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Expert Amici Back NCLA Supreme Court Case Against “Petty-Offense Exception” to Jury-Trial Right
Washington, DC (January 17, 2025) – Criminal law academics, defense attorneys, and advocacy groups have filed five amici curiae briefs in support of the New Civil Liberties Alliance’s pending Lesh v. U.S. petition before the U.S. Supreme Court. NCLA’s lawsuit challenges an unjust precedent that denies jury trials for people charged with “petty offenses”—generally those…
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NCLA Warns DC Court of Appeals Not to Adopt Proposed Rule that Would Restrict Lawyers’ Speech
Washington, DC (January 15, 2025) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance has submitted comments urging the District of Columbia Court of Appeals to reject a proposed amendment to Rule 8.4 of the District of Columbia Rules of Professional Conduct that would violate lawyers’ First Amendment rights. The proposed rule’s vague language would subject attorneys to discipline…
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NCLA Amicus Brief Asks Supreme Court to Keep Unlawful Corporate Transparency Act Enjoined
Washington, DC (January 13, 2025) – Today, the New Civil Liberties Alliance filed an amicus curiae brief in Garland v. Texas Top Cop Shop, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject the government’s request to stay a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the unconstitutional Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). The government cannot be allowed to maintain the…
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Federal Court Holds Back NCLA’s Effort to Inform Public of Major Misconduct at SEC
Washington, DC (January 9, 2025) – The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas has rejected the New Civil Liberties Alliance’s request to force the Securities and Exchange Commission to immediately release information concerning profound misconduct within that agency. SEC had refused to comply with NCLA’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for…
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NCLA Defeats Illegal Investigation by Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
Washington, DC (January 7, 2025) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed a stipulated dismissal without prejudice of its pseudonymous client John Doe Corporation’s federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas challenging the unconstitutional investigative processes of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). The dismissal follows PCAOB’s…
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In NCLA Victory Against Censorship, State Department Shutters Global Engagement Center
Washington, DC (January 2, 2025) – The U.S. Department of State has closed its Global Engagement Center (GEC), which it had used to finance the development and promotion of censorship technology and enterprises that then blacklisted domestic news organizations. The New Civil Liberties Alliance celebrates this encouraging step as we lead the ongoing The Daily…
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