Unwritten Law

By New Civil Liberties Alliance

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Unwritten Law is a podcast hosted by Mark Chenoweth and John Vecchione, brought to you by the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA). This show dives deep into the world of unlawful administrative power, exposing how bureaucrats operate outside the bounds of written law through informal guidance, regulatory “dark matter,” and unconstitutional agency overreach.

Episode Date
Judges Rally Behind Judge Newman at SCOTUS
May 06, 2026
Sztrom v. SEC and Your Right to a Jury Trial
May 01, 2026
16 Amicus Briefs Back Challenge to SEC Gag Rule
Apr 29, 2026
When the SEC Takes a Decade to Decide
Apr 27, 2026
21 States Back Challenge to EPA Power: SCOTUS Push
Apr 23, 2026
Standing, Security, and the “Trump Ballroom”
Apr 21, 2026
Birthright Citizenship at the Supreme Court
Apr 10, 2026
State Department Admits First Amendment Violations
Apr 06, 2026
Who Gets to Decide What’s a Crime?
Apr 05, 2026
The Massachusetts Phone Spyware Case
Apr 04, 2026
The Inside Story of Murthy v. Missouri: How the Government Pressured Social Media
Mar 27, 2026
Judge Newman and the Right to a Day in Court
Mar 25, 2026
The First Amendment vs. the SEC Gag Rule
Mar 23, 2026
Geofencing, Google Data, and the Fourth Amendment
Mar 17, 2026
Disparate Impact and the Limits of Agency Power
Mar 05, 2026
Can Congress Hand EPA the Power to Pick Winners?
Mar 03, 2026
The Supreme Court Slaps Down Presidential Tariff Power
Feb 26, 2026
Does SEC Disgorgement Require Investor Harm?
Feb 24, 2026
The Supreme Court’s Emergency Docket Turns Ten
Feb 22, 2026
Student Loan Pauses, Standing, and Lost Subsidies
Feb 20, 2026
The SEC’s Stock Surveillance and the Fourth Amendment
Feb 11, 2026
Can DOE Regulate Water Use Without Congress?
Feb 09, 2026
Seven Amicus Briefs, One Big Question After Loper Bright
Feb 06, 2026
Cross-Deputized—and Above the Law?
Feb 04, 2026
Trump v. Cook: Can a President Fire a Fed Governor “For Cause”?
Feb 01, 2026
The SEC’s Massive Surveillance Database: Davidson, et al. v. Atkins
Jan 27, 2026
Can Agencies Force You to Fund Your Own Regulation?
Jan 23, 2026
When Agencies Hold the Keys: FTC Investigations and the Right to Go to Court
Jan 22, 2026
An Accidental Landmark? How VanDerStok Could Revive Deference to the Administrative State
Jan 12, 2026
The Supreme Court at 250: Chief Justice Roberts, Judicial Independence, and a Court That Takes Too Few Cases
Jan 09, 2026
Government by the Unelected: How the Administrative State Took Over
Jan 06, 2026
Why The Little Sisters Are Still Fighting the ACA Mandate
Dec 22, 2025
Mass Surveillance by License Plate: The City of Marco Island Fourth Amendment Case
Dec 19, 2025
Executive Power on Trial: Trump v. Slaughter, Part II
Dec 15, 2025
Trump v. Slaughter: Is Humphrey’s Executor Finally Dead? Part I
Dec 12, 2025
FERC’s Duty of Candor Rule: Dead on Arrival
Dec 10, 2025
BASE Jumping, Bureaucracy, and the Law
Dec 09, 2025
When SEC Receivers Go Too Far: Russ Ryan on Barton v. SEC
Nov 30, 2025
Trump v. Slaughter: The Supreme Court Case That Could End Humphrey’s Executor
Nov 24, 2025
Inside the 2025 Federalist Society Convention: Debates, Direction, and What Stood Out
Nov 18, 2025
Necessary Discretion: Kara Rollins on Statutory Power and Agency Limits
Nov 14, 2025
Auto-Pen & Accountability: What the Oversight Committee Found About the Biden White House
Nov 12, 2025
Judicial Impartiality Meets Fiction: Inside the Dondero Recusal Petition
Nov 07, 2025
Inside the Supreme Court: Trump’s Tariff Case and the Limits of Executive Power
Nov 06, 2025
Can the President Fire Lisa Cook? Trump v. Cook and Executive Power
Nov 05, 2025
Trump, the FTC, and the Fight Against the Headless Fourth Branch
Oct 31, 2025
Tariffs on Trial: The Supreme Court Weighs Presidential Power
Oct 28, 2025
The Mount Rushmore of Originalism — Heritage Guide Part 2
Oct 21, 2025
Inside The Heritage Guide to the Constitution: How 150 Scholars Reframed Originalism for a New Era - Part 1
Oct 17, 2025
Title IX and Women’s Sports: The Supreme Court Takes Up West Virginia v. B.P.J.
Oct 14, 2025
The Roberts Court Turns 20: Triumphs, Trials, and Calling Balls Strikes
Oct 10, 2025
Silenced by the SEC: Fighting Against the Gag Rule
Oct 07, 2025
Judge Newman’s Fight: En Banc Petition and the McBride Problem
Oct 03, 2025
Baby Loungers and Big Government
Sep 30, 2025
SEC Backs Down: Father Lemelson’s Decade-Long Fight Ends in Victory
Sep 26, 2025
Tariffs on Trial: Supreme Court Showdown Ahead
Sep 23, 2025
Biden’s Censorship Network Unraveled
Sep 19, 2025
SCOTUS 2025: Firing, Tariffs & Spending on the Line
Sep 16, 2025
Fighting the SEC: Father Lemelson’s Decade-Long Battle
Sep 12, 2025
You’re Fired: Presidential Removal Power on Trial
Sep 09, 2025
Federal Circuit Pushes Back on Presidential Power
Sep 05, 2025
NIH v. American Public Health Association—Can a President Cancel $800M in Grants?
Sep 02, 2025
Who Can Appoint a U.S. Attorney? Vacancies Act, Appointments Clause, and the New Jersey Ruling
Aug 29, 2025
Rule 28(j) or Political Theater? DOJ’s Tariff Letter in V.O.S. Selections, Inc. v. Trump
Aug 26, 2025
NY State Supreme Court Scraps Illegal Fine Against Trump
Aug 22, 2025
Stewart v. Walz: When a Professor’s Speech Becomes Grounds for Termination
Aug 14, 2025
Nondelegation on Ice: EPA’s Refrigerant Rule and the DC Circuit’s Constitutional Workaround
Aug 12, 2025
CAT’s Out of Cash: SEC’s Surveillance Scheme Suffers a Legal Blow
Aug 07, 2025
Tariffs on Trial—Inside the Federal Circuit’s Showdown Over Presidential Trade Power
Aug 05, 2025
Who’s Holding the Autopen? Pardons, Accountability, and the Unwritten Law
Jul 31, 2025
Trump v. Boyle: Executive Power, Agency Chaos, and the Future of Humphrey’s Executor
Jul 29, 2025
Jury Trials vs. Administrative Power—Did the Third Circuit Misread Jarkesy?
Jul 24, 2025
Criminalizing Insider Trading—Did Courts Just Give the SEC Unlimited Power?
Jul 22, 2025
Relentless Post-Chevron—Is the Administrative State Still Winning?
Jul 17, 2025
Kennedy v. Braidwood—Did the Supreme Court Just Expand Unelected Agency Power?
Jul 15, 2025
FCC vs. Consumers' Research—Did the Supreme Court Just Greenlight Unlimited Agency Fees?
Jul 10, 2025
Chaos at CPSC—Trump, Humphrey’s Executor, and the Future of Independent Agencies
Jul 08, 2025
FBI Wrong-House Raid—Supreme Court Checks Federal Immunity in Martin v. United States
Jul 01, 2025
One Year After Chevron—How Loper Bright & Relentless Changed Administrative Law
Jun 27, 2025
Coinbase, IRS, and Your Privacy—Will the Supreme Court End the Third-Party Doctrine?
Jun 26, 2025
Fax Machines, 60-Day Rules, and Why Administrative Deadlines Just Changed
Jun 24, 2025
Silencing Scholarship—How Institutional Review Boards Chill Free Speech
Jun 19, 2025
When Courts Say No—Alpine Securities, FINRA, and the Power of Private Regulators
Jun 17, 2025
Unanimous and Surprising—Supreme Court Cases You Didn't Expect
Jun 12, 2025
Tariffs vs. Small Business—Simplified’s Battle Against Executive Power-Grab
May 30, 2025
Fired Up—Can the President Slash the Federal Workforce?
May 27, 2025
The Waiver Wars—Congress, California, and the Fight Over Emissions Rules
May 22, 2025
Can One Judge Halt a Law? Inside the Supreme Court Fight Over Nationwide Injunctions
May 15, 2025
This Isn’t a Trade Court Case—It’s a Constitutional One
May 13, 2025
State Department Censorship—Daily Wire, Disinfo Files, and the Fight for Free Speech
May 06, 2025
Who Judges the Judges? NCLA Defends Judge Pauline Newman
May 02, 2025
COVID-19 Mandates and Constitutional Limits—The Stewart v. Walz Case
Apr 29, 2025
Declared Emergency, Hidden Tax: The Case Against Trump’s Tariffs
Apr 24, 2025
Trump’s Tariffs, Emergency Powers, and the Lawsuit No One Else Filed
Apr 10, 2025
Monarch Madness—Inside NCLA’s 2025 King George III Prize
Apr 03, 2025
Injunctions Everywhere—How Courts Are Handling Executive Orders
Apr 01, 2025
Taxation Without Legislation? The FCC’s $10 Billion Question
Mar 27, 2025
Injunctions, Mootness, and the Legal Tricks That Shut Down Civil Liberties Lawsuits
Mar 25, 2025
Who Watches the Watchdogs? The Unchecked Power of CIGIE
Mar 20, 2025
Can the President Fire Who He Wants? The Fight Over Executive Power
Mar 18, 2025
Vaccine Mandates, the Ninth Circuit, and the Battle Over Bodily Autonomy
Mar 13, 2025
Crypto, the IRS, and the Fight for Financial Privacy
Mar 11, 2025
From Cliffs to Courtrooms: Base Jumpers Take on the Administrative State
Mar 06, 2025
The Sixth Amendment Showdown: Who Deserves a Jury Trial?
Mar 04, 2025
Chevron’s Demise and the Future of Administrative Power
Feb 27, 2025