And we are back, after a one-week hiatus, with loads of national security law debate and discussion, not to mention some Grade B frivolity! On tap for Professors Vladeck and Chesney: Detention of Enemy Combatants:…
Episode 123: Our Gym Was Named for the Espionage Act Guy???
- May 28, 2019
- Tagged as: Bivens, Border Wall, cross-border shooting, Espionage Act, First Amendment, Hamas, Hernandez v. Mesa, ITLOS, Judge Ellis, Judge Gilliam, Julian Assange, Kerch Strait, Mark Domingo, material support, Pentagon Papers, Russia, SCOTUS, Section 2808, Section 284, Sierra Club v. Trump, Thomas Watt Gregory, Ukraine, UNCLOS, United States v. Domingo, United States v. Rosen, United States v. Xie
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…
Episode 122: That Didn’t Fly for Buchanan…
- May 21, 2019
- Tagged as: Ali Kourani, CIA, civic virtue, Classified Information, congressional subpoena, DIA, Don McGahan, Federal Tort Claims Act, Feres doctrine, FTCA, Game of Thrones, Insurrection Act, James Buchanan, Judge Mehta, Martin v. Mott, material support, motion to quash, National Guard, OLC opinion, Pardon Power, Posse Comitatus, Subpoena, testimonial immunity, Trump v. Committee on Oversight, war crimes
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…
Episode 121: The Persian Gulf of Tonkin
- May 15, 2019
- Tagged as: 2001 AUMF, 2002 AUMF, admiralty, al Qaeda, armed conflict, Article 51, Article II, AUMF, Classified Information, CMCR, collective self-defense, conflict of interest, Daniel Hale, FARA, foreign agent registration, Game of Thrones, Gulf of Tonkin, harboring, hostilities, Huawei, Iran, James Cole, Jeremy Scahill, Julian Assange, leak prosecution, Leaks, Military Commissions, national defense information, National Security Law, North Korea, propaganda, sanctions, SCOTUS, self defense, Sputnik, The Intercept, UN Charter, War Powers, War Powers Resolution, wikileaks, WPR
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…
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…
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…
Episode 118: Steve Targaryen, First of His Name
- April 17, 2019
- Tagged as: Al Nashiri, Bivens, Cambridge Analytica, Carpenter, CMCR, conflict of interest, Facebook, Fourth Amendment, GoT, Hernandez, immunity, Judge Spath, Judge Tatel, Military Commissions, Nashiri, National Security Law, qualified immunity, Smith v. Maryland, third-party data, Westfall Act
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…
Episode 117: Y’all Got Designated
- April 13, 2019
- Tagged as: 2001 AUMF, 2339B, AUMF, Bradley Manning, CBP, CFAA, Chelsea Manning, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, DHS, dual criminality, duets, dynamic duo, Ecuador, Espionage Act, extradition, Federal Vacancies Reform Act, FTO, hostilities, IEEPA, Iran, IRGC, journalism, Julian Assange, Libya, Lori Love, material support, media freedom, OFAC, President Moreno, S.J. Res. 7, sanctions, Secretary Nielson, War Powers Resolution, wikileaks, WPR, Yemen
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…
Episode 116: This Podcast Can Only Be Detained for Six Months
- April 2, 2019
- Tagged as: 18 U.S.C. 876, 18 USC 956, 21 USC 876, Adham Hasoun, Adham Hassoun, Article II, Bilal Kareem, Bill of Particulars, Bucklew, bulk collection, cash-counting machines, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, DEA, deadpool, Drug Enforcement Agency, Due Process, Due Process Clause, Game of Thrones, Jose Padilla, Mezei, SSP, State Secrets Privilege, Take Care Clause, terrorism, Trump, unenforcement, Zadvydas
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…
Episode 115: This Podcast Does Not Have a Grandparent Born in Ireland
- March 25, 2019
- Tagged as: AG Barr, al Bahlul, al-Shimari, American Taliban, appointments clause, Barr Letter, Clinton v. Jones, CMCR, Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, Court of Military Commission Review, EJILTalk!, extradition, habeas jurisdiction, Hall and Oates, IHL Exclusion Clause, immunity from civil suit, inferior officer, John Walker Lindh, Judge Brinkema, jus cogens, material support, Mueller Report, presidential immunity, sovereign immunity, True Detective. NCAA Tournament, Trump, Trumplandia, Whitewater
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…