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Hamburger Group Sues to Protect Cattle Ranchers from USDA’s Unlawful RFID Animal Identification Mandate
Washington, D.C.–The New Civil Liberties Alliance today filed a complaint with the District Court of Wyoming against the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, as well as the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and USDA Administrator for APHIS Kevin Shae. NCLA is asking the Court to stop USDA…
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NCLA Supports Petition to U.S. Supreme Court to Rein in D.C. Circuit’s Aggressive Expansion of Chevron Deference
Washington, D.C. — Today, the New Civil Liberties Alliance filed an amicus brief in support of the petitioners’ Writ of Certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court in Damien Guedes, et al. v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, et al. The case challenges the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit’s new and unusually broad version of Chevron deference.…
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NCLA Video Shows Problem with Use of License Plate Readers
Washington, D.C. – Today the New Civil Liberties Alliance released a case video featuring NCLA client Raul Mas Canosa that depicts the serious privacy concerns that surround automatic license plate readers (ALPRs). Canosa’s lawsuit against the City of Coral Gables, Florida, the Florida Department of State and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement challenges the unconstitutional…
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NCLA Wins Stay Pending Appeal from Fifth Circuit in Post-Lucia SEC Case
Washington, D.C. – It took barely a couple of hours after oral argument on the motion in New Orleans, for a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to issue an order staying the SEC’s enforcement proceedings against NCLA client Michelle Cochran. The order in Cochran v. Securities and Exchange Commission…
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NCLA Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Uphold Landmark Civil Rights Precedent
Washington, D.C. – Today, the New Civil Liberties Alliance filed an amicus brief supporting two Writs of Certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court in Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Becerra and Thomas More Law Center v. Becerra. The Petitioners in these related cases are asking the Supreme Court to reverse the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and protect…
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NCLA Files Petition with the U.S. Supreme Court Seeking to Abolish Brand X Deference
WASHINGTON, DC, — The New Civil Liberties Alliance today filed a Petition fora Writ of Certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to overturn the so-called Brand X doctrine. Under theCourt’s 2005 case, National Cable & Telecommunications Ass’n v. Brand X Internet Services, federal courtsare supposed to defer to federal agencies’ reasonable statutory interpretations even…
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