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NCLA Asks Court to Not Abandon Its Duty of Independent Judgment in BIA Case Under Chevron Deference
Washington, DC (January 7, 2019) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed an amicus brief today with the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in support of plaintiffs-appellees in the case of Brackeen v. Bernhardt. NCLA is urging the full Fifth Circuit to call out the constitutional defects inherent in the Chevron judicial deference doctrine. Specifically, NCLA points out that judges violate Article III of…
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NCLA Reply Brief Calls on U.S. Supreme Court to Overrule Brand X Judicial Deference Doctrine
WASHINGTON, DC, December 23, 2019 – The New Civil Liberties Alliance today filed a reply brief on behalf of clients, Howard and Karen Baldwin in their case against the Internal Revenue Service. NCLA’s brief criticizes the government’s backwards idea that it should be able to ignore federal court decisions it does not like under Brand…
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SCOTUS Urged to End SEC Use of Legal Remedies Not Prescribed by Statute
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 23, 2019 – An amicus brief filed today by the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) urges the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Ninth Circuit decision that endorses the Security and Exchange Commission’s routine use of abusive legal remedies not authorized by relevant federal statutes.In Liu v. Securities and Exchange Commission, the high court is asked…
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New Mexico’s Secretary of State Tries to Veto Governor’s Veto
Washington, DC, Dec. 20, 2018 — The New Civil Liberties Alliance today filed a Petition for a Writ of Mandamus with the Supreme Court of New Mexico. The Petition asks the Justices to vacate New Mexico’s 2017 “Campaign Finance Rule” (CFR) because it violates the separation of powers guaranteed to the state’s citizens in Article III, Section 1 of…
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NCLA Lawsuit Says CFPB Is Funded Unconstitutionally—Congress Cannot Divest Legislative Power
Washington, DC (December 19, 2019) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed a lawsuit in the U.S.District Court for the Southern District of New York challenging the funding mechanism for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) as unconstitutional. Specifically, NCLA alleges that Congress unlawfully divested its legislative appropriations power when it gave CFPB the…
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Amicus Curiae Brief of the New Civil Liberties Alliance in Support of Petitioner
Washington, DC – Today, the New Civil Liberties Alliance filed an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court supporting the Petitioner in Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The Petitioner in this case asks whether Congress has the authority to vest executive authority in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), an independent agency led by a…
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