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NCLA Files Class-Action Lawsuit to Block Biden’s Unlawful Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate
Washington, DC (January 4, 2022) – The Biden Administration has enacted an unlawful executive order to compel millions of Americans who work for government contractors (even if they do not perform work on government contracts) to take a COVID-19 vaccine. Today, the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group, filed a class-action…
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NCLA Asks Supreme Court to Reconsider Chevron Deference in Veterans Benefits Suit
Washington, DC (January 3, 2022) – Thomas Buffington is a U.S. Air Force veteran who served his country honorably for over nine years. Now after incurring a disability in the line of duty, he is having to fight the very agency that should be helping him. The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed a petition for writ of certiorari in…
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NCLA Calls on Supreme Court to Reinvigorate Contracts Clause and Stop State Interference with Leases
Washington, DC (December 29, 2021) – Today, the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group, filed a Supreme Court amicus brief in Apartment Association of Los Angeles County, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles, et al. NCLA finds disturbing the recent trend, epitomized by this case, of lower courts deferring to states…
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NCLA Challenges COVID Quarantine Rule Keeping Child with Natural Immunity Out of School
Washington, DC (December 23, 2021) – A second-grade student at Sunrise Valley Elementary School in Fairfax County, Virginia, was arbitrarily and unlawfully prevented from attending school earlier this semester, in violation of her federal and state Constitutional rights to Equal Protection and Due Process, as well as her right to receive an education under the Virginia…
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In Reversal After NCLA Suit, DOJ to Allow Prisoners Moved to Home Confinement for Covid to Stay
Washington, DC (December 22, 2021) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance commends Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice (DOJ) for reversing course on the idea of automatically returning prisoners put on home confinement to prison once the pandemic ends. Under an opinion from the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) released yesterday, prisoners…
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NCLA Amicus Brief Challenges FEC’s Heightened Standard for Standing in Sen. Cruz’s Campaign Suit
Washington, DC (December 22, 2021) – The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is urging the Supreme Court to adopt a new, heightened standard for establishing that an injury is “fairly traceable” to complained‑of conduct, a showing required of all plaintiffs in order to establish their standing to sue. Adopting FEC’s theory of standing would significantly restrict…
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