by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Apr 15, 2021 | Blog, Richard Samp
The Seventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to a jury trial in civil suits filed in federal court. Federal officials have never liked it when the target of a federal enforcement action insists on a jury trial; they apparently fear that...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Mar 8, 2021 | Press Releases
Washington, DC (March 8, 2021) — Congress has not prohibited bump stocks, and it is thus unlawful for a prosecutorial entity like the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to rewrite the law in Congress’ place. That’s the basic argument the New...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Feb 12, 2021 | Press Releases
Washington, DC (February 12, 2021) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group filed a petition for a writ of certiorari today asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reject the Fifth Circuit’s expansion of the qualified immunity doctrine...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jan 22, 2021 | Blog
There’s a frustrating phenomenon in sports where referees will “swallow their whistles” in a close game. At a pivotal moment, a referee will fail to call a foul to avoid the appearance that the refs determined the outcome of the game. The logical fallacy the...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jan 14, 2021 | Press Releases
Washington, DC (January 14, 2021) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group, has filed a reply brief in the case of Michelle Cochran v. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) which the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals will...
