The New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed a petition with the Ninth Circuit to review the SEC’s denial of our long-standing petition to amend the agency’s “Gag Rule.” In place for over five decades, this pernicious rule forbids every American who settles a regulatory enforcement case with SEC from even truthfully criticizing their cases in public.

Representing several SEC enforcement targets silenced by the Gag Rule, NCLA’s Peggy Little talks with Vec about the petition and this egregious trampling of First Amendment rights.

The New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed a petition with the Ninth Circuit to review the SEC’s denial of our long-standing petition to amend the agency’s “Gag Rule.” In place for over five decades, this pernicious rule forbids every American who settles a regulatory enforcement case with SEC from even truthfully criticizing their cases in public.
Representing several SEC enforcement targets silenced by the Gag Rule, NCLA’s Peggy Little talks with Vec about the petition and this egregious trampling of First Amendment rights.

Administrative Static is an irreverent legal affairs podcast that exposes the unlawful side of administrative power. Hosts Mark Chenoweth and John Vecchione will decry federal and state agency abuses, trot out legal arguments, grill expert guests, and bandy about the latest cases and controversies. 

Administrative Static is an irreverent legal affairs podcast that exposes the unlawful side of administrative power. Hosts Mark Chenoweth and John Vecchione will decry federal and state agency abuses, trot out legal arguments, grill expert guests, and bandy about the latest cases and controversies.&nbsp;

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