We’re back with an evening recording, as co-hosts Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck weigh in on: The D.C. Circuit’s Mike Flynn ruling, and the likely path ahead The bizarre process of removing SDNY US Attorney…
Episode 165: This Podcast Prefers Its Nothing Burgers to Be Medium Rare
- May 1, 2020
- Tagged as: 702, 9/11, 9/11 case, D.C. Circuit, Defense Production Act, DPA, FBI, FISA, FISC, GTMO, justiciability, KSM, meat-processing plants, Michael Flynn, Mike Flynn, ODNI, ODNI statistical report, political question doctrine, Steel Seizure, Subpoena, Supreme Court, West World, Youngstown Sheet & Tube
What a fun episode! Co-hosts Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck recorded “live” before the Austin Bar Association, as the finale of their day-long Zoom conference. On tap: The ODNI report on FISA statistics: We have…
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,…
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…
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…
Episode 102: This Podcast Is Bowl-Eligible
- December 5, 2018
- Tagged as: 2339B, Attorney General Whitaker, bitcoin, Burr, CMCR, College Football Playoffs, D.C. Circuit, Guantanamo, hostilities, Houthis, ISIS, Islamic State, Judge Spath, KSA, mandamus, material support, Michael Cohen, Michael Flynn, Military Commissions, National Security Law, NSL, OFAC, ransomware, sanctions, SCOTUS, SSCI, Sugar Bowl, Trumplandia, War Powers, Warner, Yemen
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Or at least it’s the most wonderful time of the week, for we’ve just posted the latest episode of National Security Law Podcast! Tune in for: Military…
Episode 74: We’re Spending It On Barbecue!
- May 15, 2018
- Tagged as: 2001 AUMF, 2002 AUMF, 2339B, Al Nashiri, AUMF, D.C. Circuit, Daqduq, Doe v. Mattis, GTMO, habeas, Henderson, Iran, Iraq, military commission, Munaf, Nashiri, nuclear, one-hit wonder, SDF, Smith v. Trump, Srinivasan, Supreme Court, Syria, Valentine, Wilkins
Spring classes may be over, but national security legal news hasn’t slowed down one bit. This week, Professors Chesney and Vladeck wrestle with the following: The D.C. Circuit ruling in Doe v. Mattis (forbidding the…
Episode 73: The Penumbras of the Category
- May 8, 2018
- Tagged as: Alex Joel, black site, bulk metadata, Can't Hardly Wait, CDRs, CIA, Clueless, combatant immunity, combatant's privilege, Common Article 2, contact chaining, Court of International Trade, D.C. Circuit, Darbi, Dazed and Confused, Doe v. Mattis, EITs, First Amendment, FISA, FISC, Geneva Convention, Gina Haspell, GTMO, habeas, Hamidullin, Haqqani, Haspell, IAC, interrogation, John Kerry, Judge Ellis, learned counsel, Logan Act, Manafort, military commission, Mueller, Munaf, Nashiri, NIAC, ODNI, POW status, Saudi Arabia, Section 215, Severstal Export, Srinivasan, Taliban, Thailand, Torture, Trump, Trumplandia, USA Freedom Act, Valentine, Varsity Blues
Welcome back to the National Security Law Podcast! This week, Professors Vladeck and Chesney discuss and debate the following: Doe v. Mattis: The D.C. Circuit has affirmed the injunction barring the government from turning John…
Episode 40: It’s a Conspiracy
- October 10, 2017
- Tagged as: ACLU v. Mattis, Bahlul, Conspiracy, D.C. Circuit, Data Protection Commissioner, Doe v. Mattis, Enemy Combatant, Facebook Ireland, habeas corpus, inchoate charge, Laws of War, Military Commissions, military detention, Nashiri, National Security Presidential Memorandum, NSPM 7, Schrems, Section 70s, Steve Rushin, Sting-Ray Afternoons, Stingray Afternoons
In this week’s episode, Professors Chesney and Vladeck zero in on four recent developments involving law and national security. First, they explore the Supreme Court’s decision not to review the splintered decision of the en…
Episode 29: Military Commissions, Military Officers in the Cabinet, the Laws of War, and More
- August 1, 2017
- Tagged as: civ-mil relations, civil-military relations, CMCR, Court of Military Commission Review, D.C. Circuit, DHS, Federal Courts, Game of Thrones, Guantanamo, IHL, John Kelly, Laws of War, LOAC, mandamus, Michael McCaul, mil coms, Military Commissions, proportionality, Scott Silliman, Tyrion
This week’s episode certainly has a military theme. Professors Chesney and Vladeck start off with a surprisingly (or is it disturbingly?) lengthy discussion of the writ of mandamus litigation currently pending in the D.C. Circuit…
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