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...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jan 22, 2021 | Press Releases
Washington, DC (January 22, 2021) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group, filed an amicus brief asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to reverse the judgment of the District Court for the Eastern District of...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jan 22, 2021 | Blog
There’s a frustrating phenomenon in sports where referees will “swallow their whistles” in a close game. At a pivotal moment, a referee will fail to call a foul to avoid the appearance that the refs determined the outcome of the game. The logical fallacy the...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jan 19, 2021 | Press Releases
Washington, DC (January 19, 2021) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group, filed a Memo in Opposition to IRS’s Motion to Dismiss today in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire in the case of Harper v. Rettig,...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jan 19, 2021 | In the News
Caleb Kruckenberg, Litigation Counsel for NCLA, joined host Charlie James to discuss the CDC Eviction Moratoriums and Biden’s plan to extend them.