Professor of Law, Widener University Commonwealth Law School
Vice President for Legal Strategy, Stand Together
Casey Mattox is Vice President for Legal Strategy at Stand Together and Senior Advisor at
Americans for Prosperity. In these roles he advocates for and creates strategies and
partnerships to ensure a constitutionally limited government that protects the civil liberties of all
Americans. Prior to joining Stand Together and AFP Casey’s legal career focused on defending
the First Amendment rights of students, faculty, healthcare workers and religious organizations.
Casey has a J.D. from Boston College School of Law and an undergraduate degree from the
University of Virginia. You can find him on Twitter at @CaseyMattox_ and on LinkedIn at
@Casey-Mattox-ST.
Associate, Wiley Rein LLP
Krystal represents and advises clients in a variety of complex litigation and appellate matters in state and federal courts. She has served in legal capacities in both public and private entities, including the U.S. Department of Justice and federal trial and appellate courts, and has extensive litigation experience ranging from pre-complaint investigations and discovery disputes to critical motions practice, trial preparation, and appeals. Krystal specializes in providing creative litigation solutions to give her clients a strategic advantage, both in and out of the courtroom.
Her experience spans a wide variety of practice areas, including government contracts, intellectual property, environment and product regulation, telecommunications, health care, as well as election law and government ethics. Krystal’s appellate work, including before the U.S. Supreme Court, has focused on significant First Amendment issues.
Krystal served as a law clerk for the Honorable Mark S. Davis on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (the “Rocket Docket”). In addition, she served as a law clerk for the Honorable Alice M. Batchelder on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Krystal also maintains an active pro bono practice, and for two consecutive years has won firm awards for her contributions. Most recently, she briefed and argued a multi-issue appeal of a trial verdict in the Ninth Circuit, and successfully obtained remand from the Board of Immigration Appeals after her client was denied protection under the U.N. Convention Against Torture.
Professor of Law, Widener University Commonwealth Law School
Senior Legal Fellow, Edwin Meese III Institute for the Rule of Law, Advancing American Freedom
Senior Litigation Counsel, New Civil Liberties Alliance
Peggy Little, Senior Counsel at New Civil Liberties Alliance, a new public interest law firm challenging the administrative state founded in 2017 by Professor Philip Hamburger, has over three decades of experience as a trial and appellate litigator in complex, high-stakes regulatory, mass-tort, class-action, products liability, securities, commercial and civil rights litigation representing individuals and high-profile litigants including Fortune 50 companies, financial institutions, public companies, and universities in state and federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court.
Peggy is a graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School, where she was awarded the Potter Stewart Prize. She was a law clerk to the Hon. Ralph K. Winter on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Prior to starting her own trial and appellate law firm in 1997, where she was appellate consulting counsel to the New Haven firefighters in Ricci v.DeStefano, a landmark 2009 United States Supreme Court decision, Peggy was a partner at Tyler, Cooper & Alcorn in New Haven, Connecticut. From 2004 to early 2018, Peggy directed, part-time, the Federalist Society Pro Bono Center.
Peggy has participated in many national conferences and symposia addressing issues of current importance in constitutional law – specifically state and federal constitutional questions regarding the separation of powers and the first amendment – and regularly speaks, blogs and publishes on the topic of the unconstitutional exercise of governmental power. In May of 2017, she presented her paper, Pirates at the Parchment Gates, to a conference of state and federal judges at the Law and Economics Center at the Antonin Scalia Law School. Her work has been published by law reviews, legal publications, the Federalist Society, the Wall Street Journal, Law and Liberty and the Manhattan Institute.
Recent publications include: How the SEC silences its critics, The SEC should listen to Sen. Cotton, Lucia v. SEC, Opening Salvos in the Opioid Litigation Wars, Straight Dope on the Opioid Crisis
Professor of Law, Widener University Commonwealth Law School
Courthouse Steps Oral Argument: Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants Inc.
Michael R. Dimino
The oral argument for this case will be held on May 6, 2020. At issue...
Courthouse Steps Oral Argument: USAID v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc.
Casey Mattox, Krystal Brunner Swendsboe
On May 5, 2020, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in an important First Amendment...
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission [SCOTUSbrief]
Michael R. Dimino
Short video featuring Michael Dimino
When a non-profit organization called Citizens United attempted to air and advertise a political documentary...
Topics
Broadcast Journalism and the First Amendment
In late March, Free Press, a D.C.-based advocacy organization, filed a petition with the Federal Communications...
Topics
Five Things to Watch For In The Supreme Court’s Case of USAID v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc., No. 19-177
On Tuesday, May 5, 2020, the Supreme Court will hear remote arguments in an...
Does the Voter ID Requirement Safeguard the Election Process? [POLICYbrief]
Hans A. Von Spakovsky
Short video with Hans von Spakovsky
Voter identification laws have been the subject of heated debate. Do voter ID requirements prevent...
Leaving Them Speechless: Does the SEC Silence Criticism?
Margaret A. Little
Few Americans know that when they settle a case with the SEC (or the CFTC which...
Buckley v. Valeo [SCOTUSbrief]
Michael R. Dimino
Short video featuring Michael Dimino
In the wake of the Watergate scandal, Congress passed several amendments to the Federal Election...
Topics
South Dakota Supreme Court Rejects a Version of ABA Model Rule 8.4(g)
On March 9, in a thoughtful letter, the Chief Justice of the South Dakota Supreme...
Topics
South Dakota Rejects Rule 8.4-inspired Effort
Noting that opponents focused on the breadth of the proposed rule and its impact on...