Today’s episode focuses on the indictment in United States v. Donald Trump and Waltine Nauta, S.D. Fla. (23-80101-CR). Co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney walk you through the factual allegations, the crimes charged, the areas where…
After just one week, incredibly, we are back! And we’re joined by two of our fantastic Texas Law students. Ryan Brown and Adam Goodrum won the right to guest host at last year’s public-interest auction…
Episode 179: This Podcast Is “Considerably Recalibrated”
- September 15, 2020
- Tagged as: al Shabaab, al Shabab, Assad, assassination, Associated Forces, AUMF, Baby Yoda, break in service, CFIUS, Charlie Savage, defamation, double-jeopardy, drone strike, EO 12333, Eric Schmitt, Espionage Act, Federal Tort Claims Act, FTCA, IEEPA, John Bolton, Kenya, Lochner, Manda, Mandalorian, New York Times, public health, rational basis review, Somalia, TikTok, Trump, UCMJ, WeChat, Westfall Act, Williamson v. Lee Optical
So we took a week off without warning because, you know, 2020. But we’re back, and we sure don’t lack for things to discuss and debate! Tune in as co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney…
Episode 170: This Podcast Is Not Subject to (Prior) Restraint
- June 19, 2020
- Tagged as: 13th Amendment, Administrative Procedure Act, APA, Chief Justice Roberts, China, constructive trust, DACA, DAPA, DOJ, EMAC, Emancipation Proclamation, Espionage Act, force protection, Frese, General Granger, Governor Wolf, IAC, IEEPA, India, John Bolton, Juneteenth, Justice Kavanaugh, Lincoln, national defense information, National Guard, Near v. Minnesota, Pentagon Papers, pre-publication review, President Xi, Prior Restraint, Reconstruction, surveillance, Trump, Uighur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020, Uighurs, War Powers, Xinjiang
In the latest episode of the National Security Law Podcast, co-hosts Professors Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney discuss: Juneteenth, the Emancipation Proclamation, and War Powers DOJ’s doomed effort to get a prior restraint preventing publication…
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 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 113 – 702 : Madison :: 215 : Hamilton
- March 6, 2019
- Tagged as: 1801(f), 1806, 1810, 50 USC 1861, areas of active hostilities, border emergency, bulk metadata, CFAA, Chelsea Manning, civilian casualties, contact chaining, electronic surveillance, EO 13732, Espionage Act, Fazaga, FBI, Game of Thrones, grand jury, Hamilton, indictment, Judge Berzon, Julian Assange, Madison, McCulloch v. Maryland, mosque, National Emergency Act, NEA, Ninth Circuit, phone records, reasonable expectation of privacy, Reynolds, Section 215, SSP, state secrets, State Secrets Privilege, surveillance, USA Freedom Act, veto, wikileaks
So much to debate, so little time! Tune in as Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney plow through a host of recent (and not-so-recent) events in the world of national security law: Fazaga v. FBI –…
Episode 77: Pardon Me?
- June 5, 2018
- Tagged as: al Baluchi, Article II, Bill of Attainder, Binding Operational Directive, Black Sites, Bradley Manning, CFAA, Chelsea Manning, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, confidential informant, counterterrorism, Dalmazzi, DHS, Doe v. Mattis, DOJ, ECHR, Espionage Act, First Mondays, GTMO, hostilities, Justice Grier, Kaspersky, Libya, Manafort, Military Commissions, Mueller, Nosal, obstruction, OLC, Paul Simon, Prize Cases, RDI, SCOTUS, Shayrat, spygate, Syria, Trump, Trumplandia, War Powers
Hello friends, and welcome back to the latest episode! Last week was a bit quiet, but things are heating up. This week we review and debate: War Powers: This week saw the release of the…
Episode 71: Everyone Knows It Is Saudi Arabia!!!
- April 24, 2018
- Tagged as: 9/11, Assange, Backstreet Boys, Beatles, Carter Page, Chutkan, Comey, Dan Richman, DNC, Doe v. Mattis, Enemy Combatant, espionage, Espionage Act, FISA, Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, FSIA, Grassley, GRU, GTMO, Guccifer 2.0, habeas, hacks, Jackson 5, Libya, military commission, Munaf, N'Sync, National Security Law, non-commercial tort exception, One Direction, Original Classification Authority, Qhatani, Senegal, Special Counsel, Syria, Trumplandia, Valentine, Wiklieaks, Zammar
We have much to discuss in the world of national security and law this week, including but not limited to the worst-kept secret in the world. And we have some grade-A frivolity if you are…
Episode 22: A Dose of Reality
- June 6, 2017
- Tagged as: Carpenter v. United States, Comey, ECPA, Espionage Act, executive order, Flynn, Fourth Amendment, Kuschner, Non-Content Information, Reality Winner, Riley v. California, SCA, Search, Smith v. Maryland, Stored Communications Act, Third Party Doctrine, Travel Ban, Trump, United States v. Jones, United States v. Miller
In this episode, Professors Chesney and Vladeck have a full plate. The arrest of a contractor named Reality Winner (for having stolen classified information relating to Russian efforts to hack a voting-machine system and providing that…
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