by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Nov 9, 2020 | Blog
On November 2, 2020, Justice Amy Coney Barrett participated in her first two oral arguments as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Over the next few decades, she will get to ask incisive questions during oral argument to help her...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Nov 13, 2020 | Blog
Author: NCLA Legal Intern John Bugnacki Can a court force you to defend yourself against a lawsuit thousands of miles away in a place where something you made, created or said just happened to end up? The Supreme Court may answer this critical question in Ford...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Nov 19, 2020 | Blog
Author: NCLA Legal Intern Tabitha Kempf Every freshman law and policy aficionado who has spent any amount of time in the ring has almost certainly encountered lively talk about the Administrative State and its vast consequences for our nation. On one hand,...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Nov 25, 2020 | Blog
https://archive.nclalegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-11-24-Thanksgiving-Blog-2020-DeGrandis-480p.mp4 Hello! I’m Michael DeGrandis. I’m Senior Litigation Counsel at the New Civil Liberties Alliance, and this is a special Thanksgiving Edition of...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Dec 3, 2020 | Blog
Determining an appropriate punishment for criminal convictions is a delicate business. Traditionally judges have had a lot of latitude in figuring out what makes the most sense based on a particular case. But judges are people too, and they carry the same...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jan 7, 2021 | Blog, Covid-19 Articles
Anyone with a lick of sense knew that smothering our economy would severely curtail the ability of local governments to generate sales tax revenue. Whether the doors of restaurants and other businesses are shut tight and sealed, such as in New York City and Los...
