Is this our most-substantive episode ever? No, no it’s not. Is it a sign that co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney are going a bit stir crazy? Perhaps so. Does it feature cute cameos from…
And we’re back, with discussion of the latest national security law news. (Video of the show here!) This week, co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney nerd out with the details on: Can he do that?…
Episode 162: The Penn Is Mightier Than the Sword!
- April 8, 2020
- Tagged as: 2339B, 3M, abortion, al Qaeda, AUMF, Barr, CFAA, compelling government interest, Crozier, Defense Production Act, DPA, FBI, FISA, FISC, GM, Governor Abbott, Greg Abbott, GTMO, Horowitz, Inspector General, Jacobson v. Massachusetts, Judge Bates, Lochner, material support, Modly, NDAA FY'12, Pandemia, paracha, quarantine, rational basis review, Sandig, Strict Scrutiny, stupid speeches, Teddy Roosevelt, Trump, Tweed Roosevelt, unauthorized access, vaccine, Westworld, Woods, Woods File, Woods Procedures
We are “live” from Penn Law today! Thanks to the Penn Law National Security Society, not to mention the magic of Zoom, we recorded today with a virtual audience. Tune in for your co-hosts, Professors…
It’s not April Fool’s trick, we really are back with a new episode covering the latest in national security law news. Watch the video here, if you aren’t getting enough Zoom. This week we’ve got:…
This is our second lockdown episode, simulcast as a Zoom-based video! If you didn’t believe us before about our commitment to production authenticity, well you will if you watch the video version! [ed. note: guys, that’s…
We may be on home lockdown, but that didn’t stop us from recording! Thanks to the magic of Zoom, we gathered online to record this episode, and just for kicks we recorded the video while…
Episode 158: What SCOTUS Can Learn from Franklin Barbecue
- March 11, 2020
- Tagged as: Afghanistan, AR 190-8, Army Regulation 190-8, Article II, Call Detail Records, CDRs, coronavirus, covid-19, CSC, Cyberspace Solarium Commission, Defense Department General Counsel, escalation risk, FISA, Franklin Barbecue, GTMO, Guantanamo, ICC, lone wolf, national self defense, Paul Ney, Picard, Roving Wiretaps, SCOTUS, Section 215, social distancing, Soleimani, sunset, Supreme Court, USA Freedom Act, war crimes, Westworld
Are you “working” from home now? Perhaps it’s time to take a break and enjoy the latest episode of the National Security Law Podcast. In a discussion that takes the goal of let’s-not-prepare-too-much to new…
Episode 157: At Least There Are No Zombies…Yet
- March 4, 2020
- Tagged as: al Qaeda, asylum, CIS, coronavirus, covid-19, Cuccinelli, declassification, DHS, emergency, first assistant, FISA, FISC, FOIA, FVRA, GTMO, Guantanamo, immigration, isolation, Judge Moss, loyally gets appointed, metering, military detention, NIMBY, OLC, Picard, quarantine, right to travel, Sessions, Taliban, Texas Government Code
Back-to-back episodes! After yesterday’s interview-focused show, we wanted to get right back into the mix with discussion and debate over the latest national security law news. Tune in for: Beyond quarantine: What happens when local…
We are back with an interview-focused episode! Tune in as Professors Chesney and Vladeck interview Brigadier General John G. Baker, USMC. General Baker is Chief Defense Counsel for the military commissions at Guantanamo. And, yes,…
Episode 155: This Podcast Is Not Wearing a Facemask (But It Did Wash Its Hands)
- February 26, 2020
- Tagged as: APA, Bivens, bulk metada, Call Detail Records, coronavirus, Costa Mesa, covid-19, FISA, FISC, Grenell, Hernandez, isolation, Judge Leon, Larabee, lone wolf, Maguire, ODNI, PCLOB, Picard, quarantine, roving wiretap, Sacramento v. Lewis, SCOTUS, Section 215, Trumplandia, USA Freedom Act, USA PATRIOT Act
This week in the wild world of national security law, your co-hosts Professors Vladeck and Chesney discuss and debate: The prospects for legislative change to FISA (the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act), including notes on a…