And we are back, after a one-week hiatus, with loads of national security law debate and discussion, not to mention some Grade B frivolity! On tap for Professors Vladeck and Chesney: Detention of Enemy Combatants:…
Episode 108: Is It Arnold Palmer or Iced Tea-Lemonade?
- January 30, 2019
- Tagged as: 2339B, 5000 troops, Afghanistan, anti-AUMF, AUMF, Colombia, Denmark, diplomatic recognition, Director Coats, Green Desert, GTMO, Guantanamo, habeas, Hamilton, hostage rescue, Huawei, hybrid model, IEEPA, Iran Sanctions, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ludecke, Maduro, material support, military detention, national emergency, NDAA, NEA, ODNI, protection of nationals, Rent Live, Ronald W. Reagan NDAA, sanctions, SDF, Section 1021, Super Bowl, T-Mobile, Taliban, Tappy, troop cap, Venezuela, Warren Christopher Clark, Warren Clark, Warsame, wire fraud
Unlike Rent Live, all of our personnel participated in this week’s show! We’ve got: The Venezuela Crisis: International Law complications with dueling recognitions More Venezuela: “5,000 Troops to Colombia” and Section 1021 of the Ronald…
And we’re back! Tonight’s episode features: SCOTUS preview: though many have missed it, SCOTUS is in fact back in session very soon, and we have a preview of security-related petitions and some early grants as…
Episode 87: The D.C. Circuit Ain’t Inquorate
- August 21, 2018
- Tagged as: 842(p), 9/11, 9/11 trial, Article II, Egan, EITs, explosives, FBI Clean Team, Hegab v. Long, Hicks, Iran, IS, Islamic State, Judge Pohl, KSM, military commission, Miranda, NDAA, RFRA, security clearance, Signing Statement, Taint, Tanvir, Torture, Trump, Trumplandia, Webster v. Doe
And we’re back, with much to discuss in the wacky world of national security law. Join Professors Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney as they wrestle with: A *huge* ruling by Judge Pohl in the Military…
Episode 84: Happily, We Found Someone Who Knows What They’re Talking About!
- August 1, 2018
- Tagged as: 3-D guns, AECA, Amy Jeffress, Arms Export Control Act, Conspiracy, covert action, cyber, CYBERCOM, Doe v. Mattis, El Chile, FARA, Fonda San Miguel, Grizzelda's, ITAR, Jacoby's, Mueller, NATO, NDAA, Rudy, T10, T50, TMA, Trump, USML
We are very excited to have a special guest this week: the one and only Amy Jeffress! Join us as Amy, Steve, and Bobby discuss: The cyber provisions in the just-passed NDAA Doe v. Mattis…
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…
Episode 79: It’s a Girl!
- June 20, 2018
- Tagged as: 9/11, Administrative Procedure Act, al Alawqi, al Awlaki, al Awlaqi, Alien Tort Statute, APA, AQIM, ATS, AUMF, Benghazi, CACI, Carpenter, CIA, Dalmazzi, Doe v. Mattis, DOJ, Feinstein Amendment, GTMO, Guantanamo, habeas, habeas corpus, Hamidullin, Hirabayashi, Iraq, Jesner, Judge Bates, Judge Brinkema, Judge Chutkan, Judge Collyer, Judge Pohl, Judge Spath, Kareem, Khatallah, Lee Amendment, military commission, National Security Division, NDAA, NSD, Ocasio-Martinez, OIG Report, Political Question, SCOTUS, Space Force, Syria, Travel Ban, Vault 7, wikileaks, Zaidan
Before getting into the run of this week’s show: Congratulations to Steve and Karen on the birth of their daughter!!! Meanwhile, in the wild wacky world of national security law, what a week it was. …
Episode 60: TL;DL – This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
- February 21, 2018
- Tagged as: al Darbi, Attachment Immunity, CareFirst, DACA, Darbi, data breach, Doe v. Mattis, DOJ, Enemy Combatant, Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, FSIA, GTMO, Guantanamo, identity theft, Internet Research Agency, Iran, JASTA, John Doe, Judge Spath, Judgment Immunity, Justice Department, Litigation Immunity, Military Commissions, Mueller, National Security Law, NDAA, Rubin, Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, SCOTUS, spath, speculative injury, Spokeo, standing, terrorism prosecution, Trump
An over-long episode with a short title to reflect a very busy–and somewhat bizarre–eight day stretch in the wide world of national security law. This week, your hosts Professors Chesney and Vladeck weigh in on:…
Episode 59: Share the Cookies
- February 13, 2018
- Tagged as: #mehmo, 2001 AUMF, 2002 AUMF, 9/11, ACORN, Bill of Attainder, Convening Authority, Darbi, death penalty, Doe v. Mattis, DOJ, Due Process, GTMO, Guantanamo, Harvey Rishikoff, IS, ISIS, Islamic State, Japanese Internment, Jeff Sessions, Kaspersky, KSM, learned counsel, MilComs, Military Commissions, Mueller, Nashiri, National Council of Resistance, NDA, NDAA, Noel Francisco, Non-Detention Act, Nunes, plea bargain, Rachel Brand, Rod Rosenstein, Russia, Schiff, spath, Trump
We don’t lack for topics this week! In today’s episode, Professors Vladeck and Chesney eat a number of cookies while talking about the following: Rachel Brand steps down at DOJ. As George III might say,…
Ep. 54: Family Ties or Family Matters?
- January 17, 2018
- Tagged as: 30 Rock, 702, about collection, armed conflict, Arrested Development, AUMF, backdoor search, Big Bang Theory, CCR, Center for Constitutional Rights, Cheers, Cosby, Dalmazzi, DNI, DNI Coats, Dual-Office Holding, duration of hostilities, Family Matters, Family Ties, FBI, Fourth Amendment, Frasier, Friends, Growing Pains, GTMO, Guantanamo, habeas, IAC, LOAC, MASH, Modern Family, NDAA, NIAC, NSA, ODNI, President Trump, privacy, Reprieve, SCOTUS, Section 702, Seinfeld, sitcoms, Supreme Court, surveillance, The Goldbergs, Trump, Unmasking, warrants
And we’re back, with another weekly dose of national security legal news and analysis. Fresh off the stove this week we have: Dalmazzi – Steve is just returned from his first Supreme Court argument, in…


