Executive Director of the New Civil Liberties Alliance Mark Chenoweth discusses that Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett faces senators' questions during a second day of confirmation hearings. Republicans are rushing her to confirmation before Election Day to fill...

When the White House made an announcement—by way of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)—that it would put a new conditional eviction ban in place, many housing-industry experts anticipated pushback...

“The court decided not to review the myriad due-process and separation-of-powers problems for factual reasons,” said attorney Aid Dynar of the New Civil Liberties Alliance in a statement. “At the same time, the court decided not to take a look at the facts to avoid...

Pending before the highest court in Massachusetts is Desrosiers v. Baker, a lawsuit challenging the many unilateral orders Governor Charlie Baker has issued since declaring a state of emergency seven months ago. The Supreme Judicial Court heard oral arguments in the...

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of a lower court ruling that upheld a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services rule that reduced Medicaid reimbursements to several children’s hospitals. The hospitals argued that the case was a good opportunity to...

A suite of protections the city of Los Angeles put in place to keep tenants in their homes during the coronavirus pandemic hangs in the balance after a new legal challenge from a Southern California apartment owners association. It now joins dozens of both state and...

Marco Island City Council candidates said Wednesday in an election forum that they would consider allowing the construction of an assisted living facility on the island. An earlier version of the project was voted down by City Council last year as some councilors said...

As a provider of joint venture and general partner equity, real estate investment firm RanchHarbor has been seeing an influx lately of multifamily investment opportunities presented by sponsors as value-add. However, upon a closer look at the underwriting, these deals...

The confirmation hearing for President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is set to start next Monday, October 12. We interview Mark Chenoweth, Executive Director of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, on how the process might play out as well as Judge...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a decision upholding reduced Medicaid reimbursement for children's hospitals, turning away a chance to revisit the so-called Chevron deference — the longstanding practice of having judges defer to reasonable agency...

Free-market think tanks urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to curtail the Federal Trade Commission's traditional reliance on monetary sanctions as a weapon against bad marketplace behavior, including consumer fraud and anti-competitive conduct. Justices will soon...