A group of charter boat captains have won class-action status for their lawsuit challenging new reporting requirements, including a mandate requiring them to allow federal agencies to monitor 24-hour GPS devices on their boats. The rule, which has since been delayed...
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday the city of Philadelphia committed religious discrimination when it refused to place foster children through a Catholic foster care agency that does not work with gay couples. Philadelphia ended its contract with Catholic...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the city of Philadelphia violated the First Amendment rights of a foster care agency that refused to place children in homes with same-sex couples. The unanimous ruling provided hope for religious organizations that are...
Six captains and five companies from Florida and Louisiana can represent others in a lawsuit challenging new federal regulations for nearly 1,300 charter boats across the Gulf of Mexico, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan certified the suit...
Caleb Kruckenberg is litigation counsel for the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) and joins the show to discuss the importance of navigating the judicial system in defense of citizen rights. Before joining NCLA, Caleb represented clients at both the trial and...
The newest development in the case was an amicus brief filed with the Supreme Court by the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group. The brief, in support of petitioners in SCHOA v. ACC, asked the Arizona Supreme Court to interpret the...
NCLA Senior Litigation Counsel Peggy Little joins “The Voice of Reason” with Andy Hooser on KQAM to discuss NCLA's recent comment objecting to the Department of Education’s “Proposed Priorities – American History and Civics Education.”
NCLA Senior Litigation Counsel Peggy Little joins “The Steve Gruber Show” on 1240 WJIM to discuss NCLA's recent comment objecting to the Department of Education’s “Proposed Priorities – American History and Civics Education.”
The American Rescue Plan provision to limit the amount of tax reduction states can engage in if they receive federal funding is being challenged in a number of lawsuits. On the one hand, the legislation provides funding for states and localities, but it also restricts...
Meanwhile, the Justice Department and the New Civil Liberties Alliance are battling it out in a separate 11th Circuit Court of Appeals case over whether the order leaves landlords powerless to take legal action to collect delinquent payments. It's now up to the...