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Historically, NSCLC’s Federal Rights Project has had many accomplishments.
2011 Accomplishments
Last year, NSCLC staff:
- Defended the right of Medicaid beneficiaries to use the courts to challenge illegal benefit cuts in a case heard by the Supreme Court using blogs and national media as well as working with the attorneys handling the appeal (Douglas v ILC).
- In a victory for the supremacy of federal benefit and civil rights guarantees, ensured that a state agency — created to defend individuals’ rights –can bring suit in Federal court through acting as lead author and counsel of record for the friend of the court brief (Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy v Reinhard).
NSCLC also filed amicus briefs in a Supreme Court case, CompuCredit v Greenwood,and a federal appeals court case, Center for Special Needs Trust Administration v Olson. The former involved consumers’ right to sure a credit report agency and the latter concerned whether a letter from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services constituted set policy.
