by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jul 25, 2022 | Press Releases
Washington, DC (July 25, 2022) – Today, the New Civil Liberties Alliance filed its appellant brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Michael Cargill v. Merrick B. Garland, et al. This lawsuit could determine who has the constitutional authority to...
by will.gale | Jul 22, 2022 | Press Releases
Washington, DC (July 22, 2022) – Kuwaiti-born Samar Ahmad can breathe a sigh of relief after learning that her national origin will not be used against her in the application process for a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship. The New Civil...
by helen.taylor@ncla.legal | Jul 21, 2022 | In the News
…The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed an appeal yesterday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on behalf of a former forensics coach at James Madison University. Greg Dolin, Senior Litigation Counsel for the nonprofit civil rights group, says...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jul 21, 2022 | Blog, Tahmineh Dehbozorgi
Photo: U.S. Marshals Service The Fourth Amendment protects Americans against unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. Absent exigent circumstances or consent, police must obtain judicial authorization (a warrant) to enter a home. As the Supreme Court has...
by helen.taylor@ncla.legal | Jul 20, 2022 | Jameson Payne, Opinion
I. Introduction On May 29th, 1919, British researchers operating out of Principe and Sobral, Brazil, tested a simple proposition: whether, during that day’s total eclipse, the light of stars proximate to the sun would be deflected, thus distorting their observed...
