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COVID-19 Skeptics Sue Biden Administration Over Twitter Censorship
...Twitter suspended plaintiff Daniel Kotzin on March 7 and banned plaintiff Michael Senger permanently on March 8, according to court documents. It suspended Mark Changizi in April, June and December last year. “The timing of these events, along with the one-sided...
High Court Urged To Review SEC Judges Alongside FTC Case
A nonprofit civil rights organization wants the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Fifth Circuit ruling that its client can challenge the constitutionality of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's administrative legal proceedings, rebutting the agency's attempts...
Lawsuit: Biden Admin Pressuring Big Tech To Censor Users
The U.S. Surgeon General and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of the Biden administration have directed social-media platforms, including Twitter, to suppress alleged “misinformation” about Covid, alleges a federal lawsuit filed on March 24. The New...
Ex-Xerox CFO Wants SCOTUS Look at SEC ‘No-deny’ Fraud Settlement
...The Second Circuit’s decision purportedly runs afoul of the Supreme Court’s “long-standing jurisprudence prohibiting such prior restraints, content- and viewpoint-based discrimination, and unconstitutional conditions which violate the First Amendment, and due...
Feds’ Pressure on Tech Platforms To Censor COVID ‘Misinformation’ Is Unconstitutional, Suit Says
The government's sustained pressure on social media platforms to censor and report purported COVID-19 misinformation amounts to "state action" that violates the First Amendment, according to a lawsuit filed Friday on behalf of three Twitter users. The New Civil...
Fight Over High-tech Cattle Tags Corralled at 10th Circuit
...Harriet Hageman, an attorney with New Civil Liberties Alliance, opened oral arguments at the 10th Circuit on Monday by acknowledging National Sunshine Week, a March celebration of open government. “There are not a lot of tools to hold agencies accountable; FACA is...
Federal Lawsuit Filed Against Marco Island Bridge Cameras
A federal lawsuit filed against Marco Island by the New Civil Liberties Alliance on behalf of three city residents challenging automated license plate readers on city bridges, has the potential to impact a similar set of cameras being planned for purchase on Fort...
Florida City Accused of Invading Driver Privacy With Automated License Plate Recognition Systems
Three residents of Marco Island, Florida, claim in a lawsuit filed Monday that the privacy of drivers in the area is being violated by the use of automated license plate recognition systems. The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed the lawsuit in federal court in...
In Virginia, Some Students Worry About a Future Without Coronavirus Vaccine Mandates
...Others support the change. The New Civil Liberties Alliance, which recently sent a letter to George Mason officials on behalf of a student and professor who wanted the school to rescind its vaccine booster mandate for students, welcomed the university’s decision to...
EXCLUSIVE: Doctor Prohibited From Practicing Medicine Over Vaccination Status Sues Rhode Island
A doctor prohibited from practicing medicine because of his vaccination status is suing Rhode Island to regain his ability to practice. The Rhode Island Department of Health ordered oral and maxillofacial surgeon Dr. Stephen Skoly to cease his critical surgical care...
Cranston Dentist Who Defied RI COVID Vaccine Mandate Sues for Right To See Patients Again
The Cranston dentist who publicly defied the state's COVID-19 vaccination mandate for health-care workers filed a federal lawsuit Friday that seeks to force the state to let him see patients while remaining unvaccinated. Stephen Skoly, an oral and maxillofacial...
Biden Under Fire Over SCOTUS Nomination Process
NCLA’s Executive Director and General Counsel Mark Chenoweth joins “National Report” on Newsmax to discuss Biden's approach toward the Supreme Court nomination process and the history of Janice Rogers Brown's filibuster.
Fishermen Urge 1st Circ. To Revive Commerce Rule Challenge
A group of New England herring fishermen urged the First Circuit to consider their case against the U.S. Department of Commerce, claiming that a recently created federal monitoring program that measures compliance with federal fishing standards is illegal and places a...
Three Major Virginia Universities Scrap COVID Booster Mandate After AG Calls Them Unlawful
Three major Virginia universities have scrapped their COVID booster mandates — and COVID vaccine mandates in general — after the state’s attorney general advised that the public institutions cannot mandate them under current law... Read the full article
Gag Orders, Part II: When the SEC Silences Critics
...Any consent judgment with the SEC includes what is often called a “gag clause.” These clauses prohibit the defendant from challenging the truth of any allegation in the SEC’s complaint or making any statement that might be construed as saying that the complaint...
What Happens Next After Justice Breyer’s Sudden Exit from SCOTUS
NCLA Executive Director Mark Chenoweth joins Real America's Voice to comment on Justice Breyer's sudden exit from the Supreme Court and the future nominee's potential impact on cases related to administrative power.
Don’t Believe OSHA When It Threatens To Turn Its Rescinded Vaccine Mandate Into a Permanent Rule
...Since general public health measures are beyond OSHA's legal purview, the majority concluded, the businesses, employees, and states that challenged the ETS were likely to prevail in arguing that the agency had exceeded its statutory authority. Under the same...
Djokovic Case Will Perpetuate the Worst Aspects of the Pandemic
...Civil liberties organisations are becoming increasingly concerned that this club will be brought out every flu season on the pretext of protecting society from an infection. The US-based New Civil Liberties Alliance has been running cases to challenge the health...
Lesh Sentenced to $10,000 Fine, 160 Hours of Public Service
A federal judge sentenced self-styled bad boy David Lesh to $10,000 in fines and 160 hours of useful public service Wednesday for his conviction on two petty offenses for illegally riding a snowmobile at a Keystone terrain park in April 2020... Read the full article
Supreme Court Must Strike Down Unconstitutional OSHA Vaccine-or-Test Mandate
NCLA Litigation Counsel Jenin Younes joins "National Report" on Newsmax to discuss the federal vaccine-or-test OSHA mandate that is likely to be struck down by the Supreme Court.
Eviction Moratorium Case Edges Closer to Supreme Court
A landlord group’s challenge to the City of Los Angeles’s long-running — and controversial — eviction moratorium has moved a step closer to a hearing before the Supreme Court... Read the full article
The Supreme Court Just Signaled It Could Block Biden’s Nationwide Vaccine Mandate
...If a stay does occur, expect it to be fairly brief, only lasting a few days, says Jenin Younes, litigation counsel for the New Civil Liberties Alliance. She tells Fortune that the court could issue a decision as early as the end of next week or early the following...
Coronavirus Roundup: CDC Guidance Updates; Another Challenge to the National Guard Vaccine Mandate
...“I think there’s a lot of uncertainty in terms of what the requirements are given that [the mandate] was implemented” before the injunction and the deadlines have changed several times, said Plexico. What companies actually have to ultimately do, “that’s going to...
Biden Administration Sued Over COVID Mandate for Contractors
A nonpartisan civil rights group has sued the Biden administration over its mandate that federal contract workers get vaccinated against COVID-19 or be tested weekly. The Washington D.C.-based New Civil Liberties Alliance filed the class-action lawsuit Monday in U.S....
Michigan Lawsuit Challenges Biden Vaccine Mandate for Federal Contract Employees
A new federal lawsuit filed in Michigan Tuesday joins others across the nation challenging the constitutionality of the President Joe Biden administration’s vaccine mandate, tentatively scheduled to begin taking effect Jan. 10. The lawsuit, filed by 11 federal...