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Episode 180: This Podcast Really Should Be Weekly…

• September 29, 2020
• Tagged as: 702, 9/11 trial, ACB, Amy Coney Barrett, Anti-Riot Act, Berghdahl, Brandenberg, debate, FBI, First Amendment, FISA, FISC, Fourth Amendment, Ginsburg, GTMO, IEEPA, Immigration Judge, incitement, metadata, military commission, Miselis, Moalin, NSA, RAM, RBG, rule of law, Section 215, Smith v. Maryland, TikTok, Trump, Trump Taxes, WeChat

We’re not a biweekly show, we promise!  It just seems that way sometimes…like this week, when we are bringing you: Discussing the passing of Justice Ginsburg and potential implications of the Amy Coney Barrett nomination…

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Episode 179: This Podcast Is “Considerably Recalibrated”

• September 15, 2020
• Tagged as: al Shabaab, al Shabab, Assad, assassination, Associated Forces, AUMF, Baby Yoda, break in service, CFIUS, Charlie Savage, defamation, double-jeopardy, drone strike, EO 12333, Eric Schmitt, Espionage Act, Federal Tort Claims Act, FTCA, IEEPA, John Bolton, Kenya, Lochner, Manda, Mandalorian, New York Times, public health, rational basis review, Somalia, TikTok, Trump, UCMJ, WeChat, Westfall Act, Williamson v. Lee Optical

So we took a week off without warning because, you know, 2020.  But we’re back, and we sure don’t lack for things to discuss and debate!  Tune in as co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney…

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Episode 178: What Would Robert Jackson Do?

• August 31, 2020
• Tagged as: al Hela, AUMF, Boumediene, Charming Betsy, Due Process, Eisentrager, Fifth Amendment, GTMO, Guantanamo, Hatch Act, Judge Lamberth, Judge Rao, material support, Military Commissions, military detention, NDAA FY'12, security internment, substantial support, Uthman, Verdugo-Urquidez

We are back after a week off, and apparently your co-hosts used the extra time to sharpen disagreements about old school topics like … GTMO!  Tune in for: An extended debate over the D.C. Circuit’s Al…

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Episode 177: This Podcast Does Not Have a Navy

• August 21, 2020
• Tagged as: Attorney General Bar, Beatles, bomb plot, China, DHS, draft, espionage, Federal Vacancies Reform Act, Fifth Circuit, GAO, intermediate scrutiny, Iraq, Islamic State, LBJ, National Security Division, Patel, Postal Service, SDF, soundtracks, Steve Bannon, Syria, Tom Clark, USPS, VMI, Wolff

We are back with a new episode, bringing you respectful disagreements and discussion–not to mention heaps of frivolity–about the latest national security law news.  This week, co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney discuss: Attorney General…

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Episode 176: This Podcast Won’t Play Football This Fall

• August 10, 2020
• Tagged as: Boston Marathon, CDC, covid-19, death penalty, executive order, First Circuit, HHS, IEEPA, jury bias, Secretary of Commerce, separation of powers, TikTok, Tsarnaev, voir dire, WeChat

We were out last week…what’d we miss? Oh. So, there was much we could have covered this week, but we decided to focus on these three: The First Circuit ruling vacating the Tsarnaev (Boston Marathon…

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Episode 175: The President Has No Authority to Delay This Podcast

• July 30, 2020
• Tagged as: Cohen, D.C. Circuit, DHS, election, election delay, Federal Vacancies Reform Act, Flynn, Hassoun, I&A, mandamus, PATRIOT Act, Portland, Tata, Trump, Wittes

We delay this program just fine without his help, thank you very much.  Well, I guess you can see what we are leading with this evening.  The run-of-show: President Trump’s suggestion about delaying the election…

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Episode 174: Portland Trailblazing

• July 21, 2020
• Tagged as: 12333, 1806, 2332b, 2339A, 956(a), Bureau of Prisons, CBP, Chad Wolf, CJEU, collection, Customs and Border Protection, DHS, Diaz, Federal Protective Service, FISA, FPS, GTMO, IC, INA, Inspector General, intelligence, less-than-lethal round, Majid Khan, Michael Cohen, military commission, Monuments, MS-13, Ninth Circuit, non-lethal round, Portland, Schrems, Schrems II, Section 702, state secrets, statues, Trump

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…

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Episode 173: This Is John Roberts’s Podcast

• July 10, 2020
• Tagged as: Chief Justice Roberts, Creek, Cyrus Vance Jr., Deutsche Bank, Don McGahn, Gorsuch, Hamilton, Judge Sullivan, Mazars, Michael Flynn, Muskogee, Oklahoma, privilege, SCOTUS, Subpoena, Supreme Court

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…

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Episode 172: Cleanup on Aisle Trump!

• July 2, 2020
• Tagged as: Adham Hassoun, ATS, AUMF, Boumediene, bounties, clear and convincing evidence, encryption, extraterritorial, freedom of the press, FSIA, going dark, Hamilton, Julian Assange, Justice Kavanaugh, Justice Kennedy, lawful access, LEAD Act, PDB, Removal, Russia, SCOTUS, Section 412, USA PATRIOT Act, Verdugo-Urquidez, wikileaks, Zadvydas

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…

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Episode 171: There’s a Spectrum of Corruption

• June 25, 2020
• Tagged as: D.C. Circuit, DH, Expedited Removal, extra innings, Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 48, FISA, FISC, FVRA, Geoffrey Berman, habeas, John Bolton, mandamus, Mike Flynn, MLB, PCLOB, S.D.N.Y., SCOTUS, SDNY, suspension clause, U.S. Attorney, Veterans Memorial Preservation Act

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…