by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Mar 11, 2020 | Case Documents
In this case, NCLA is particularly disturbed that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has willfully opted out of deciding a matter as simple—but gravely consequential— as whether it is unconstitutional for a police officer to use the cover of a search warrant to steal...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Mar 16, 2020 | Case Documents
NCLA asks the Arkansas Supreme Court to stop judges in the state from giving “great deference” to the Department of Finance and Administration in a post-2009 Arkansas tax procedure case. Granting “great deference” to an agency’s statutory interpretations violates both...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Mar 27, 2020 | Case Documents
NCLA filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in support of Axon Enterprise Inc. in the body camera company’s fight to keep its constitutional claims against the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in federal court. NCLA’s...
by NCLA | Jun 1, 2018 | Case Documents
Brief of the New Civil Liberties Alliance as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner The judgment of the court of appeals should be reversed for four separate and independent reasons. First, 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d) violates the Constitution by divesting Congress of...
by NCLA | Oct 5, 2018 | Case Documents
Brief of the New Civil Liberties Alliance as Amicus Curiae in Support of the Petition for Rehearsing En Banc The plaintiff has capably and powerfully explained why rehearing en banc is warranted: The panel applied a diluted rendition of “exacting scrutiny” that cannot...
by nclaadmin | Nov 15, 2018 | Case Documents, USA v. Havis
Brief of the New Civil Liberties Alliance as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellant’s petition for rehearsing en banc. The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) is a nonprofit civil-rights organization and public-interest law firm devoted to defending...
