Less than two years after the Supreme Court banned the Securities and Exchange Commission from using its own bought-and-paid-for administrative judges to apply civil penalties and stopped privileging federal agencies’ interpretations of ambiguous laws, the high court is considering further restrictions on the administrative state… Branded a ‘repeat offender’ just to have a day in court “Lower courts…

The New Civil Liberties Alliance has told the D.C. Circuit that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission should have to turn over documents related to an internal information breach, arguing a lower court improperly allowed the agency to exempt documents from a Freedom of Information Act request…

Russell Fincher’s fight with a government agency is something of a David and Goliath tale. In Fincher’s story, Goliath has regulatory power over stones and slings, as well as superhuman strength… Fincher is one among many Americans who have found themselves caught up in a legal system overseen by federal agencies that write and enforce…

Following their victory before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2024, commercial fishers from New Jersey are asking the U.S. Court of Appeals forthe First Circuit to vacate a NOAA Fisheries rule requiring them to pay out of pocket for at-sea monitors.“Forcing fishermen to pay the salaries of government regulators watching them conduct their work is…

The US Supreme Court so far has helped shield the Federal Reserve from President Donald Trump’s efforts to seize control. An argument Wednesday will test just how committed the court is to the Fed’s independence… “The Constitution does not set up a fourth independent, unaccountable branch of government to handle money and banking,” said Jacob Huebert,…

Three Marco Island residents who sued the city over license-plate recording cameras that track vehicles entering and leaving the island have filed an appeal after a federal judge dismissed their lawsuit. Washington, D.C.-based New Civil Liberties Alliance filed an opening brief Dec. 16 urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to reverse…