Lunch & Law Speaker Series
Join the new civil liberties movement. Protect Americans from the Administrative State!
The NCLA Lunch and Law speaker series hosts dynamic panelists that address timely issues pertaining to the Administrative State and the cases brought about as a result of its threat to our civil liberties. These events are usually held monthly at NCLA’s Washington, DC headquarters, but due to COVID-19, we are hosting them online.
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David v. Goliath: How One Man Beat the SEC with a Jury
His name is David Lopez and he won his case against one of the Goliaths of the Administrative State—the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Just like in the biblical story of David and Goliath, David Lopez overcame incredible odds to topple a malicious...
SCOTUS Stans the Structural Constitution: Arthrex, Carr, Collins, and the Separation of Powers
NCLA Senior Litigation Counsel Rich Samp moderates a discussion with Jared McClain, NCLA Litigation Counsel, and Russ Ryan, a Partner in King & Spalding's Special Matters and Government Investigations practice, regarding the Separation of Powers in the...
SCOTUS: Saving Civil Liberties or Barely Bothering?
Mark Chenoweth, NCLA Executive Director and General Counsel, moderates a discussion with Richard Samp, NCLA Senior Litigation Counsel, and Nick Reaves, Becket Fund's Litigation Counsel, who was part of the legal team that secured a unanimous victory in Fulton...
Papers, Please! Why “Voluntary” Vaccine Passport Programs Are Coercive
May the government lawfully compel citizens to take a new, experimental vaccine? And does New York’s vaccine passport program, which purports to be voluntary, constitute government compulsion? We touch on the legality of vaccine passports, public health,...
Governors Gone Wild: What Are They Up To Now?
NCLA Executive Director Mark Chenoweth led a raucous roundtable discussion with NCLA litigators regarding the continued violation of our constitutional rights by governors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We also announced the state winner of our King...
The Administrative State: Reagan, Trump, and Biden
This April, NCLA's Lunch and Law panel speaker series featured special guest Deputy Director William Perry Pendley. From his time as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy and Minerals under former President Ronald Reagan, to his elevation to Deputy Director of the...
Can the Constitution Save Us from Big Tech Censorship?
Special guests Eugene Volokh, the Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law at UCLA, and Philip Hamburger, the Maurice and Hilda Friedman Professor of Law at the Columbia University School of Law and President of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, engaged...
Hiding Law Behind a Paywall
Lisa Milice was a nervous new mom-to-be trying to find the safest bath seat for her baby. She decided to research the safety standards of the bath seat of her choice with the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Until she hit a wall: a paywall, that is. The...
The New Biden Administration and the Utility of Humility
NCLA Litigation Counsel Kara Rollins and Director of the George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center Susan Dudley, address the process of regulating through executive orders and the various ways in which the new Biden administration could undo Trump...
Judge Amy Coney Barrett: An Historic Nomination
NCLA's Litigation Counsel Adi Dynar and NCLA Senior Litigation Counsel Peggy Little join featured guest panelist, Renee Knake Jefferson. Ms. Jefferson co-authored Shortlisted: Women in the Shadows of the Supreme Court with Hannah Brenner Johnson. The book tells...