Lunch & Law Speaker Series
Join the new civil liberties movement. Protect Americans from the Administrative State!
Join us at the NCLA Lunch and Law Speaker Series where we unite dynamic panelists to address the Administrative State and cases brought about as a result of its threat to our civil liberties. The event is held monthly at NCLA Washington, DC headquarters. Sign up to receive alerts regarding upcoming events!
Governors Gone Wild: Ruling by Executive Decree During the Pandemic
NCLA hosted its first virtual Lunch & Law panel. Our litigation team addressed the cases NCLA has brought—and heart-wrenching stories we have heard—in the past couple of months regarding overreach in the context of the COVID-19 lockdown. The COVID-19...
The Title IX Travesty
NCLA Senior Litigation Counsel Harriet Hageman hosts Lunch & Law with Jennifer Braceras, the Director of the Independent Women's Forum Law Center, Hanna Stotland, an admissions consultant, and Caleb Kruckenberg, NCLA Litigation Counsel who is handling Vengalattore...
CFPB’s Bureaucratic Lawlessness—Real Consequences for Real People
NCLA Senior Litigation Counsel Michael P. DeGrandis hosts Lunch & Law with Crystal Moroney and attorney Ron Canter to discuss a shocking abuse of process perpetrated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. To date, Ms. Moroney is nearing the fourth year of a...
NCLA Lunch and Law with Don McGahn, Former White House Counsel
NCLA's Executive Director Mark Chenoweth hosts NCLA's Lunch & Law with special guest, former White House Counsel to President Trump, the Hon. Don McGahn, in the wake of two Executive Orders issued by the White House recognizing and addressing the problem of...
The Questionable Future of Brand X Deference Doctrine
NCLA recently filed a Petition for Certiorari in the United States Supreme Court in the case of Baldwin v. United States. Howard and Karen Baldwin are the producers of the critically acclaimed movie "Ray" (2004) about the life of musician, Ray Charles. They are also...
Gundy v. United States: The end of non-delegation or a new beginning?
The Constitution vests Congress—and Congress alone—with the power to make law. However, for decades now, the so-called nondelegation doctrine has been rendered weak and useless by a Court reticent to enforce the Constitution’s separation of powers and the...
How Chilling Brewers’ Free Speech Puts First Amendment on Ice
NCLA hosted a lunch (scratch that) make it a Happy Hour & Law panel because we are talking beer with renowned constitutional lawyer Alan Gura, and his client, Justin Cox of Atlas Brew Works. Before brewers like Mr. Cox can sell beer in interstate commerce, each...
Democracy in Peril: Why Controlling the Administrative State is Essential to Preserving our Constitutional System
There is a revolution in political power and it has its designs on defeating the Constitution. This panel discusses why judicial fortitude, public awareness and a renewed commitment to our form of government is essential to preserving the American form of...
The Bump Stock Ban: Administrative Overreach or Valid Measure?
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) issued a rule banning bump stock devices effective March 26, 2019. In response, the New Civil Liberties Alliance filed a complaint with the U.S. District Court in the District of Utah against the bump stock...
NCLA Timbervest v. SEC Lunch & Law
The former principals of Timbervest, LLC join NCLA’s Lunch & Law speaker series in a candid chat about the company's hard-fought six-year battle against the SEC's enforcement division. Distinguished Panelists: Joel Shapiro, Former Timbervest, LLC Principal George...