Press Releases
NCLA Proud to Announce Its Board of Advisors Chairman, Judge Janice Rogers Brown, Will Receive a Prestigious Bradley Prize
Washington, D.C. — The New Civil Liberties Alliance proudly congratulates the Chairman of our Board of Advisors, the Honorable Janice Rogers Brown, who has been selected as one of three recipients of the distinguished 2019 Bradley Prizes. Judge Brown is a retired judge of ...
NCLA Chides U.S. Ninth Circuit Court for Gutting a 60-Year-Old Bedrock Civil Rights Precedent
Washington, D.C. — The en banc Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals declined to rehear Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Becerra late last week, dismissing one of the most important legacies of the Civil Rights Movement in the process.
In October 2018, the New Civil ...
NCLA Challenge to the Bump Stock Ban Continues in Two Federal Courts
Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent refusal to delay the federal ban on bump stocks does not impact the cases being brought by the New Civil Liberties Alliance. NCLA will continue to challenge the Bump Stock Type Devices Final Rule on behalf of two clients ...
Texas Federal Judge Expresses ‘Deep Concern’ with Potentially Unconstitutional ALJ Proceedings for NCLA Client
Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas recognized the inherent injustice in the administrative enforcement process the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued against Michelle Cochran, a client of the New Civil ...
NCLA Files Lawsuit in Texas Against the ATF’s Bump Stock Final Rule
Washington, D.C. — The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division, against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). The case seeks to overturn the federal ban on ...
NCLA Wins Temporary Stay of Bump Stock Ban from U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued a temporary stay of the bump stock ban announced late last year by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). The stay only applies to NCLA’s client, W. Clark Aposhian, a ...
NCLA Appeals Ban on Bump Stocks to the U.S. Court of Appeals in Denver
Washington, D.C. — The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit to halt enforcement of the federal ban on bump stocks before it becomes effective March 26th because there is no statutory authority for the ban. NCLA ...
D.C. Court’s Refusal to Enjoin Bump Stock Final Rule Underscores the Problem with Chevron Deference NCLA believes courts must apply the rule of lenity instead
Washington, D.C. — On Monday U.S. District Judge Dabney L. Friedrich rejected preliminary injunction requests in a pair of consolidated lawsuits, Guedes v. ATF and Correa v. Barr, seeking to block the Bump Stock-type Devices Final Rule. Several other cases await decision ...
Sec. Toulouse-Oliver Delays Merits of Case With a Motion to Stay in NCLA’s Petition for Writ of Mandamus
Washington, D.C. — Secretary of State Toulouse Oliver filed a Motion to Stay the Proceedings in the Supreme Court today while, in her words, “the legislature considers legislation with a direct bearing on the claims at issue” in this case. NCLA filed a Petition for a Writ ...
Time for SCOTUS to Stop Deferring to Federal Agencies
Washington, D.C. — The New Civil Liberties Alliance today filed an amicus curiae brief before the U.S. Supreme Court in the Kisor v. Wilkie case. Although the facts of the case involve a dispute over veterans’ benefits, the question before the Court is whether two of its ...
NCLA Submits Comment in Objection to Proposed ED Rule
Washington, D.C. — The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) today submitted a Comment to the Department of Education’s proposed rule, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in the Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance. NCLA argues that the ...
NCLA Marks One-Year Anniversary of DOJ’s ‘Brand Memo’ with Avalanche of Anti-Guidance Petitions
Washington, D.C. — The New Civil Liberties Alliance today filed half a dozen Petitions for Rulemaking taking issue with the abusive, shortcut manner in which federal departments and agencies issue regulatory guidance. The Petitions ask each named department or agency to ...
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