to State Agencies
Washington, DC (March 16, 2020) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights organization, today filed an amicus brief asking the Arkansas Supreme Court to stop judges in the state from giving “great deference” to the Department of Finance...
NCLA Responds to OMB with Ideas to Curb Unconstitutional Agency Enforcement and Adjudication Practices
Washington, DC (March 16, 2020) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group submitted comments in response to the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Improving and Reforming Regulatory Enforcement and Adjudication Notice...
NCLA Amicus Brief Asks Supreme Court to Summarily Reverse Decision Granting Qualified Immunity to Police Officers Who Stole Money While Executing Search Warrant
Washington, DC (March 11, 2020) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights organization, today filed an amicus curiae brief in support of Micah Jessop and Brittan Ashjian’s request for a Writ of Certiorari from the U.S. Supreme Court in...
NCLA Amicus Brief Defends Religious Exemption to Federal Obamacare Regulations
Washington, D.C., March 09, 2020 – The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group, today filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania. The brief asks the Court to reverse the Third...
NCLA Challenges Use of Unconstitutional Administrative Law Judges at the USDA
WASHINGTON, DC, March 5, 2020 – The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights organization, today filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in support of Joe Fleming’s case against the U.S....
NCLA Sues the Dept. of Commerce over Its Unlawful New at-Sea Monitor Mandate
WASHINGTON, DC, March 4, 2020 – The New Civil Liberties Alliance today filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Rhode Island against the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Marine Fisheries...
NCLA Uncovers Ongoing Efforts to Require Livestock Producers to Use RFID Eartags
Washington, DC (February 28, 2020) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan nonprofit civil rights organization, has filed a supplemental motion, asking the Court to reopen its case against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Animal and Plant...
Justice Thomas Repudiates Brand X Decision He Authored, but High Court Denies Cert
WASHINGTON, DC, February 24, 2020 – Howard and Karen Baldwin got their day in court—and won—but then the Brand X doctrine took it all away. The New Civil Liberties Alliance commends Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for dissenting from the Court’s denial of a writ...
NCLA Amicus Brief Supporting Cert Petition Criticizes CFTC’s Enforcement Power Grab
Washington, DC (February 20, 2020) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights organization, has filed an amicus brief in support of the petitioners’ request for a Writ of Certiorari from the U.S. Supreme Court in Monex Deposit Company,...
WY Federal District Judge Confirms USDA Cannot Impose RFID on Livestock Producers, NCLA Files New Motion to Keep the Agencies Accountable
Washington, DC (February 19, 2020) – A court order issued late last week by Nancy D. Freudenthal, U.S. District Judge for the District of Wyoming, dismissed the case of R-CALF et al. v. USDA et al. as moot because the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the...
NCLA Asks Eleventh Circuit to Rehear Case that Consigns SEC Defendants to Repeated Proceedings Before Unconstitutional ALJs
Washington, DC (February 14, 2020) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit public-interest litigation group, filed a petition for rehearing en banc in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in the case of Christopher M. Gibson v. SEC....
NCLA Rejects USDA’s Attempt to ‘Moot’ Its Lawsuit Against Proposed RFID Mandate
Washington, DC (February 6, 2020) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance replied to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS) motion to dismiss NCLA’s lawsuit over unlawful an guidance those agencies published...
NCLA Petition Pending Before Arizona Supreme Court Would Fix Inadvertent Error in JRAD Rule 3
Washington, DC (February 5, 2019) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed a Petition with the Arizona Supreme Court to amend Rule 3 of the Rules of Procedure for Judicial Review of Administrative Decisions (JRAD Rule 3) because it ignores the current statute...
NCLA Challenges Woefully Inadequate Probable-Cause Standard in Arizona Child Safety Case
Washington, DC (February 3, 2020) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance is asking the state Superior Court of Maricopa County to reverse an unjust decision by the Arizona Department of Child Safety (DCS) that overturned an independent administrative law judge’s (ALJ)...
NCLA Defends Founder of The Federalist from Outrageous NLRB Action Instigated by Random Tweeter Who Is Not an “Aggrieved” Party Under Federal Labor Law
Washington, DC (January 14, 2020) — A tweet in jest by Ben Domenech, a co-founder and publisher of NCLA client FDRLST Media, LLC, which publishes the online magazine, The Federalist, resulted in the filing of a formal charge with the National Labor Relations Board...
WATCH: NCLA Video Calls Out ATF for Rewriting Statute and Turning Law-Abiding Citizens into Criminals Overnight
Washington, DC (January 8, 2020) – Congress—and only Congress—has the power to write new laws, but a video released today by the New Civil Liberties Alliance features the case of Austin, Texas resident Michael Cargill, who believes the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,...
NCLA Asks Court to Not Abandon Its Duty of Independent Judgment in BIA Case Under Chevron Deference
Washington, DC (January 7, 2019) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed an amicus brief today with the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in support of plaintiffs-appellees in the case of Brackeen v. Bernhardt. NCLA is urging the full Fifth Circuit to call out the...
SCOTUS Urged to End SEC Use of Legal Remedies Not Prescribed by Statute
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 23, 2019 – An amicus brief filed today by the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) urges the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Ninth Circuit decision that endorses the Security and Exchange Commission’s routine use of abusive legal remedies not...
NCLA Reply Brief Calls on U.S. Supreme Court to Overrule Brand X Judicial Deference Doctrine
WASHINGTON, DC, December 23, 2019 – The New Civil Liberties Alliance today filed a reply brief on behalf of clients, Howard and Karen Baldwin in their case against the Internal Revenue Service. NCLA’s brief criticizes the government’s backwards idea that it should be...
NCLA Comments on Department of Energy Rulemaking It Prompted on Use of Guidance
Washington, DC (December 23, 2019)– The New Civil Liberties Alliance submitted comments due this week in response to a Department of Energy (DOE) notice of proposed rulemaking on the use of guidance. NCLA first proposed the idea to the agency on August 2,...
NCLA Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Recognize the President’s Removal Authority over CFPB Director
Washington, DC – Today, the New Civil Liberties Alliance filed an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court supporting the Petitioner in Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The Petitioner in this case asks whether Congress has the authority to...
NCLA Asks Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to Halt Unconstitutional SEC Hearing
Washington, DC— The New Civil Liberties Alliance today filed a motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit asking it to enjoin an administrative proceeding by the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) against NCLA’s clients, Ray Lucia and the...
Watch: NCLA Video Exposes Injustice Behind SEC’s Administrative Hearings
Washington, DC (November 22, 2019) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance today released a video putting a human face on the endless litigation journey that many Americans, like single mother Michelle Cochran, are put through by the U.S. Securities and Exchange...
U.S. Courts Must Not Ignore How the SEC Gag Rule Violates Americans’ First Amendment Rights
Washington, DC— Barry D. Romeril is being held hostage by the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission’s “Gag” Rule—a little-known administrative tool meant to silence people for life regarding any agency case brought against them. The New Civil Liberties Alliance...
NCLA’s Comments Challenge Proposed FCC Streamlining Rule That Would Rewrite Two Federal Statutes
Washington, D.C. -- The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) today filed comments to a proposed rule asking the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) not to promulgate the “Streamlining Rule” which proposes to replace live testimony hearings with written record...
Eight Amici Join NCLA’s Cert. Petition With the Supreme Court to Nix Brand X Deference
Washington, D.C. – The New Civil Liberties Alliance is grateful for the overwhelming support our Petition for a Writ of Certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court has received. The petition seeks to overturn the so-called Brand X doctrine. Amici curiae, or friends of the...
USDA Withdraws Unlawful RFID Guideline After NCLA Files Lawsuit
R-CALF USA et.al, v. USDA et. al WASHINGTON, DC, October 29, 2019 — The New Civil Liberties Alliance is pleased that USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has announced that it does not currently intend to implement the Radio Frequency...
Florida Judge Greenlights NCLA Lawsuit Alleging Unconstitutional Use of Automatic License Plate Readers
Washington, DC— The Honorable Judge Abby Cynamon of Florida’s 11th Judicial Circuit Court submitted an order allowing the New Civil Liberties Alliance to proceed with the lawsuit against the City of Coral Gables, Florida; the Florida Department of State (FDOS); and...