The National Security Law Podcast – Unpacking the Legal Issues Behind the Headlines

Episode 174: Portland Trailblazing

This week we don’t lack for topics, to say the least. Tune in for in-the-weeds discussion of: Trumplandia meets Portlandia 1: What’s the legal basis for DHS components engaging in law enforcement activity there? Trumplandia... Read More

Episode 173: This Is John Roberts’s Podcast

We’re back, with a Supreme-Court focused episode! Tune in for: The Supreme Court’s twin decisions in the New York grand jury and Congressional subpoena cases The consequences of those decisions for related litigation such as... Read More

Episode 172: Cleanup on Aisle Trump!

This week on NSL Podcast, co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney review and debate the latest national security legal news, including: Russian “bounties” on U.S. forces in Afghanistan, including (theoretical) legal implications A district court... Read More

Episode 171: There’s a Spectrum of Corruption

We’re back with an evening recording, as co-hosts Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck weigh in on: The D.C. Circuit’s Mike Flynn ruling, and the likely path ahead The bizarre process of removing SDNY US Attorney... Read More

Episode 170: This Podcast Is Not Subject to (Prior) Restraint

In the latest episode of the National Security Law Podcast, co-hosts Professors Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney discuss: Juneteenth, the Emancipation Proclamation, and War Powers DOJ’s doomed effort to get a prior restraint preventing publication... Read More

Episode 169: Now We’re a Third Amendment Podcast

After an extra-long break, we are back…and swamped! Tune in for debate and discussion of, among other things: The National Guard deployments to Washington, DC, including questions of status, command, and authority The special circumstances... Read More

Episode 168: On the Brink with the Insurrection Act

Tonight we bring you a special episode, recorded jointly with Ben Wittes as an episode of the Lawfare Podcast. Ben, Bobby, and Steve explore the threatened invocation of the Insurrection Act by President Trump, the... Read More

Episode 167: Podcast Emergency Action Documents

Welcome back to the nerdiest national security law show around! Tune in this week for debate and discussion between Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney regarding: Inspector General firings Presidential Emergency Action Documents Mike Flynn’s sentencing... Read More

Episode 166: This Podcast Has Temporary Absolute Immunity

Welcome back to the National Security Law Podcast, after a one-week hiatus! (You can actually watch the recording here, if you need more Zoom in your life). In this episode, Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney... Read More

Episode 165: This Podcast Prefers Its Nothing Burgers to Be Medium Rare

What a fun episode! Co-hosts Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck recorded “live” before the Austin Bar Association, as the finale of their day-long Zoom conference. On tap: The ODNI report on FISA statistics: We have... Read More