We are back with a fresh episode, hot on the heels of Russia’s latest incursion into Ukraine. Tune in as we survey some of the legal dimensions to this latest development (including discussion of the…
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 94: The Enemy of My Friend Is My Enemy
- October 10, 2018
- Tagged as: Anti-Nepotism Act, Article 2(4), Article 8, AUMF, Big Brother Watch, China, collective self-defense, Doe v. Mattis, ECHR, extradition, Greta Van Fleet, Indigo Girls, Iran, IS, Islamic State, Ivanka, Jamal Khashoggi, Magnitsky Act, MBS, Ministry of State Security, MSS, Nikki Haley, OEF, Operation Enduring Freedom, Paul McCartney, privacy, Saudi Arabia, surveillance, Syria, Tim Kaine, Trump, UN Ambassador, United Kingdom, War Powers, WPR
It’s a late-night, mid-week episode of the National Security Law Podcast! We’ve got: Senator Kaine’s letter to DOD raising questions about the theory of collective self-defense as applied in the domestic law context, in relation to the…
Episode 69: Friday Was Quite a Month
- April 16, 2018
- Tagged as: airstrike, Andy McCabe, armed attack, Article 2(4), Article 51, Attorney-Client Privilege, Black Panther, Category III, chemical weapons, Comey, humanitarian intervention, Justice Jackson, Libya, Mets, Michael Cohen, New York Mets, OIG, OLC, Prize Cases, Rod Rosenstein, Russia, SDNY, Search Warrant, security council, Steel Seizures, Syria, tripartite framework, Trump, UN Charter, unwilling/unable, WMD
In light of the amazing developments last Friday, we decided to move the show up to today. Tune in for discussion of five things that happened just that one day: A deep dive on the…
Episode 64: Beware the Ides of CFIUS!
- March 15, 2018
- Tagged as: al Alwi, armed attack, Article 2(4), Article 51, assassination, black site, Broadcom, CAATSA, CFIUS, CIA, confirmation, economic sanctions, Gina Hapsel, HPSCI, interrogation, March Madness, Mike Pompeo, National Security Law, NotPetya, Prime Minister May, Qualcomm, RID, Russia, Section 224, self defense, SSCI, State Department, Tillerson, Torture, Trump, UN Charter, use of force, Waterboarding
So there you are on the beach for spring break, drink in hand and headphones on. Time for some…National Security Law Podcast! We’re back with a special midweek episode because, well, we’ll never keep up…
Episode 42: The Magic Bullet Travel Ban(d)
- October 24, 2017
- Tagged as: ACLU v. Mattis, Article 2(4), Article III, AUMF, Bowe Bergdahl, computer network operations, cyber attack, cyberattack, Islamic State, NBA, NDAA, Niger, political question doctrine, Smith v. Trump, standing, Travel Ban, Unlawful Command Influence, War Powers Resolution, WPR
This week Professors Chesney and Vladeck start with a close look at Smith v. Trump, a case that seeks a judicial ruling on whether the Islamic State really falls within the scope of the 2001 AUMF. …