Join the New Civil Liberties Movement. Protect Americans from the Administrative State!
NCLA views the administrative state as an especially serious threat to constitutional freedoms. No other development in contemporary American law denies more rights to more Americans. Although Americans still enjoy the shell of their Republic, there has developed within it a very different sort of government—a type, in fact, that the Constitution was designed to prevent. This unconstitutional administrative state within our U.S. government is the focus of NCLA’s concern. NCLA urges Americans to recognize the administrative threat and join our civil liberties movement against it.
Mission
NCLA is a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group founded by prominent legal scholar Philip Hamburger to protect constitutional freedoms from violations by the Administrative State. NCLA’s public-interest litigation and other pro bono advocacy strive to tame the unlawful power of state and federal agencies and to foster a new civil liberties movement that will help restore Americans’ fundamental rights.
Mission
NCLA is a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group founded by prominent legal scholar Philip Hamburger to protect constitutional freedoms from violations by the Administrative State. NCLA’s public-interest litigation and other pro bono advocacy strive to tame the unlawful power of state and federal agencies and to foster a new civil liberties movement that will help restore Americans’ fundamental rights.
Our Team & Leadership

Paul Burghart
Executive Assistant

Mark Chenoweth
Exec. Director & General Counsel

Michael P. DeGrandis
Senior Litigation Counsel

Adi Dynar
Litigation Counsel

Harriet Hageman
Senior Litigation Counsel

Philip Hamburger
President

Clegg Ivey
Director of Engagement

Caleb Kruckenberg
Litigation Counsel

Gabriel Lepinski
Development Associate

Margaret A. Little
Senior Litigation Counsel

Jared McClain
Litigation Counsel

Lauren McDonald
Director of Development

Ruslan Moldovanov
Communications Associate

Sean Murphy
Paralegal

Judy Pino
Comms. & Marketing Director

Mason Riggs
Digital Media Associate

Kara Rollins
Litigation Counsel

Richard Samp
Senior Litigation Counsel

John J. Vecchione
Senior Litigation Counsel