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

Episode 123: Our Gym Was Named for the Espionage Act Guy???

In a final episode before taking a one-week travel break, co-hosts Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck discuss and debate an array of recent national security law developments including: Assange & the Espionage Act: DOJ has... Read More

Episode 122: That Didn’t Fly for Buchanan…

In this week’s episode, Professors Vladeck and Chesney discuss and debate: The district court ruling in Trump v. Committee on Oversight, in which the court rejects an attempt to quash a subpoena directed at an accounting... Read More

Episode 121: The Persian Gulf of Tonkin

In this week’s episode, Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney debate and discuss the latest national security legal news, including: Iran – The prospect of some form of armed conflict with Iran, and the various legal... Read More

Episode 120: Bran, Bron, What’s the Difference?

And we’re back! Tune in as Professors Chesney and Vladeck discuss and debate the latest national security legal news, including: The legal framework for Congressional subpoenas (and the problems that arise when the Executive Branch... Read More

Episode 119: This Podcast Is Dark and Full of Spoilers

After a one-week hiatus, the NSL Podcast is back! Tune in for debate and discussion as Professors Vladeck and Chesney talk about: The Mueller Report and its aftermath Impeachment vs Censure The Trump Subpoena litigation... Read More

Episode 118: Steve Targaryen, First of His Name

This week we debate three timely topics: Al Nashiri Part 7,146: the D.C. Circuit has issued a unanimous ruling slamming former Judge Spath for failing to disclose a manifest conflict of interest, slamming pretty much... Read More

Episode 117: Y’all Got Designated

Live episode! We recorded this morning before a live audience at the University of Texas School of Law reunion weekend. It was a packed house of terrific alumni, and happily the week’s news conspired (pardon... Read More

Episode 116: This Podcast Can Only Be Detained for Six Months

Join us as Professors Vladeck and Chesney discuss and debate the latest national security law news! This week we’ve got: The Adham Hassoun case: Can the government hold a terrorism-related individual in long-term immigration custody... Read More

Episode 115: This Podcast Does Not Have a Grandparent Born in Ireland

We are back after a spring break hiatus, and we do not lack for things to discuss and debate in the wide world of national security law. Tune in for: What we can make of... Read More

Episode 114: Manafortnite

This week’s show features debate and discussion between co-hosts Professors Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney regarding: Paul Manafort: comparing his first and second federal sentences, and the timing of the new New York State charges... Read More