Press Releases
NCLA Appeals Case Contesting Data Collection of Automatic License Plate Readers in Coral Gables, FL
Washington, DC (December 14, 2021) - The City of Coral Gables, Florida, uses Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs) to collect and store geographic location data of drivers navigating the City, aggregates that information, and stores it in a database accessible to law ...
NCLA Wins Major Fifth Circuit en Banc Decision Versus SEC: Court of Appeals Finds Subject-Matter Jurisdiction to Hear Unconstitutional Removal Protection Claim Against Administrative Law Judges
Washington, DC (December 13, 2021) – The full Fifth Circuit bench ruled today that Texas accountant Michelle Cochran has the right to challenge the constitutionality of her Administrative Law Judge’s (ALJ) removal protections in federal court before undergoing an ...
Watch: NCLA Video Reveals Impact of Vaccine Mandates on College Employees with Natural Immunity
Washington, DC (December 10, 2021) – Thousands of Americans across the country are being forced to choose between getting a COVID-19 vaccine or keeping their jobs. The situation is intolerable, especially for those who already have antibodies against the virus. A video ...
NCLA Comment Challenges Both DOL’s Unconstitutional Rule Rescission and OFCCP’s Very Existence
Washington, DC (December 10, 2021) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group, filed a Comment in response to the Department of Labor’s proposed rescission of a Final Rule promulgated by the prior administration that clarified the scope ...
NCLA Amicus Brief Challenges OSHA’s Vaccinate-or-Test Requirement for Private Employees
Washington, DC (December 7, 2021) – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) attempt to impose an invasive “vaccinate-or-test” requirement on over half the nation’s workforce is an unprecedented and unconstitutional exercise of legislative power—power ...
NCLA Amicus Brief Backs Cert Petition Challenging Deference to Sentencing Guidelines Commentary
Washington, DC (November 24, 2021) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group, filed an amicus brief today in Jayren Wynn v. United States of America, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to grant Mr. Wynn’s petition for certiorari and either ...
NCLA Comment Objects to Proposed HHS Rule Repealing Regulated Parties’ Due Process Rights
Washington, DC (November 22, 2021) – The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is attempting to rescind a Final Rule meant to protect due process rights of regulated persons by restricting HHS’s ability to use non-public and non-binding standards to violate fair ...
Amicus Victory: NCLA Applauds Federal Court Ruling Invalidating ‘Tax Cut Ban’ in Thirteen States
Washington, DC (November 16, 2021) - The New Civil Liberties Alliance celebrates an amicus victory and commends an Alabama federal court ruling, issued Monday, permanently invalidating the “Tax Cut Ban” provision of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA). Treasury is ...
NCLA Files Appeal in Lawsuit Challenging Transportation Secretary Buttigieg’s ‘Gotcha’ Investigations
Washington, DC (November 16, 2021) – Late yesterday, the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group, filed its opening brief in a lawsuit against Transportation Secretary Peter Buttigieg at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. ...
NCLA Seeks En Banc Review of First Amendment SEC Gag Rule Case in Second Circuit
Washington, DC (November 15, 2021) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group, is seeking en banc review in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Barry D. Romeril. NCLA filed a petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second ...
NCLA Contests Vague Rule that Unconstitutionally Chills Free Speech for Attorneys in Connecticut
Washington, DC (November 10, 2021) – Connecticut has adopted an amendment to its Rules of Professional Сonduct for Connecticut-licensed lawyers that includes unconstitutional and impermissibly vague language governing speech by lawyers. The provision, Rule 8.4(7), applies ...
NCLA Amicus Brief Explains Why OSHA’s Employer Vaccine Mandate Violates Nondelegation Doctrine
Washington, DC (November 9, 2021) – The Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on November 5, 2021, requires employers with 100 or more employees to either implement a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy or ...
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