Amended Complaint Filed in Censorship Suit; Amicus Encourages 5th Cir. to Reject Deference to USSC

Amended Complaint Filed in NCLA Gov’t Censorship Lawsuit

NCLA, the Attorney General of Missouri, and the Attorney General of Louisiana, have filed a second amended complaint in the lawsuit that exposed scores of federal officials across at least eleven federal agencies secretly communicating with social-media platforms to censor and suppress private speech the government disfavors. 47 new defendants, including officials from the White House, Centers for Disease Control, the FBI and 11 other federal agencies have been added to a lawsuit. Plaintiffs are also seeking to depose many of these top-ranking officials.

Vec discusses Missouri v. Biden and the recently filed amended complaint with NCLA Litigation Counsel Jenin Younes.

NCLA Amicus Brief Encourages Fifth Cir. to Reject Judicial Deference to Sentencing Commission

NCLA has filed an amicus brief in United States v. Vargas, urging the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to decide that Stinson deference should not be applied when it results in a more severe criminal sentence. NCLA argues that existing Fifth Circuit precedent, which the panel was bound to apply in its vacated decision, follows flawed reasoning and causes courts to defer reflexively to United States Sentencing Commission commentary, even when Sentencing Guidelines are unambiguous.

Vec discusses Stinson deference and NCLA’s amicus brief in U.S. v. Vargas with NCLA Litigation Counsel Kara Rollins.