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John J. Vecchione

Senior Litigation Counsel


Mr. Vecchione is a Senior Litigation Counsel for the non-profit New Civil Liberties Alliance representing clients against the Administrative State. He was previously President and CEO of the non-profit Cause of Action Institute, also advancing the constitutional order. He practiced at a number of D.C. area firms, including the eponymous John J. Vecchione Law, PLLC. Mr. Vecchione focuses his practice on strategic litigation in the federal district and appellate courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States. He was Counsel of Record for the Relentless Petitioners in the landmark case Loper Bright Enters., Inc. v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Dep’t of Com., 144 S. Ct. 2244, 2269 (2024)¸ and for four individual Respondents in Murthy v. Missouri, 144 S. Ct. 1972 (2024).

He is an experienced trial and appellate advocate having tried cases and argued appeals across the country. He is a member of the bars of the State of New York, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Virginia, as well as the Supreme Court of the United States and many federal courts. His cases are reported in scores of published opinions. He has also published pieces advancing the freedom agenda and constitutional order in The Wall Street Journal, the Washington Times and many other forums. He lives in Virginia with his wife Rebecca, sons Tommy and Joe.​

Futile Travel Bans

By: John J. Vecchione April 7, 2025
COVID-19 | FIve Years Page
One individual right thought so fundamental as to not need enumeration in the Constitution is the right to travel. According to the Supreme Court, there are three aspects to this right: It protects the right of a citizen of one State to enter and to leave another State, the right to be treated as a…
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Remote “Learning”

By: John J. Vecchione April 1, 2025
COVID-19 | FIve Years Page
One of the most damaging social costs imposed by the government response to the Covid-19 virus in 2020 was school closures. Their length, pervasiveness and damage were extended and strengthened by the capability to engage in remote “learning.” Because technology now allowed students to meet with teachers from their homes via computer screens, the governmental…
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Abolish Cigie to Save the Constitution

By: John J. Vecchione March 19, 2025
The media has noted President Trump’s termination of inspectors general from more than a dozen federal agencies but has overlooked a larger threat to presidential control of the executive branch. Congress intentionally insulated the Council of the Inspectors General for Integrity and Efficiency from presidential control, essentially leaving it accountable to no one. Cigie—pronounced “Siggy”—is…
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