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NCLA Asks Appeals Court to Toss Illegal D.C. Judicial Deference Mandate That Is Worse Than Chevron

Washington, DC (July 2, 2025) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed an amicus curiae brief in conjunction with the Goldwater Institute in LHL Realty Company v. District of Columbia urging the District of Columbia Court of Appeals to set aside the temporary “Deference Amendment” to the District’s Administrative Procedure Act. The new amendment requires…
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NCLA Marks First Anniversary of Overturning Chevron Deference, Creating Relentless Working Group

Washington, DC (June 26, 2025) – On June 28, the New Civil Liberties Alliance will celebrate the one-year anniversary of persuading the U.S. Supreme Court in Relentless Inc. v. Dept. of Commerce to overturn the unconstitutional Chevron judicial deference doctrine. The Court vacated and remanded the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit’s decision that…
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U.S. Supreme Court Decision Cites NCLA’s Amicus Brief in Preserving Access to Federal Courts

Washington, DC (June 20, 2025) – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in FDA v. R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co. that anyone adversely affected by an FDA order can challenge the agency in court, referencing the New Civil Liberties Alliance’s amicus curiae brief that advocated this result. FDA had oddly claimed that vaping retailers are not adversely…
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In NCLA Amicus Win, Supreme Court Revives Innocent Family’s Suit over FBI’s Wrong-House Raid

Washington, DC (June 13, 2025) – The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reversed the Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ dismissal of Martin v. United States, an Atlanta family’s Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) suit against the government for a wrong-house raid in 2017. FBI agents invaded the home of Trina Martin and her family, shackling her…
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NCLA, Shanmugam Ask Supreme Court to Grant Cert. Petition, Fix 4th Am. Rights for Crypto Records

Washington, DC (June 13, 2025) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance and renowned Supreme Court advocate Kannon Shanmugam have filed a reply brief urging the high court to hear NCLA’s Harper v. Faulkender appeal and reform the “third-party doctrine.” The federal government uses this doctrine to deny Fourth Amendment protection against government seizure and search of people’s cryptocurrency records…
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In NCLA Amicus Win, District Court Topples Kansas Dog Kennel No-Warrant Inspection Regime

Washington, DC (June 12, 2025) – The U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas has enjoined a Kansas state law authorizing intrusive warrantless searches of dog training and handling businesses. Following arguments made by the New Civil Liberties Alliance in a prior amicus curiae brief at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit,…
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