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California’s Medical Misinformation Law Struck Down
..."This Act is a blatant attempt to silence doctors whose views, though based on thorough scientific research, deviate from the government-approved 'party line,'" said Greg Dolin of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a lawyer for the doctors, in a statement. "At no...
A Federal Court Blocks California’s New Medical Misinformation Law
...In December, another judge in the Central District of California denied an injunction in a similar case. The split verdicts raise the likelihood that the law’s fate could ultimately be decided at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco. “I...
California Law Aiming to Curb COVID Misinformation Blocked by Judge
..."This Act is a blatant attempt to silence doctors whose views, though based on thorough scientific research, deviate from the government-approved 'party line,'" said Greg Dolin of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a lawyer for the doctors, in a statement. "At no...
Federal Court Halts California Law Punishing Doctors for COVID ‘Misinformation’
...Judge William B. Schubb of the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of California granted the motion filed by a group of doctors for a preliminary injunction. Schubb said that, because the “scientific consensus” (on COVID, in this case) is ill-defined and...
California Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Blocking COVID ‘Misinformation’ Law: Reports
...The New Civil Liberties Alliance represent the doctors, or NCLA, which is a nonpartisan civil rights firm. In November, Jenin Younes, counsel for the NCLA said California’s new "misinformation" law is the result of the increasing censorious mentality that has...
Judge Questions Clarity of New California Law Targeting Doctors Who Share COVID-19 Misinformation
...Jenin Younes, an attorney representing Høeg and five other doctors in one of the cases, said during the hearing that the law was “about silencing doctors that have a different view from the state.” Younes works for the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a Washington,...
How the CDC Became the Speech Police
...The deposition was part of Schmitt v. Biden, a lawsuit that accuses the federal government of improperly pushing private social media companies to restrict so-called misinformation relating to COVID-19. Jay Bhattacharya and Martin Kulldorff, professors of medicine...
‘You Are Calling the President a Liar’: White House Scolds Social Media for Treatment of Biden
...The email threads are among dozens between the White House and tech platforms that Just the News received from the New Civil Liberties Alliance, which along with Missouri and Louisiana attorneys general is suing the feds for social media censorship. The plaintiffs...
‘Any Messaging You Want’: Facebook Asked Biden Admin For Talking Points After FDA Vaccine Blood Clots Warning
...A Facebook employee wrote an email later that day asking Biden administration COVID-19 czar Andrew Slavitt for “any messaging” that the White House might want the company to promote, looping in White House Director of Digital Strategy Rob Flaherty and Director of...
Federal Courts Divided as U.S. 5th Circuit Strikes Ban on Gun Bump Stocks
...The legal team behind the federal regulation challenge, Michael Cargill v. Merrick B. Garland, was New Civil Liberties Alliance... Read the full article
Bump Stock Ruling Highlights Appellate Dispute: Can Agencies Decide What Is a Crime?
...Will the Supreme Court take up that issue? The ATF declined to comment on Friday’s ruling, but Richard Samp of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, who won the 5th Circuit appeal for bump stock user Michael Cargill, said his side wouldn’t shy away from Supreme Court...
Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down ATF Rule Banning Rapid-fire Bump Stocks
...The plaintiff in the case, Texas gun shop owner and firearms instructor Michael Cargill, had surrendered two nonmechanical bump stocks after the new rule banned them. He was represented by the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonprofit civil rights organization......
U.S. Appeals Court Strikes Down Ban on Bump Stocks
..."The resulting circuit split should bring this decision to the U.S. Supreme Court's attention promptly and supply a suitable vehicle for deciding this issue once and for all," said Mark Chenoweth, the president of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a conservative...
En Banc 5th Circ. Nixes Gun ‘Bump Stock’ Ban In Reversal
...The New Civil Liberties Alliance, which represents Cargill in the case, said in a statement Friday that it is pleased that a circuit court has recognized "that Congress must be the one to pass any bump stock ban." "The resulting circuit split should bring this...
Fulbright Applicant Wants ‘Discriminatory’ Policy Blocked
..."The native-language penalty is unconstitutional because it treats applicants' national origin as a decisive factor in access to federal education assistance," the New Civil Liberties Alliance said... Read the full article
New California Law to Punish Doctors for ‘Covid Misinformation Conduct’
...The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group, and attorney Laura Powell filed a complaint and motion for a preliminary injunction on behalf of five California doctors in Høeg, et al. v. Newsom, et al., asking the U.S. District Court...
Amici See NJ Fishing Case As Vehicle To End Chevron
...Christian Employers Alliance is represented by Alliance Defending Freedom. Southeastern Legal Foundation is represented by Consovoy McCarthy PLLC. Independent Women's Law Center is represented by Schaerr Jaffe LLP. Relentless Inc. is represented by The New Civil...
Rhode Island Fisherman Join Lawsuit Over Federal Monitors
...The fishermen, represented by the New Civil Liberties Alliance, have filed an amicus brief siding with fishermen from other Northeast states in a case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging the new monitoring requirements... Read the full article
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Cleveland County Wage Dispute
...Cleveland County asked the U.S. Supreme Court in June to intervene. Sixteen state governments filed a brief supporting that request. So did groups called the International Municipal Lawyers Association and the New Civil Liberties Alliance... Read the full article
Efficiency Is Not a Reason to Keep the SEC’s Unconstitutional In-House Courts
...In the meantime, Ms. Cochran chose to fight back. With the assistance of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, she filed suit in federal court, challenging the constitutionality of the SEC’s in-house courts. In response, the government argued that she must first endure...
Critics Seek Evidence of Government Involvement in Twitter Censorship Decisions
..."We already know the federal government had a hand in Twitter censorship, especially of those who articulated perspectives that conflicted with government messaging on Covid," New Civil Liberties Alliance Counsel Jenin Younes told the Washington Examiner in an...
California Law Strips Licenses from ‘Misinformation’-Spreading Doctors
...U.C. Irvine fired Kheriaty after he refused to comply with the university's vaccine mandate and published an essay critical of the policy. He's also a co-plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonprofit law firm that "views the...
China’s ‘Zero COVID’ Not So Different to U.S., Some Say Amid Protests
...But John Vecchione, an attorney with the New Civil Liberties Alliance, which proclaims it "views the administrative state as an especially serious threat to constitutional freedoms", says the issue is less about partisan politics and more about "risk tolerance,"...
Third Lawsuit Filed against California Law That Restricts Doctors’ COVID Advice to Patients
...Drs. Tracy Hoeg, Ram Duriseti, Aaron Kheriaty, Pete Mazolewski and Azadeh Khatibi filed the second lawsuit on Nov. 1 in the Eastern District. The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a legal group that advocates for constitutional freedoms, is representing them... Read...
As Elon Musk Fights Censorship, States Take Aim at Anthony Fauci, Big Tech
...No, Fauci preferred the vague term “social distancing,” says Jenin Younes, litigation lawyer with the New Civil Liberties Alliance, who was representing plaintiffs at the deposition, including two authors of the Great Barrington Declaration, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a...