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NCLA Asks SCOTUS to End Humphrey’s, Restore President’s Power to Remove Principal Officers
Washington, DC (October 20, 2025) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed an amicus curiae brief in Trump v. Slaughter urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Humphrey’s Executor v. U.S., a 1935 precedent that federal district court judges have said prevents the President from firing Federal Trade Commission (FTC) commissioners at will. President Trump…
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NCLA Asks en Banc Fifth Cir. to Rehear Jurisdiction and Jury Trial Rights Issues in FDIC/NCUA Cases
Washington, DC (October 20, 2025) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed two amicus curiae briefs urging the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to rehear Cornelius Campbell Burgess v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Jeffrey Moats v. National Credit Union Administration Board (NCUAB). NCLA asks the en banc Fifth…
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Prominent Organizations Join Call for en Banc Rehearing in NCLA Suit Against SEC’s Illegal Gag Rule
Washington, DC (October 6, 2025) – Research and advocacy groups have submitted four compelling amici curiae briefs in favor of en banc rehearing at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the New Civil Liberties Alliance’s Powell, et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission case challenging SEC’s “Gag Rule.” The Gag Rule forbids…
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NCLA Seeks to Stop Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s Unlawful Prosecutions
Washington, DC (September 29, 2025) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed a brief seeking summary judgment from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in two consolidated John Doe v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board cases that challenge PCAOB’s abusive and unconstitutional disciplinary prosecutions. Despite lacking the constitutional legitimacy to do so,…
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Going Chevron’s Way?: NCLA Asks SCOTUS to End Unlawful Stinson Deference in Criminal Sentences
Washington, DC (September 29, 2025) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed an amicus curiae brief urging the Supreme Court to hear Raymond Poore v. United States, a case challenging the unconstitutional deference doctrine established over 30 years ago in Stinson v. United States. Under that precedent, courts must defer to the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s…
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SEC Dismisses Unconstitutional Follow-on Enforcement Proceeding in Response to NCLA’s Motion
Washington, DC (September 26, 2025) – In response to a motion the New Civil Liberties Alliance filed in June, the Securities and Exchange Commission has dismissed its unconstitutional “follow-on” administrative enforcement prosecution against NCLA client Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Lemelson. That proceeding had threatened to bar or suspend Lemelson from the securities industry. Perhaps not coincidentally, the…
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