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

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Episode 90: What’d I Miss?

Well, would you look at that: your hosts are back in town at the same time at last, and they’ve got a fresh episode covering some of the major national security legal developments of the... Read More

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Episode 89: A Deep Dive into the Steel Seizure Case (Youngstown Sheet & Tube v. Sawyer)

And we are back…with a second-consecutive deep-dive episode. This week, Professors Chesney and Vladeck explore the iconic 1952 decision of the Supreme Court in Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, better known as the “Steel... Read More

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Episode 88: A Deep Dive into the Anwar al-Awlaki Case(s)

We are back this week with a new “deep dive” episode, this time focused on the issues raised by the U.S. government’s use of lethal force against Anwar al-Awlaki–a U.S. citizen who became a key... Read More

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Episode 87: The D.C. Circuit Ain’t Inquorate

And we’re back, with much to discuss in the wacky world of national security law. Join Professors Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney as they wrestle with: A *huge* ruling by Judge Pohl in the Military... Read More

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Episode 86: This Episode Was Not Recorded in the Situation Room!

We are back with review and analysis of the latest national security law developments, hot on the heels of last week’s deep-dive episode. We’ll have another deep dive soon, but for now it’s back to... Read More

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Episode 85: Party Like It’s June 28, 2004!

It had to happen sooner or later: an actual slow week for national security law! Ugh! Well, time to make lemonade from the lemons. A slow week in NSL news means that we can take... Read More

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Episode 84: Happily, We Found Someone Who Knows What They’re Talking About!

We are very excited to have a special guest this week: the one and only Amy Jeffress! Join us as Amy, Steve, and Bobby discuss: The cyber provisions in the just-passed NDAA Doe v. Mattis... Read More

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Episode 83: [Steve] Is the Kiss of Death

Welcome to the latest National Security Law Podcast episode. Though Steve and Bobby both have been moonlighting (here is Steve on the Lawfare Podcast and here’s Bobby on the Cyber Law Podcast), there’s no place like... Read More

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Episode 82: Helsinki…Sweden!

Another busy week for the National Security Law Podcast! Buckle up for: “The Press Conference” and its aftermath – Your co-hosts agree that it was a fiasco, but they disagree sharply on whether administration officials... Read More

Episode 91: A Deep Dive Into the History of Military Commissions