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Lawsuit Seeks Equal Treatment for Cannabis Businesses

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Thursday, October 26, 2023
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Oct. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A coalition of U.S. cannabis operators and investors working in state-legal medical and adult-use cannabis markets today filed a lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland. The coalition, represented by the law firm Boies Schiller Flexner, seeks to enjoin the federal government from enforcing the Controlled Substances Act in a manner that interferes with the intrastate cultivation, manufacture, possession, and distribution of cannabis, pursuant to state law. The lawsuit asserts that the federal government has no basis for enforcing the Controlled Substances Act against intrastate, state-regulated cannabis operations.

Key Points: 
  • The lawsuit asserts that the federal government has no basis for enforcing the Controlled Substances Act against intrastate, state-regulated cannabis operations.
  • The lawsuit seeks to confirm the rights of Massachusetts and other states to regulate cannabis within their borders, and to confirm the corresponding limits on the federal government's power to regulate commerce.
  • Absent the relief sought in this lawsuit, Plaintiffs and other state-regulated cannabis operators will continue to suffer severe harms.
  • The result is that many cannabis businesses are suffering, people are losing their jobs and individual wealth is being destroyed.

NCLA Amicus Brief Decries SEC’s Administrative Denial of Jury Trial Rights, ALJ Removal Protections

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Thursday, October 19, 2023
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Worse yet, the proceeding denied his Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial.

Key Points: 
  • Worse yet, the proceeding denied his Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial.
  • Dodd-Frank empowers SEC to obtain a jury trial by suing in federal court or avoid a jury trial by initiating an administrative proceeding.
  • Hence, the law unfairly deprives them of the same right to demand a jury trial that SEC has—a blatantly discriminatory rule.
  • In April, the Supreme Court upheld NCLA client Michelle Cochran’s right to challenge the constitutionality of her ALJ’s removal protections in federal court before undergoing an administrative adjudication.

BAE Systems, Inc. names Reggie Robinson to lead its Government Relations team

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Monday, August 21, 2023
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FALLS CHURCH, Va., Aug. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BAE Systems, Inc. (LSE: BA) has named Reggie Robinson to become the senior vice president for Government Relations, effective immediately.

Key Points: 
  • FALLS CHURCH, Va., Aug. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BAE Systems, Inc. (LSE: BA) has named Reggie Robinson to become the senior vice president for Government Relations, effective immediately.
  • In this role, Reggie will assume responsibility of all government relations activities for the company, overseeing BAE Systems, Inc.'s relationships with members of Congress, the White House, the Department of Defense and other executive branch organizations, as well as state government leaders.
  • Robinson will report to BAE Systems, Inc. president and CEO Tom Arseneault, and serve as a member of the Inc. senior leadership team.
  • Most recently he served as the vice president for Executive Branch and International Government Relations.

NCLA Notches Amicus Win Against Biden's Student Loan Debt Handout

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Friday, June 30, 2023
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Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for a 6-3 majority, stated, “The Secretary’s comprehensive debt cancellation plan is not a waiver because it augments and expands existing provisions dramatically.

Key Points: 
  • Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for a 6-3 majority, stated, “The Secretary’s comprehensive debt cancellation plan is not a waiver because it augments and expands existing provisions dramatically.
  • NCLA argued that ongoing suspension of payments and interest is just as unlawful as the larger debt-cancellation plan.
  • Whether it’s lockdowns, eviction moratoria, vaccine mandates, or now school loan debt cancellation, these are just not powers the Executive Branch possesses.
  • In this case, Congress explicitly limited the pause on student loan debt payments to a few short months.

NATIONAL LABOR UNION FILES FEDERAL LAWSUIT ALLEGING DEBT LIMIT STATUTE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL

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Monday, May 8, 2023
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BOSTON, May 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- This morning, attorneys representing the National Association of Government Employees (NAGE), which represents nearly 75,000 employees working in agencies across the federal government, filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court in Boston challenging the constitutionality of the Debt Limit Statute as it exists and seeking an injunction that would prevent the Executive Branch from suspending operations of the federal government due to the debt limit being reached. The attorneys representing NAGE in this case are Thomas H. Geoghegan, of Despres, Schwartz & Geoghegan, Ltd. in Chicago; Patrick V. Dahlstrom, of Pomerantz LLP, in Chicago; Sarah E. Suszczyk, NAGE General Counsel, in Quincy; and Shannon Liss-Riordan, of Lichten & Liss-Riordan, P.C., in Boston.

Key Points: 
  • If Congress will not raise the Debt Limit as it has nearly 80 times before without condition, it leaves no constitutional choice for the President."
  • The lawsuit seeks suspension of the operation of the Debt Limit Statute until Congress determines the priorities and order of payments that the President should take, in order to meet the limit set on total indebtedness.
  • However, the lawsuit contends that the President may not take the major actions necessary to comply with the Debt Limit Statute without a clear road map or direction that the President must follow.
  • Until Congress revises the Debt Limit Statute to give such guidance, there is no constitutional means by which the President can comply with it.

FAIR Applauds House Judiciary Committee's Approval of the Border Security and Enforcement Act and Urges Swift Approval by the Full House

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Thursday, April 20, 2023
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WASHINGTON, April 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The following statement was issued by Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), regarding today's approval of the Border Security and Enforcement Act by the House Judiciary Committee:

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, April 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The following statement was issued by Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), regarding today's approval of the Border Security and Enforcement Act by the House Judiciary Committee:
    "The Federation for American Immigration Reform congratulates the House Judiciary Committee for taking the first step toward restoring order and integrity to our nation's borders.
  • The much-needed Border Security and Enforcement Act clearly defines the Executive Branch's responsibilities when it comes to preventing people from entering the country illegally, detaining and removing those who do, and ending the rampant abuse of our asylum system.
  • These are responsibilities that are being systematically neglected or undermined by the Biden administration.
  • "In addition, the bill aims to rein in the Biden administration's abuse of parole authority, under which it is allowing tens of thousands of illegal migrants to enter the United States every month on the flimsy pretense that they will be removed at some point in the future.

NCLA Challenges IG Committee’s Structure and Illegal Interference with Inspector General Operations

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Wednesday, April 5, 2023
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NCLA, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group, filed a Complaint today in Fredricks, et al.

Key Points: 
  • NCLA, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group, filed a Complaint today in Fredricks, et al.
  • NCLA represents IG Cuffari; Kristen Fredricks, Chief of Staff for IG Cuffari and Acting Deputy IG for External Affairs; James M. Read, Chief Counsel to IG Cuffari; and Joseph E. Gangloff, a former Deputy Director of the Office of Government Ethics.
  • CIGIE and its IC were created and are authorized by the Inspector General Reform Act of 2008.
  • The Integrity Committee’s lack of oversight and unconstitutional structure have enabled it to weaponize investigations to sidetrack an entire IG office indefinitely.

IT-AAC Releases Its Second Report on 20 Year Continuing Financial Management Systems Modernization Failures at the Department of Homeland Security

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Wednesday, April 12, 2023
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This hard hitting report can be found here at IT-AAC.org or within the Publications Tab on our website www.IT-AAC.org/reports/ .

Key Points: 
  • This hard hitting report can be found here at IT-AAC.org or within the Publications Tab on our website www.IT-AAC.org/reports/ .
  • The IT-AAC is asking Congress to halt DHS' Financial Management System Modernization again.
  • IT-AAC is urging Congress and the Biden Administration to freeze the FMSM program and immediately halt the allocation of funding.
  • A new GAO Report just released on February 28, 2023 ( DHS Financial Management: Actions Needed to Improve Systems Modernization and Address Coast Guard Audit Issues | U.S. GAO ) took a deeper look at the USCG failure.

Will Goodman Named ARA Senior Vice President

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Wednesday, January 11, 2023
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WASHINGTON D.C., Jan. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ARA is pleased to announce the promotion of Will Goodman to ARA Senior Vice President.

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON D.C., Jan. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ARA is pleased to announce the promotion of Will Goodman to ARA Senior Vice President.
  • Goodman joined ARA in September 2020 as an ARA Vice President and was tasked with establishing and directing ARA’s Government Relations enterprise.
  • “Will’s exceptional performance in this role over the last two years warrants his promotion to ARA Senior Vice President,” said ARA CEO Rob Sues.
  • “Prior to joining ARA in Sept 2020, Will articulated a vision for growing a successful Government Relations (GR) enterprise at ARA.

NCLA Amicus Brief Calls on Sixth Circuit to Restore Congress’ Power to Set Safety Standards

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022
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Congress may not divest legislative power that Article I of the Constitution vests in it, even to an executive agency like the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

Key Points: 
  • Congress may not divest legislative power that Article I of the Constitution vests in it, even to an executive agency like the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
  • The OSH Acts criteria for safety standards is so open-ended that it delegates unchecked legislative authority to the Executive Branch to enact workplace safety laws.
  • Such unfettered discretion to issue safety standards under Section 6(b) of the OSH Act is unconstitutional.
  • It held that Congress permissibly delegated to OSHA the discretion to determine the adequate level of public safety, and then to set standards based on that determination.