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In Landmark Victory for Civil Liberties, NCLA Persuades Supreme Court to Overturn Chevron Deference

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In NCLA Amicus Win, Supreme Court Upholds Small Business’s Right to Judicial Review

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In NCLA Amicus Win, Supreme Court Restores Americans’ Rights to Trial by Jury

PROBLEM


The Administrative State
v. Civil Liberties

For over a century, unlawful administrative power has gradually displaced the Constitution’s avenues for lawmaking and justice. Although we still enjoy the shell of our Republic, there has developed within it a very different sort of government—a type, in fact, that the Constitution was designed to prevent. The unconstitutional Administrative State is the focus of NCLA’s concern.

OUR SOLUTION


Let judges judge.
Let legislators legislate.
Stop bureaucrats from doing either.

It’s time for a broad reestablishment of basic constitutional freedoms. NCLA files original lawsuits and amicus curiae briefs asking judges in state and federal courts to set aside unlawful actions by federal agencies that violate people’s civil liberties.

Our Focus Areas

Judicial Deference

Deference doctrines require judges to defer to an administrative agency’s fact finding, or its interpretation of statutes and regulations. Thus, judges surrender their independent judgment and, where the government is a party, must exhibit systematic bias in the government’s favor, which denies due process of law to the other litigant.

Our Impact in Just 5 Years

Pro Bono Legal Assistance

795,000

HOURS LOGGED PER YEAR
BY EXPERIENCED ATTORNEYS

Philanthropy at Work

1M

REACHED BY HIGH-IMPACT
MEDIA ADVOCACY

Making a Difference

1,000+

HELPED BY
HIGH-IMPACT LITIGATION

Our Clients

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