by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Feb 22, 2022 | Opinion, Peggy Little
On December 10, 2021, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court unanimously affirmed,[1] on expedited direct appeal, a state trial court opinion[2] nullifying the state Department of Health’s mask mandate for all public schools. The Supreme Court agreed with the en banc trial...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Sep 23, 2021 | Opinion, Peggy Little
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals will shortly hear argument on a case involving a light-hearted joke and the heavy hand of the administrative state. The case presents the court with the opportunity to restore actual aggrievement to the labor law’s explicit statutory...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Aug 19, 2021 | Opinion, Peggy Little
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona quietly blogged on July 16, 2021, that the U.S. Department of Education has apparently rescinded its “Proposed Priorities—American History and Civics,” which was published for public comment in the Federal Register in April....
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Mar 3, 2021 | Opinion, Peggy Little
The first month of President Biden’s administration began with nearly two-score shots across the bow signaling the continued strength of the Leviathan state. In his first days in office, the new President issued 37 executive orders (EOs), more than the Trump and Obama...
by NCLA | Nov 14, 2018 | Opinion, Peggy Little
One of the strongest rules in free-speech law is that the government may not engage in “prior restraint” of speech except in extreme circumstances. Yet the Securities and Exchange Commission does so routinely. Under a rule adopted in 1972, the SEC demands that parties...
