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 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…
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…
Welcome back to the nerdiest national security law show around! Tune in this week for debate and discussion between Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney regarding: Inspector General firings Presidential Emergency Action Documents Mike Flynn’s sentencing…
Episode 144: Lawful But Awful
- November 20, 2019
- Tagged as: administrative stay, AG Barr, Attorney General Barr, Boumediene, Chief Justice Roberts, deference, Executive Power, Federalist Society, Federative Power, Impeachment inquiry, John Locke, Mandalorian, Mazars, Muthana, pardons, political question doctrine, SCOTUS, Sondland, Subpoena, The Crown, Trump, UCMJ, Ukraine, Vindman, war crimes, Zelensky
Episode 144 is here! It was no easy task to sort out which topics to discuss this week, but in the end the Trumplandia segment prevailed over almost all the others. The end result? Tune…
What fun! We recorded this one in front of a large live audience at the Annual Review of the Field conference run by the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security, and we did…
This week’s episode features an extended discussion of domestic terrorism as a legal category and as a policy category, in light of the attack in El Paso. Among other aspects, we discuss: Substantive criminal charging…
Episode 126: Sometimes, “Nothing” Is Important
- June 26, 2019
- Tagged as: 10 USC 394, Article II, Auer Deference, AUMF, Boumediene, confidential informant, counterterrorism, Curtiss-Wright, cyber, Cyber Command, CYBERCOM, DOJ NSD, Enemy Combatants, Federal Vacancies Reform Act, Fifth Amendment, GTMO, Guantanamo, habeas, Iran, ISIS, Islamic State, Johnson v. Eisentrager, Judge Millet, Judge Randolph, Justice Breyer, Kiyemba, material support, National Security Division, National Security Law, non-delegation doctrine, Pentagon, procedural due process, Qassim, SCOTUS, Secretary Esper, separation of powers, Supreme Court, Trump, Uighurs, War Powers, Westworld, Zadvydas
We are back with the latest in national security legal developments, with Professors Chesney and Vladeck agreeing where they can and arguing respectfully (and, let’s face it, nerdishly) where they can’t. On tap this week:…
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…
Episode 78: Live from Singapore, Malaysia (?!?)
- June 12, 2018
- Tagged as: Afghanistan, al Maqaleh, Ali Watkins, Boumediene, Carpenter v. United States, Chutkan, Dalmazzi, Dennis Rodman, detainee transfer, Doe v. Mattis, DOJ guidelines, DPRK, GTMO, Guantanamo, habeas, Iraq, James Wolfe, Judge Chutkan, Kim Jung Un, Munaf, National Security Law, New York Times, North Korea, sanctions, SCOTUS, SDF, SSCI, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Trumplandia, Valentine
Ok, Steve and Bobby are not actually in Singapore (we sent Dennis Rodman instead). As usual, they’re up on the 6th floor at Texas Law, bringing you the following this week: Doe v. Mattis –…