by NCLA | Oct 15, 2018 | Opinion
Philip Hamburger Maurice & Hilda Friedman Professor of Law, Columbia Law School “Whither Chevron?1 For several years, some justices of the Supreme Court have been questioning Chevron deference, partly on the basis of my constitutional critique of it.2 It was...
by NCLA | Oct 10, 2018 | In the News
A former Cornell University professor who faced a sexual misconduct allegation is suing the university, the U.S. Department of Education and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. In the lawsuit, Mukund Vengalatorre, a former assistant professor of physics, claims the...
by NCLA | Oct 5, 2018 | Press Releases
Washington, D.C. — The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) today filed an amicus curiae brief asking the entire U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to rehear the recent decision in Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Becerra concerning the privacy of donors...
by NCLA | Oct 5, 2018 | Case Documents
Brief of the New Civil Liberties Alliance as Amicus Curiae in Support of the Petition for Rehearsing En Banc The plaintiff has capably and powerfully explained why rehearing en banc is warranted: The panel applied a diluted rendition of “exacting scrutiny” that cannot...
by NCLA | Sep 19, 2018 | Opinion
Written by Peggy Little Justice Kagan’s succinct opinion in Lucia v. SEC sent shockwaves through the secretive world of administrative law judging and will have wide-ranging effects. And, it has a surprise ending ordering a retrial: “And we add today one...
