New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA)

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New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA)

Ken Ponder owns a small business in Georgia.

After Congress gave the Environmental Protection Agency the power to pick winners and losers in a cap-and-trade scheme, the EPA made decisions that devastated his company’s market share.

NCLA has asked the Supreme Court to take this case and decide whether Congress can delegate that power.

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“Market-shaping decisions belong to Congress, not the EPA.”

A Georgia small business is asking the Supreme Court to take the case Choice Refrigerants v. EPA and decide who gets to make the laws.

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Today, the Supreme Court ruled 6–3 that President Trump’s emergency tariffs imposed under IEEPA were unlawful.

The Court agreed with NCLA that IEEPA does not delegate tariff authority to the president and that tariffs are taxes reserved to Congress alone.

NCLA filed the first lawsuit in the nation challenging these tariffs and advanced the arguments that ultimately prevailed—protecting businesses and individuals from paying unlawful taxes.

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The U.S. Supreme Court #scotus just issued its decision concerning tariffs in the Learning Resources v. Trump and Trump v. V.O.S. Selections cases regarding the Trump Administration's International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

The New Civil Liberties Alliance @NCLAlegal launched the first lawsuit against these tariffs back in April and filed a Supreme Court amicus brief on this matter.

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🚨 NCLA STATEMENTS ON TODAY'S SCOTUS TARIFF DECISION 🚨

“The Supreme Court has made clear that grants of authority begin and end with Congress’s words. By enforcing that textual limit, the decision maintains the proper separation of powers.”

— Andrew Morris, Senior Litigation Counsel, NCLA

“We are pleased the Supreme Court has made clear that IEEPA does not provide the Executive with limitless tariff power. We are gratified neither our clients nor other Americans will have to pay these illegal tariffs.”

— John Vecchione, Senior Litigation Counsel, NCLA

“Today the Supreme Court agreed with NCLA by holding that no president can unilaterally raise taxes on Americans. The Court recognized that American importers pay tariffs. They are not taxes somehow imposed on foreign states.”

— Mark Chenoweth, President, NCLA

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The SEC’s in-house court system allows federal agencies to act as investigator, prosecutor, and judge — often forcing Americans to settle simply because they can’t afford years of legal battles.

A new Epoch Times article quotes NCLA Senior Litigation Counsel Peggy Little on why this administrative system violates the Constitution and devastates lives.

Read the full article here: www.theepochtimes.com/us/the-administrative-court-…

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New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA)

As the year comes to a close, the work of defending constitutional freedom continues.

New Civil Liberties Alliance is a nonpartisan civil rights organization dedicated to holding unlawful government power accountable through principled litigation.

Please support us before the end of the year.
Donation link: nclalegal.org/donate-now/

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New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA)

NCLA filed an amicus brief in support of the Little Sisters of the Poor, urging the Third Circuit to dismiss a lawsuit challenging religious exemptions to the ACA’s contraceptive mandate.

HRSA cannot force religious organizations to fund contraception against their beliefs.

“When Congress fails to provide an agency with statutory direction… it can needlessly embroil people like the Little Sisters of the Poor in a decade of litigation.”
— John Vecchione, NCLA

Learn more in today’s press release.
nclalegal.org/press_release/ncla-asks-third-circui…

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New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA)

🚨 New Episode of Unwritten Law 🚨

Can the government monitor your movements for years without suspicion, probable cause, or warrants by using automated license plate recognition systems?

Mark Chenoweth and John Vecchione, joined by Andreia Trifoi, discuss NCLA’s challenge to Marco Island’s ALPR program and why it raises serious Fourth Amendment concerns.

🔔 Subscribe here:
👉 nclalegal.org/media/unwritten-law/

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New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA)

Should the Federal Reserve answer to the President—or to no one at all?

In a new blog, NCLA Senior Litigation Counsel Jacob Huebert explains why the Constitution requires accountability for the Fed’s Board of Governors, especially as the Supreme Court prepares to hear Trump v. Cook.

When agencies enforce laws and impose penalties, they exercise executive power—and the Constitution demands that power be accountable.

Read the full post on our site.
nclalegal.org/the-federal-reserve-must-be-accounta…

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