After a week with no electricity, Professors Vladeck and Chesney are back with the latest in national security law news. Tune in for discussions of: the law (or lack thereof) when it comes to balloons,…
What’s this, a one-week turnaround between shows? Will wonders never cease? In a throwback to the days of this being a weekly show, your co-hosts Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck are back on a quick…
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 204: [Insert Inscrutable Title Here]
- June 14, 2021
- Tagged as: active hostilities, Afghanistan, CFAA, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, exceeds authorized access, Fazaga, First Amendment, FISA, GTMO, IEEPA, Larabee, Leaks, Mets, Mike Flynn, Nosal, PPG, Presidential Policy Guidance, Reporter's Privilege, SCOTUS, State Secrets Privilege, Subpoena, supermax, TikTok, Van Buren, WeChat
Hello from Austin! We’re back with a new episode! Tune in as your co-hosts Professor Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney discuss and debate: SCOTUS narrows the scope of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in Van…
Just in time for your weekend entertainment, NSL Podcast is back with a new episode. This time the show was recorded live before a (Zoom-based) audience of Texas Law alumni, which made for a nice…
Episode 192: So…What Do We Do Now?
- January 21, 2021
- Tagged as: AR 190-8, Avril Haines, birthright citizenship, Border Wall, Bybee, civ-mil relations, Court Martial, drone strike, First Amendment, GTMO, Hambali, Hoda Muthana, IEEPA, Islamic State, Jemaah Islamiya, JI, Larabee, Lloyd Austin, McCarthy, Military Commissions, national emergency, Syria, TPM regulation, WeChat, Zaidan
And then it was over. Wow. Here’s hoping we can focus on traditional national security law topics from now on! Today is a pretty good start. We’ve got: A new administration needs a welcoming gift…so,…
Episode 184: Make Rule 11 Great Again!
- November 11, 2020
- Tagged as: Boston Massacre, Brandenburg, ByteDance, CFIUS, Christopher Miller, Cohen-Watnick, Defense Department, Federal Vacancies Reform Act, General Services, GSA, Guantanamo, IEEPA, incitement, John Adams, Jones Day, Kash Patel, Mets, Michael Ellis, presidential transition, Secretary of Defense, Tata, TikTok, True Threats, vacancies
In this week’s episode, co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney discuss and debate: The array of firings and appointments of senior Defense Department officials The law governing the General Services Administration and support for presidential…
And we’re back, after a(nother) week off! What do we have to show for it? Tune is as co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney as they review: Steve’s Supreme Court argument in Briggs — more military…
Episode 180: This Podcast Really Should Be Weekly…
- September 29, 2020
- Tagged as: 702, 9/11 trial, ACB, Amy Coney Barrett, Anti-Riot Act, Berghdahl, Brandenberg, debate, FBI, First Amendment, FISA, FISC, Fourth Amendment, Ginsburg, GTMO, IEEPA, Immigration Judge, incitement, metadata, military commission, Miselis, Moalin, NSA, RAM, RBG, rule of law, Section 215, Smith v. Maryland, TikTok, Trump, Trump Taxes, WeChat
We’re not a biweekly show, we promise! It just seems that way sometimes…like this week, when we are bringing you: Discussing the passing of Justice Ginsburg and potential implications of the Amy Coney Barrett nomination…
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…