New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA)
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New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA)
Think about this:
The Securities and Exchange Commission can accuse individuals of wrongdoing and publicly describe those allegations.
Those accused then face a choice: fight in court for years at great expense, or settle.
Approximately 98% settle. And because the SEC’s “no-denial” rule has existed since 1972, likely tens of thousands of people are bound by it.
Under that rule, they cannot publicly deny the allegations—even if they believe them to be untrue.
“No one should be silenced from telling their own story.”
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New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA)
When only one side is allowed to speak, the public never gets the full picture.
“The public is not seeing all sides of the story.”
NLCA is asking the Supreme Court to take Powell v. SEC to correct this imbalance.
Watch the case video to learn more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OhBo...
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This may have flown under your radar, but NCLA settled a very important civil liberties and privacy case last week.
In Wright v. Goldstein, NCLA lawyers sued over a Massachusetts program that auto-installed a Covid tracking app on more than a million smartphones—without users’ knowledge or consent.
The app tracked movements and contacts—and even reinstalled itself if deleted.
Because of the work of NCLA litigators, including Peggy Little (pictured here after the settlement was approved), the government can’t install tracking apps on your phone. Massachusetts also agreed to destroy the data it collected.
Read NCLA's press release on the settlement here: nclalegal.org/press_release/ncla-wins-deletion-of-…
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New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA)
The Securities and Exchange Commission can publicly accuse you—and issue press releases about those allegations.
Faced with years of litigation and enormous costs, about 98% of people settle.
But settlement comes with a condition: a lifetime gag order. You cannot publicly deny the allegations—even if you believe they’re untrue.
NCLA is asking the Supreme Court to hear Powell v. SEC.
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What happens when the government doesn’t ban speech outright—but pressures you into silence instead?
In a new article, NCLA client Thomas J. Powell explains how administrative investigations can pressure individuals to accept settlement terms that prevent them from speaking publicly about their cases, while the government remains free to tell its side of the story.
This raises serious First Amendment questions at the center of Powell v. SEC, a case NCLA is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear.
Read more here: bit.ly/4tbsZls
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New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA)
“Astonishingly, you can be gagged for life.” — Peggy Little
When the SEC accuses someone of wrongdoing, it often publishes a press release announcing its allegations before any court has ruled.
At that point, many defendants face a choice: spend years and millions of dollars fighting the government in court, or settle the case.
But settlement comes with a condition: a lifetime gag order. Settling defendants are forbidden from publicly denying the SEC’s allegations — forever — even if they believe those allegations are wrong.
These allegations can destroy reputations, careers, and businesses.
The New Civil Liberties Alliance has asked the Supreme Court to hear Powell v. SEC and end the SEC’s lifetime gag rule.
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New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA)
NCLA has reached a historic settlement in Missouri v. Biden, striking a major blow against government-induced social media censorship.
The settlement prohibits CDC, CISA, and the U.S. Surgeon General from pressuring social media companies to removing or suppressing constitutionally protected speech, or from directing their content moderation decisions.
This is a major First Amendment victory.
Read the full press release here: nclalegal.org/press_release/ncla-reaches-historic-…
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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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New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA)
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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