... Peggy Little, a lawyer for the media outlets at the New Civil Liberties Alliance, in a statement said the group "looks forward to expedited discovery on this unlawful weaponization of government resources and power." ... For the Daily Wire and The Federalist:...
Federal Judge Slaps Down Biden Administration’s Attempt To Dismiss Daily Wire Censorship Lawsuit
In a court order Tuesday, a U.S. District judge rejected the Biden State Department’s attempts to dismiss a censorship lawsuit brought by The Daily Wire, The Federalist, and the State of Texas. The Daily Wire lawsuit, filed jointly by the New Civil Liberties Alliance...
Cape Gazette joins suit against SEC gag rule
The Cape Gazette has teamed up with a former Rehoboth Beach financial advisor, the New Civil Liberties Alliance, and nine others in a court appeal to end a federal gag rule. In action filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, petitioners contend a...
Washington DC’s 500 Most Influential People of 2024
Here’s our list of the experts and advocates, outside the government, who are playing big roles in Washington’s policy debates. Our nation’s capital is full of people who aren’t elected but who shape the laws and policies that govern our nation and ultimately affect...
Meet the Lawyers Taking Big Government to the Supreme Court—And Winning
As the administrative state implements more regulations on Americans, a team of legal veterans has come together to fight the expansion of unelected government agency power. Sometimes, they even win. The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA), which consists of a team of...
SEC Critics Preview Future Challenges To Agency Action
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission may face new challenges to its enforcement authority from the way it imposes industry bars to the burden of proof needed to bring its civil cases, two frequent legal opponents of the agency said Tuesday. Russ Ryan, senior...
Supreme Court to hear Starbucks case about fired pro-union employees
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear Starbuck’s appeal of a judge’s decision requiring the company to rehire a group of seven pro-union employees. The case involves a group of Starbucks employees who worked at a store in Memphis, known as the “Memphis Seven.” In...
Newman’s Counsel Says Supreme Court’s Agreement with Her Dissent Proves Mental Fitness
The U.S. Supreme Court today reversed an en banc decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) in which Judge Pauline Newman dissented, a development Newman’s lawyers say belies CAFC Chief Judge Moore’s opinion that Newman is mentally unfit to...
SEC hit with new lawsuit alleging ‘mass surveillance’ of Americans through stock market data
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is illegally collecting data of every citizen who invests in the stock market, according to a new lawsuit. The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) filed the suit Tuesday against the SEC claiming that the agency, through its...
OPINION: The Securities and Exchange Commission Is Watching You
The Securities and Exchange Commission is deploying a massive government database—the Consolidated Audit Trail, or CAT—that monitors in real time the identity, transactions and investment portfolio of everyone who invests in the stock market. As SEC...