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Episode 114: Manafortnite

• March 13, 2019
• Tagged as: 2339B, AQAP, Article One Act, AUMF, border emergency, Boumediene, comparative institutional competence, deference, double-jeopardy, habeas, IoT, IoT cybersecurity, Islamic State, John Yoo, Judge Wilkins, Judge Williams, Larabee, material support, Mattis plan, National Emergencies Act, National Security Law, Paul Manafort, power of the purse, President Trump, suspension clause, transgender military service, veto, War Powers, War Powers Resolution, WPR, Yemen

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…

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Episode 113 – 702 : Madison :: 215 : Hamilton

• March 6, 2019
• Tagged as: 1801(f), 1806, 1810, 50 USC 1861, areas of active hostilities, border emergency, bulk metadata, CFAA, Chelsea Manning, civilian casualties, contact chaining, electronic surveillance, EO 13732, Espionage Act, Fazaga, FBI, Game of Thrones, grand jury, Hamilton, indictment, Judge Berzon, Julian Assange, Madison, McCulloch v. Maryland, mosque, National Emergency Act, NEA, Ninth Circuit, phone records, reasonable expectation of privacy, Reynolds, Section 215, SSP, state secrets, State Secrets Privilege, surveillance, USA Freedom Act, veto, wikileaks

So much to debate, so little time! Tune in as Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney plow through a host of recent (and not-so-recent) events in the world of national security law: Fazaga v. FBI –…

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Episode 112: And the Oscar Goes To…NSL Podcast!

• February 26, 2019
• Tagged as: 18 USC 2339B, ALI, birthright citizenship, cartels, citizenship, D.C. Circuit, DFTO, diplomatic immunity, Due Process, expatriation, Fifth Amendment, First Amendment, FTO, gender discrimination, GTMO, Hoda Muthana, Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, material support, military detention, military draft, National Security Law, Oscars, Secretary of State Pompeo, Selective Service, statelessness, The Green Book, Treason, women in combat

The Oscars may not have a host, but we do!  Tune in to our latest episode as co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney debate a wide range of national security developments from the past week,…

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Episode 111: This National Emergency Podcast Requires the Use of the Armed Forces

• February 19, 2019
• Tagged as: 10 USC 2808, 10 USC 284, 2001 AUMF, antideficiency, AUMF, causation, DHS, DOD, Hamidullin, harboring, Iran, Justice Thomas, military construction, National Emergencies Act, national emergency, NEA, New York Times v. Sullivan, ripeness, standing

Ready to dive deep, way deep, into the president’s national emergency declaration and the resulting lawsuits?  We’ve got you covered.  Tune in as Professors Vladeck and Chesney tease out and debate the nuances. Along the…

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Episode 110: This Podcast Is Not Subject to Military Jurisdiction

• February 12, 2019
• Tagged as: AECA, AR 190-8, Arms Export Control Act, Article 4A(2), CAAF, combat immunity, combatant immunity, Court Martial, Courts Martial, Enemy Combatant, extradition, GCIII, Geneva Convention, Grammys, GTMO, Guantanamo, Hamidullin, IAC, ITAR, Larabee, Lashkar e-Tayyiba, NIAC, Project Raven, SCOTUS, SIGINT, Taliban, UAE

Your favorite weekly show combining serious debate about the latest national security legal developments with a healthy dose of frivolity is back! [ed. note: this is the only show like that, so you should delete…

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Episode 109: The State of the Podcast Is Strong!

• February 6, 2019
• Tagged as: 215, 2339B, 702, AFRICOM, airstrike, al Shabaab, combat immunity, combatant immunity, GTMO, Hamid Hayat, Hamidullin, Klayman v. Obama, Larabee, material support, National Security Law, SCOTUS, Somalia, Super Bowl, USA Freedom Act

This week on the National Security Law Podcast, we’ve got: A heavy pace of airstrikes against al Shabaab targets in Somalia Ruminations on declining media attention (and the prospect of a sharper dropoff soon) to…

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Episode 108: Is It Arnold Palmer or Iced Tea-Lemonade?

• January 30, 2019
• Tagged as: 2339B, 5000 troops, Afghanistan, anti-AUMF, AUMF, Colombia, Denmark, diplomatic recognition, Director Coats, Green Desert, GTMO, Guantanamo, habeas, Hamilton, hostage rescue, Huawei, hybrid model, IEEPA, Iran Sanctions, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ludecke, Maduro, material support, military detention, national emergency, NDAA, NEA, ODNI, protection of nationals, Rent Live, Ronald W. Reagan NDAA, sanctions, SDF, Section 1021, Super Bowl, T-Mobile, Taliban, Tappy, troop cap, Venezuela, Warren Christopher Clark, Warren Clark, Warsame, wire fraud

Unlike Rent Live, all of our personnel participated in this week’s show!  We’ve got: The Venezuela Crisis: International Law complications with dueling recognitions More Venezuela: “5,000 Troops to Colombia” and Section 1021 of the Ronald…

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Episode 107: Clearly Right, Once Again

• January 22, 2019
• Tagged as: Al Nashiri, bulk metadata, CMCR, contact chaining, D.C. Circuit, FISA, inquorate, instant replay, IRTPA, KSM, lone wolf, mil coms, Military Commissions, Nashiri, National Security Law, ODNI, overtime, recognition, replay, roving wiretap, Saints, SCOTUS, Section 215, transgender service ban, USA Freedom Act, USA PATRIOT Act, Venezuela

Welcome back to the National Security Law Podcast!  Where else can you get both a preview of a looming surveillance law debate *and* a fine-grained debate about how best for the NFL to address blown…

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Episode 106: Schools Out For Summer

• January 14, 2019
• Tagged as: 10 USC 2801, 10 USC 2808, 33 USC 2293, Al Nashiri, bagels, Border Wall, Brian Mizer, CMCR, Court of Military Commission Review, D.C. Circuit, GTMO, Guantanamo, Judge Griffith, Judge Rogers, Judge Schools, Judge Spath, Judge Tatel, Michel Paradis, mil coms, Military Commissions, Nashiri, national emergency, Schools, Section 102, Secure Fences Act, spath

This week on the National Security Law Podcast, co-hosts Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck are joined by Michel Paradis (lead counsel for the defense in the al-Nashiri military commission case) and Captain Brian Mizer (learned…

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Episode 105: That Doesn’t Mean You Do It Stupid!

• January 7, 2019
• Tagged as: 10 USC 2808, 33 USC 2293, al Tanif, al-Badawi, Article II, AUMF, Border Wall, Chinese commercial espionage, Deployment Power, eminent domain, GTMO, Guantanamo, Harold Martin, IEEPA, Immigration Judge, Iran, John Bolton, Judge Schools, Judge Spath, mathlete, Mattis, Mattis rule, Mean Girls, Military Commissions, National Emergencies Act, national security fact deference, National Security Law, NEA, NSA, Regina George, Shadow Brokers, Shanahan, Syria, Syria withdrawal, transgender servicemembers, Trump, UN Charter, USS Cole, Vacancies Act, War Powers, War Powers Resolution, Warren Christopher Clark, Warren Clark, WPR

If your New Year’s Resolution involves finding a podcast exploring the legal aspects of major national security events and institutions, we are here to help!  Start of 2019 the right way with our first episode…