If you are interested in a detailed and careful explanation of the charges at issue in United States v. Trump (the recent indictment of the former president in relation to his effort to overturn the results of…
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 82: Helsinki…Sweden!
- July 17, 2018
- Tagged as: al-Bihani, Bolton, casebook, CMCR, Coats, cyber, Dan Coats, Danielle Citron, deep fake, deep fakes, Die Hard, DNI, Doe v. Mattis, DOJ, GRU, GTMO, Helsinki, Huntsmann, indictment, Judge Chutkan, Judge Kavanaugh, Justice Kennedy, Lucia, Military Commissions, Mueller, National Security Division, National Security Law, NDAA, NSD, ODNI, Periodic Review Board, Pompeo, PRB, Press Conference, Putin, Russia, SCOTUS, Senator Rubio, Trump
Another busy week for the National Security Law Podcast! Buckle up for: “The Press Conference” and its aftermath – Your co-hosts agree that it was a fiasco, but they disagree sharply on whether administration officials…
It’s been a busy week in national security law! In Episode 43, Professors Chesney and Vladeck take on: Mueller-Time: Indictments against Manafort and Gates, and an even-more important plea deal. ACLU v. Mattis and the…
Episode 37: Enemy Combatants, Agents of Foreign Powers
- September 19, 2017
- Tagged as: 2001 AUMF, Agent of a Foreign Power, AUMF, Authorization for Use of Military Force, electronic surveillance, Enemy Combatant, FISA, FISC, FISC Order, GTMO, Guantanamo, habeas, Hamdi, indictment, IS, Islamic State, Kings of the Wyld, material support, Military Commissions, Mueller, Nicholas Eames, Paul Manafort, SCOTUS, Star Trek, Star Trek Discovery, Star Trek II, Travel Ban, UT Football, wiretap
In this week’s episode, Professors Chesney and Vladeck explore three big national security law developments from the past few days. First up: the news that the FISC, on two separate occasions, issued orders authorizing surveillance…


