by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Mar 5, 2020 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC, March 5, 2020 – The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights organization, today filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in support of Joe Fleming’s case against the U.S....
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Mar 5, 2020 | Case Documents
In this case, NCLA takes issue with the United States Department of Agriculture’s (“USDA”) use of Administrative Law Judges (“ALJs”) who violate Article II and the separation of powers. NCLA represents clients before the Fifth, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits who are...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Mar 5, 2020 | In the News
Judges often advise appellate lawyers to provide in their briefs a clear path to the outcome they want. The Supreme Court of the United States recently denied review in a case that exemplified that lesson yet again. In Baldwin v. United States, No. 19–402,...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Mar 5, 2020 | In the News
This week we highlight petitions pending before the Supreme Court that address, among other things, whether the burden of persuasion in qualified immunity cases should be on the plaintiff or on the defendant, whether the due process clause is violated when the...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Mar 5, 2020 | In the News
President Trump promised as part of his deregulation campaign to end bureaucratic “guidance” that dodges normal rule-making. Someone should tell the U.S. Department of Agriculture as it tries to impose burdensome new cattle-identification requirements. To prevent the...
