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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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NCLA Asks en Banc Ninth Circuit to Rehear First Amendment Case Seeking to End SEC’s ‘Gag Rule’

Washington, DC (September 23, 2025) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance has petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for en banc rehearing in Powell, et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission, NCLA’s lawsuit challenging SEC’s refusal to amend its “Gag Rule.” NCLA expressed concern that the panel opinion entirely neglected to address…
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NCLA Asks en Banc D.C. Circuit to Rehear Federal Circuit Judge Newman’s Unlawful Suspension Case

Washington, DC (September 22, 2025) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed a petition for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to rehear en banc the Newman v. Moore lawsuit challenging the ongoing illegal suspension of Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman. A D.C. Circuit panel dismissed NCLA’s lawsuit against the suspension on…
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