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New Civil Liberties Alliance
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About New Civil Liberties Alliance
Founded by law professor Philip Hamburger--and inspired by his scholarship--NCLA is a non-profit, public-interest law firm, which engages in pro bono litigation to defend the liberty established by the Constitution and restore constitutional constraints to the administrative state. It focuses primarily on fighting administrative power and conditions on spending where they systematically threaten constitutional freedoms, including the freedom of speech, jury-trial rights, and due process. Rather than resist administrative power wherever it threatens substantive rights and interests, NCLA will work against administrative mechanisms that repeatedly and broadly threaten constitutionally protected rights. For example, NCLA will oppose the Chevron and Auer deference federal courts give to administrative agencies that compromises judicial independence. Coordinating its efforts with other civil rights groups, NCLA will pursue strategic litigation that promises to curtail administrative threats to civil liberties.
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Legal & Regulatory
New Civil Liberties Alliance notes that after the Supreme Court decision in FCC v. AT&T, companies facing FCC penalties can refuse to pay and require the government to take them to court.
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Research & Knowledge
New Civil Liberties Alliance published an op-ed by Litigation Counsel Andreia Trifoi on why warrantless mass surveillance is a Fourth Amendment problem.
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Legal & Regulatory
New Civil Liberties Alliance reported that a Washington district court appointed its own U.S. Attorney, who was removed by the President, and the prosecutor is suing to get it back.
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Legal & Regulatory
New Civil Liberties Alliance is challenging Washington State's requirement for commercial crabbers to install tracking equipment that continuously reports their vessels' locations while their crab pots remain in the water in Franey v. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and has moved for summary judgment.
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Legal & Regulatory
New Civil Liberties Alliance is fighting the SEC's Consolidated Audit Trail in court.
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Presence & Recognition
New Civil Liberties Alliance President Mark Chenoweth and Senior Litigation Counsel Russ Ryan joined former Acting U.S. Solicitor General Jeff Wall to discuss the Supreme Court decision regarding agency-imposed penalties against AT&T and Verizon.
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Legal & Regulatory
New Civil Liberties Alliance has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court in Spartan Securities Group, et al. v. SEC to ask the Court to settle questions about the SEC's ability to punish speech that was never made public and to order disgorgement when the victim column is empty.
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