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NCLA Sues to Stop USDA’s Illegal, Unnecessary Rule Mandating Electronic Eartags for Cattle and Bison
Washington, DC (October 31, 2024) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed a Complaint against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS) unlawful new rule requiring electronically readable (EID) eartags for certain cattle and bison transported across state lines, rather than long-used visual tags. Representing ranchers,…
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NCLA Asks Court to Uphold Suit Against San Antonio’s Illegal Firing of Poet for Free Speech
Washington, DC (October 28, 2024) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed a brief urging the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas not to dismiss NCLA client Nephtali De León’s claims against the City of San Antonio and official Krystal Jones for defamation and violating free speech rights. The City unjustly fired…
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In NCLA Amicus Win, Fifth Circuit Vacates Order for Elon Musk to Delete X Post About Labor
Washington, DC (October 28, 2024) – The en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has vacated a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) order requiring Tesla CEO Elon Musk to delete a post he issued using his personal X (formerly Twitter) account, ruling that the order violated the First Amendment. NLRB based its…
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NCLA Asks Eighth Circuit to Stop Education Dept.’s Latest Illegal Plot to Cancel Student Loan Debt
Washington, DC (October 1, 2024) – Today, the New Civil Liberties Alliance filed an amicus curiae brief in Missouri, et al. v. Biden urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to affirm its panel’s earlier preliminary injunction stopping the Department of Education’s “SAVE” plan. The Biden Administration plan rewrites the 1993 amendments to…
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NCLA Pushes Court to Reel in Unlawful Fishery Monitoring Rule After Supreme Court Sinks Chevron Deference
Washington, DC (September 27, 2024) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed a Supplemental Brief urging the court to vacate the Industry-Funded Monitoring (IFM) Omnibus Amendment, issued by the New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) and applied to nearly all fisheries in the region. Implemented by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) February 2020…
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“Judge Newman Fit to Judge,” Reports Harvard-Trained Neurosurgeon Expert
Washington, DC (September 24, 2024) – Dr. Aaron G. Filler, MD, PhD, JD confirms Judge Newman is fully fit to perform the duties of the office to which she has been confirmed by the Senate and appointed by the President. Dr. Filler is a world-renowned neurosurgeon and inventor, trained at the University of Chicago and Harvard…
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