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NCLA Asks SCOTUS to Hear Suit, Say Use of Receivers in SEC Cases Violates Appointments Clause

Washington, DC (November 17, 2025) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed an amicus curiae brief today asking the Supreme Court to hear Barton v. Securities and Exchange Commission, which challenges the practice of courts appointing receivers to control bankrupt companies’ assets at SEC’s request when the agency prosecutes them in regulatory enforcement cases. The district…
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Oral Argument over Trump Admin.’s Unlawful Emergency Tariff Orders Bodes Well for Challengers

Washington, DC (November 5, 2025) – Former Acting U.S. Solicitor General Neal Katyal and Oregon Solicitor General Benjamin Gutman delivered oral argument today at the Supreme Court in Learning Resources v. Trump and Trump v. V.O.S. Selections challenging the Trump Administration’s International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) tariff orders. The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed an…
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NCLA Launches First Class-Action Lawsuit Against Trump’s Unlawful Emergency Tariff Orders

Washington, DC (November 4, 2025) – On the eve of Supreme Court oral argument tomorrow over the Trump Administration’s orders imposing tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), the New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed the first class-action complaint challenging those same executive actions, likewise arguing that IEEPA does not authorize tariffs. The proposed…
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NCLA Asks Supreme Court to Uphold President’s Ability to Keep Federal Reserve Board Accountable

Washington, DC (October 29, 2025) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed an amicus curiae brief today in Trump v. Cook urging the U.S. Supreme Court to let President Trump remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. The district court in this case erroneously blocked President Trump from firing Cook based on a…
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NCLA Asks SCOTUS to Hear Case About Proper Standard for Reviewing Bankruptcy Court Recusals

Washington, DC (October 27, 2025) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed an amicus curiae brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear James Dondero v. Stacey G. Jernigan. NCLA asks the Justices to take the case and rule that federal appellate courts should not use a deferential “abuse-of-discretion” standard of review when they consider…
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NCLA Amici Brief with Clients Asks Supreme Court to Rule Emergency Tariffs Lack Legal Authority

Washington, DC (October 24, 2025) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance, on behalf of itself and its clients in two pending lawsuits against the emergency tariffs, filed an amici curiae brief today at the U.S. Supreme Court in the consolidated Learning Resources v. Trump and Trump v. V.O.S. Selections tariff cases. NCLA urges the Justices to…
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