Tenth Circuit Clears Path to Toppling Intrusive Dog Kennel Inspection Regime

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has reversed a district court decision in Johnson v. Smith that upheld a Kansas state law authorizing intrusive warrantless searches for dog training and handling businesses. NCLA filed an amicus curiaebrief explaining that the warrantless-search law…

Supreme Court Overturns NLRB-Specific Preliminary Injunction Standard

The U.S. Supreme Court issued an 8-1 decision in Starbucks Corp. v. McKinney, overturning a deferential legal standard that has allowed the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to enjoin a company’s conduct without showing that it likely broke the law. Justice Thomas authored the Court’s opinion.…

NCLA Digs Deeper Into SCOTUS Victory in Garland v. Cargill and the Definition of a "machinegun"

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled 6-3 in the NCLA case of Garland v. Cargill that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ unilateral bump-stock ban conflicts with the federal statute defining “machineguns.” ATF’s regulatory ban, which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit…

SCOTUS decision in Garland v. Cargill affirms ATF Cannot Alter a Statute’s Meaning

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled 6-3 in the NCLA case of Garland v. Cargill that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ unilateral bump-stock ban conflicts with the federal statute defining “machineguns.” ATF’s regulatory ban, which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit…

NCLA’s George Washington Award Recognizes Brave Clients and Accomplished Lawyers

We awarded Drs. Azadeh Khatibi, Tracy Høeg, Ram Duriseti, Aaron Kheriaty, and Pete Mazolewski NCLA’s Award for Client Bravery. NCLA represented these courageous doctors in the successful Høeg v. Newsom suit challenging a California state law that would have subjected them to discipline for sharing …

A Watershed Supreme Court Term Will Not Drown The Administrative State

We discuss Mark's recent column in Forbes: a brief review of five pending SCOTUS cases: (1) SEC v. Jarkesy; (2) Relentless v. Department of Commerce/ Loper Bright v. Raimondo; (3) Corner Post v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve; (4) Garland v. Cargill; and (5) Starbucks v. McKinney.  Admi…

Fifth Circuit Topples SEC’s Unlawful Effort to Regulate Private Funds

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a decision in National Association of Private Fund Managers v. Securities and Exchange Commission vacating SEC’s recent final rule restricting—and in some cases prohibiting—certain common contractual agreements between private investment funds …

NCLA Demands Fauci and Co. Save Potentially Damning Covid Communications

The New Civil Liberties Alliance sent a letter informing Dr. Anthony Fauci, his Senior Advisor Dr. David Morens, Dr. Peter Daszak, Dr. Gerald Keusch, Dr. Richard Roberts, Dr. Francis Collins, and Google that they are legally obligated to preserve all documents, communications, and electronically st…

NCLA Fights Against Discriminatory Dept. of Education Rule for Fulbright-Hays Fellowships

The Fulbright-Hays Fellowship supports U.S. students conducting foreign language research abroad. However, since 1998, the Department of Education has unfairly penalized "non-native-born" students who learned the language through heritage, denying them 15 points out of 105 for language proficiency.…

NCLA Tells Department of Education Its Newest Student Loan Debt Cancellation Plan Is Unlawful

NCLA submitted comments urging the U.S. Department of Education to abandon its latest proposed rule that would unconstitutionally cancel $147 billion of federal student loan debt owed to the Treasury by an estimated 27.6 million borrowers. The plan even proposes to bestow about $19 billion of that …