NCLA Asks SCOTUS to Mandate Review of Unlawful Orders Removing Federal Circuit Judge Newman

Is Judge Pauline Newman Entitled to Her Day in Court?

Josh Blackman, Jonathan Adler, and I have all previously blogged (here, here, and here) about issues relating to the "stealth impeachment" of Judge Pauline Newman of the Federal Circuit. Judge Newman has been removed from active service on the court by fellow judges on her Circuit. Judge Newman challenged the removal. But the D.C. Circuit held that the Judicial Council's Reform and Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980 blocks any review of…

Federal Circuit Judge Newman Petitions Supreme Court to Review Suspension

"These questions affect the very independence of Article III courts and potentially affect every member of the federal judiciary and every litigant who appears before them," lawyers for the longtime judge told the U.S. Supreme Court in a petition for writ of certiorari.

NCLA Asks SCOTUS to Mandate Review of Unlawful Orders Removing Federal Circuit Judge Newman

Washington, D.C., March 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the New Civil Liberties Alliance took the latest step in a landmark battle to restore judicial independence against a threat coming from within the federal judiciary. NCLA's petition for a writ of certiorari asks the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Newman v. Moore and mandate judicial review of administrative orders that have kept Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman off the federal bench fo…