by nclaadmin | Nov 6, 2019 | Opinion
Federal administrators must love Darth Vader’s iconic –and ominous– line, “I’m altering the deal. Pray I don’t alter it any further.” That’s because the Brand X deference doctrine lets them. Deference doctrines require...
by nclaadmin | Oct 31, 2019 | Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – The New Civil Liberties Alliance is grateful for the overwhelming support our Petition for a Writ of Certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court has received. The petition seeks to overturn the so-called Brand X doctrine. Amici curiae, or friends of the...
by nclaadmin | Oct 30, 2019 | In the News
A civil rights group and the Wyoming ranchers it represents are celebrating the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to walk back its new cattle-tagging regulations after the ranchers challenged the rules in court. A guidance document, which has since been taken...
by nclaadmin | Oct 29, 2019 | In the News
Last April, The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) posted a fact sheet to provide producers with information about the agency’s guidelines and goals related to Animal Disease Traceability. Since the fact sheet was...
