We are back, and even though one of us apparently cannot work this new tech called a “calendar,” we’re excited to bring a shorter-than-usual episode without having a whole month go by! Tune in as…
Episode 213: Most Likely to Engage in a Seditious Conspiracy
- January 19, 2022
- Tagged as: Article 2(4), civil conspiracy, collective self-defense, Executive Privilege, GTMO, Insurrection, Jim Carrey, military commission, NFL, organized militia, Periodic Review Board, PRB, presidential immunity, Russia, seditious conspiracy, Thompson v. Trump, Trump v. Thompson, Ukraine, UN Charter, unorganized militia
Seeing as how 2022 is well underway, it’s probably about time we produced a new episode! Tune in for co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney as they discuss and debate: The various international and domestic…
Episode 212: Nakatomi Plaza Holiday Office Party Edition
- December 17, 2021
- Tagged as: 702, Begani, Contempt of Congress, Executive Privilege, FISA, Mark Meadows, Mo Willems, Muhtorov, NARA, SCOTUS, Steve Bannon, Torres, Trump
Welcome to our official Holiday Office Party, where we mainly just hope things will go smoother than they did for the good people of Nakatomi Corporation in 1988! In this episode, co-hosts Steve Vladeck and…
Episode 211: Behold, our Q4 episode
- November 8, 2021
- Tagged as: ACLU, China, clemency, economic espionage, Fagaza, FISA, FISC, GTMO, Guantanamo, habeas, Haroon Gul, Hekmatyar, HIG, Majid Kahn, military commission, military detention, MSS, Poland, ransomware, REvil, SCOTUS, state secrets
Ah, well, that took a bit longer than expected! We promise we don’t mean to let this become a quarterly show, or even a monthly. Too much national security law for that! In today’s episode,…
What’s that? A new episode? What have these guys been doing all month… Well, whatever they’ve been doing all September since Episode 209, Professors Vladeck and Chesney are back at last with a new episode. …
Episode 209: The 20th Anniversary of 9/11
- September 10, 2021
- Tagged as: 9/11, al Qaeda, AUMF, bin Laden, drone strikes, GTMO, mil coms, Military Commissions, surveillance
This week on the National Security Law Podcast, we mark 20 years since the 9/11 attacks. Tune in as co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney share their views on the major legal developments unleashed by…
Episode 208: Afghanistan
- August 16, 2021
- Tagged as: Afghanistan, armed conflict, Article II, AUMF, Biden, GTMO, Kabul, LOAC, NDAA, Postwar, sole organ, Taliban, Trump
In this week’s episode, we focus on the unfolding situation in Afghanistan.
It’s been a long summer break for the podcast, but we’re back! Tune in today as Professors Chesney and Vladeck discuss and debate: AUMF reform prospects (2001 AUMF in particular) Ongoing uncertainty as to the…
Episode 206: This Podcast Is Not a State Actor
- July 12, 2021
- Tagged as: al Hela, D.C. Circuit, deterrence, Donald Trump, Due Process Clause, EMAC, escalation risk, GTMO, interagency, Iraq, Julian Assange, Mark Martins, military commission, National Guard, OLC, ransomware, Removal Power, Seila Law, separation of powers, spending power, state action doctrine, TItle 10, Title 32, Twitter
[Updated to fix the audio issue with the original file…though I have to admit, it was very entertaining to hear the hosts speaking an octave too low!) We’re back with another round of discussion and…
Episode 205: Road Trip!
- June 28, 2021
- Tagged as: active hostilities, al-Shimari, Article 51, Article II, AUMF, Begani, Biden administr, border search, CACI, drone strike, Iraq, IRGC, jus ad bellum, Kata'ib Hizballah, KH, PPG, Presidential Policy Guidance, SCOTUS, self defense, Siddiqui, Syria, Torture, UN Charter, War Powers, WPR
We’re back, with one slightly-older co-host and another co-host who is ready to drive across the country! Tune in for discussion and debate relating to: The domestic and international law aspects of the Biden administration’s…
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