Happy 2023 y’all! We are off to a quick start this year. Tune in as Professors Vladeck and Chesney discuss recent developments, including: The Supreme Court’s “Title 42”-related action in Arizona v. Mayorkas Highlights from…
Episode 199: Why Is There No SJA Aboard the Starship Enterprise?
- April 12, 2021
- Tagged as: al Hadi, al-Tamir, Anne Neuberger, Chris Inglis, cooperating witness, Domestic Terrorism, Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act, DT, DTPA, GTMO, Guantanamo, ISIS, Islamic State, Mets, military commission, military judge, minority report, National Cyber Director, prosecutorial discretion, Senator Durbin, Shadow Docket, Tandon, undercover officer
In this week’s episode, co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney discuss and debate: The proposed Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act (and DOJ’s January 2021 response to an earlier version of the DTPA) A pair of recent…
Episode 195: Sparkly Rainbow Snowboots!
- March 2, 2021
- Tagged as: 18 USC 875, 2001 AUMF, 2002 AUMF, Article II, AUMF, foreign relations, GTMO, Insurrection, Iraq, Islamic State, Kashoggi, military detention, national self defense, Navalny, OLC, sanctions, SDF, Syria, the Beatles, True Threats, War Powers, WPR
Well, it’s been a while, thanks to the ice/snow/power/water fiasco we recently underwent in Texas. But, though tired and not very prepared, we are back tonight! Tune in as co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney…
We had great fun recording this one, thanks to special guest Greg Gisvold (consultant and senior fellow with the Rule of Law Collaborative at the University of South Carolina) is the winner of a recent…
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,…
They may or may not have more presidential debates, but you’ll always at least have us! Tune in for this week’s episode as Professors Chesney and Vladeck review the latest national security law developments: The…
Episode 177: This Podcast Does Not Have a Navy
- August 21, 2020
- Tagged as: Attorney General Bar, Beatles, bomb plot, China, DHS, draft, espionage, Federal Vacancies Reform Act, Fifth Circuit, GAO, intermediate scrutiny, Iraq, Islamic State, LBJ, National Security Division, Patel, Postal Service, SDF, soundtracks, Steve Bannon, Syria, Tom Clark, USPS, VMI, Wolff
We are back with a new episode, bringing you respectful disagreements and discussion–not to mention heaps of frivolity–about the latest national security law news. This week, co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney discuss: Attorney General…
Episode 145: The Meh-mometer Is Stuck at Meh
- November 26, 2019
- Tagged as: 9/11, 9/11 case, al Iraqi, Al Nashiri, Attorney-Client Privilege, CDRs, CENTCOM, CMCR, Detainees, Don McGahn, Executive Privilege, FISA, Gallagher, habeas, Ides of March, IS, Islamic State, John Bolton, KSM, Lamar Jackson, lone wolf, Mandalorian, Military Commissions, military detention, President Trump, roving wiretap, SDF, Secretary Esper, Secretary Spencer, Section 215, Subpoena, testimonial privilege, the Beatles, Trumplandia
Happy Thanksgiving to all! If you are stuck in an airport or on a long drive this week, we’ve got you covered for at least one hour, as Professors Chesney and Vladeck discuss and debate:…
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…
Episode 141: The House Has Voted to Authorize This Podcast
- October 30, 2019
- Tagged as: Abdulrazzaq, al-Baghdadi, Baghdadi, Congressional Oversight, covert action, Cuccineli, Delta Force, DHS, Federal Vacancies Reform Act, FVRA, Gang of Eight, GoT, GTMO, Guantanamo, habeas, Impeachment, Impeachment inquiry, ISIS, Islamic State, SOF, Speaker Pelosi, TItle 10, Title 50, TMA, Trumplandia, World Series
Granted, it’s not Days of Future Past, but our episode 141 is still pretty good! This week, Professors Vladeck and Chesney discuss and debate: The al-Baghdadi raid (and misunderstandings about Congressional notification) A GTMO habeas…