Group Asks Supreme Court to Weaken Legal Authority of Administrative State

Group Asks Supreme Court to Weaken Legal Authority of Administrative State
The Supreme Court of the United States in Washington on Dec. 4, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
Matthew Vadum
Matthew Vadum
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WASHINGTON—A civil rights group filed papers with the Supreme Court on Sept. 23 urging it to tear away at the legal underpinnings of the modern administrative state.

The Washington-based New Civil Liberties Alliance filed a petition for certiorari, or review, with the court in hopes of overturning the so-called Brand X doctrine that the Supreme Court articulated in its 2005 decision in National Cable and Telecommunications Association v. Brand X Internet Services.