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NCLA Asks Federal Court to Vacate the Dept. of Labor’s Unlawful New Independent Contractor Rule
Washington, DC (August 5, 2024) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed a motion for summary judgment in Colt & Joe Trucking v. U.S. Department of Labor, asking the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico to vacate DOL’s vague new independent contractor rule. Promulgated earlier this year, the rule distorts the…
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NCLA Amicus Brief in NY Case Against Trump Explains Why NY’s Executive Law Violates Free Speech
Washington, DC (August 2, 2024) – Today, the New Civil Liberties Alliance, together with its founder Professor Philip Hamburger, filed an amicus curiae brief in New York v. Donald Trump. NCLA and Prof. Hamburger ask the First Appellate Department of the New York Supreme Court to hold unconstitutional, on First Amendment grounds, a statute that New…
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NCLA Helping Acclaimed Chicano Poet Fight San Antonio’s Dismissal of Him in Free Speech Dispute
Washington, DC (August 2, 2024) – Today, the New Civil Liberties Alliance filed a Complaint against the City of San Antonio and city employee Krystal Jones for unlawfully firing accomplished Chicano writer, artist, and activist Nephtalí De León as the City’s poet laureate in violation of his protected free speech. The City unjustly terminated Mr. De…
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NCLA Asks Tenth Circuit to Stop Education Dept.’s Latest Illegal Scheme to Cancel Student Loan Debt
Washington, DC (July 29, 2024) – Today, the New Civil Liberties Alliance filed an amicus curiae brief in Alaska, South Carolina, and Texas v. Dept. of Education with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. NCLA urges the Court to affirm and order the expansion of a preliminary injunction stopping the Department’s “SAVE” plan,…
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In NCLA Amicus Win, Fifth Circuit Rules Against FCC’s Unlawful Control of Universal Service Fund
Washington, DC (July 24, 2024) – Today, the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled in Consumers’ Research v. Federal Communications Commission that Congress unconstitutionally delegated legislative power by allowing FCC to create and control a system for extracting Americans’ money to finance the Universal Service Fund (USF). The New Civil…
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NCLA Demands CPSC and Comr. Trumka Rescind False Statements Disparaging Weighted Sleep Sacks
Washington, DC (July 23, 2024) – Today, the New Civil Liberties Alliance sent a formal letter asking the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to retract inaccurate and misleading statements by the agency and Commissioner Richard Trumka, which reflect adversely on our client Dreamland Baby Co.’s weighted sleep swaddles and blankets. This letter is a first…
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