by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Sep 10, 2020 | Blog
Author: NCLA Legal Intern Bradley Larson It is a mainstay of the American legal system that people can bring their grievances in front of an impartial judge and obtain “equal justice under law.” However, 26 years ago, in an obscure case called Thunder Basin Coal Co....
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Sep 25, 2020 | Blog
The Arizona Supreme Court took a welcome step last month by making it easier to obtain state-court stays of state-agency decisions. It adopted verbatim the NCLA-drafted amendment to court rules. The new rule is scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2021....
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Oct 2, 2020 | Blog, Peggy Little
So, we have a nominee for the Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett, and, as with all such nominations, the prognosticators, pundits, and public want to know how this candidate will approach the issues they believe the Supreme Court is most likely to hear in coming...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Oct 8, 2020 | Blog, Kara Rollins
Over the summer I wrote about Executive Order 13924, which attempts to lessen the administrative burdens faced by private individuals and businesses by reining in the administrative state. In addition to directing agencies to rescind, modify, or waive...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Oct 15, 2020 | Blog, John J. Vecchione
I’ve previously written on the Supreme Court’s taking two cases involving the extent of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) ability to seize property of all kinds under Section 13(b) of the FTC Act. Those cases, FTC v. Credit Bureau Center, LLC, CA19-825, and...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Oct 30, 2020 | Blog
One fundamental problem with having agencies in Washington, DC issue thousands of regulations that apply to everyone and everywhere in the country is that there is simply no way for them to consider the thousands of ways in which their one-size-fits-all...