by mason.riggs | Jan 29, 2021 | Opinion, Philip Hamburger
Section numbers of federal statutes rarely stir the soul, but one of them, 230, stirs up much fear, for it has seemed to justify censorship. Relying on it, tech companies including Google and Twitter increasingly pull the plug on disfavored posts, websites and even...
by mason.riggs | Jan 29, 2021 | Lunch & Law Speaker Series
NCLA Litigation Counsel Kara Rollins and Director of the George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center Susan Dudley, address the process of regulating through executive orders and the various ways in which the new Biden administration could undo Trump...
by mason.riggs | Jan 28, 2021 | In the News
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver heard oral arguments on Wednesday in a case challenging the federal government’s ban on bump stocks. The lawsuit involves complex-sounding legal principles like the Chevron doctrine and the rule of lenity, but the plaintiff...
by mason.riggs | Jan 28, 2021 | In the News
SALT LAKE CITY — A federal ban on a plastic accessory that makes a semi-automatic weapon work like a machine gun remains at issue as a Utah gun enthusiast continues to press his case to overturn the rule. A lawyer for Clark Aposhian and a government attorney faced...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jan 28, 2021 | Blog
Federal court appellate rules (and most state appellate and high courts) require party briefs to include a “standard of review” section (Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 28(a)(8)(B)). Lawyers tend to pay little, if any, attention to this section. Usually, a...
