by helen.taylor@ncla.legal | Aug 15, 2023 | In the News
…In a statement to the Washington Examiner, New Civil Liberties Alliance attorney Sheng Li noted that in a case challenging an effort by the Biden administration to forgive student loans for millions of borrowers, the district court found that a group of states...
by helen.taylor@ncla.legal | Aug 13, 2023 | In the News
…A second lawsuit was recently filed against the Biden administration for its plan to cancel $39 billion in student loans for 800,000 borrowers. The suit was filed in federal court by the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) on behalf of the Cato Institute and...
by helen.taylor@ncla.legal | Aug 13, 2023 | In the News
…However, on August 4, the New Civil Liberties Alliance — a nonprofit organization aimed at protecting constitutional freedoms — filed a lawsuit on behalf of conservative groups Cato Institute and the Mackinac Center for Public Policy to block Biden’s...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Aug 11, 2023 | Blog, Richard Samp
The Supreme Court in several recent cases has explicitly applied what it refers to as the “major questions doctrine” (MQD) when construing the meaning of federal statutes. Under the Doctrine, in “extraordinary” cases the Court will not accept a federal agency’s...
by trevor.schakohl@ncla.legal | Aug 10, 2023 | Greg Dolin, Opinion, Philip Hamburger
A disturbing constitutional drama is unfolding in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Chief Judge Kimberly Moore has effectively deprived one of her colleagues, Judge Pauline Newman, of her judicial office. Although not as noisy as recent attacks on the...
