And we’re back, with co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney breaking down the latest national security law news along with much else. This week the spotlight is on the D.C. Circuit’s en banc decision in al…
Episode 213: Most Likely to Engage in a Seditious Conspiracy
- January 19, 2022
- Tagged as: Article 2(4), civil conspiracy, collective self-defense, Executive Privilege, GTMO, Insurrection, Jim Carrey, military commission, NFL, organized militia, Periodic Review Board, PRB, presidential immunity, Russia, seditious conspiracy, Thompson v. Trump, Trump v. Thompson, Ukraine, UN Charter, unorganized militia
Seeing as how 2022 is well underway, it’s probably about time we produced a new episode! Tune in for co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney as they discuss and debate: The various international and domestic…
Hey, we’re back on our weekly schedule! How ’bout that…now we’ll probably skip the next three, but hey, until then, we’ve got a quite a show, not to mention the launch of our holiday charity…
Episode 185: The Blah-to-Coup Ratio is Increasing
- November 30, 2020
- Tagged as: Admiral McRaven, al Qaeda, al-Masri, Avril Haines, Biden Administration, civil-military relations, Colt McCoy, coup d'blah, Court Martial, GTMO, Larabee, Larrabee, Lloyd Austin, Mattis, Michele Flournoy, Military Commissions, military detention, ODNI, Periodic Review Board, Secretary of Defense, vitiation
And…we’re back! Tune in as Professors Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney discuss the latest in national security legal developments, including: Prospects for the Biden Administration to chart a new course with respect to (a) the…
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 56: The State of the Uniom Is…ExStravagant!
- January 30, 2018
- Tagged as: #releasethedissent, #releasethememo, CAATSA, Carpenter, Combatting America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, Gary Clark Jr., Grammys, GTMO, Guantanamo, HPSCI, McGahn, military detention, Morrison v. Olson, Mueller, Nunes, Periodic Review Board, PRB, Removal, Rosenstein, Russia, sanctions, Special Counsel, Strava, third-party rule
You might not want to watch the State of the Union tonight, but don’t miss this episode of the podcast! This week we cover: The missing Russia sanctions? A statute enacted last summer appears at first…
Episode 52: Trump Derangement Syndrome or a Distraction from the Forever War?
- January 3, 2018
- Tagged as: Afghanistan, areas of active hostilities, Army Field Manual, Enemy Combatant, EO 13491, EO 13492, EO 13567, executive order, GCIII, GCIV, GTMO, Guantanamo, interrogation, Iraq, Last Jedi, NSA, Periodic Review Board, PPD 28, PPG, PRB, privacy, Privacy Shield, PSP, security internment, Somalia, surveillance, Syria, use of force, Waterboarding
Merry New Year! 2018 is underway, but in today’s episode we are looking back at 2017. More specifically, we are looking back to predictions made in early 2017 regarding the changes President Trump surely would…
Episode 32: Back to the Future…of Afghanistan and GTMO?
- August 22, 2017
- Tagged as: Adam Goldman, Afghanistan, AUMF, Charlie Savage, CMCR, Court of Military Commission Review, detention, executive order, Game of Thrones, Guantanamo, Islamic State, military detention, Mississippi v. Johnson, Periodic Review Board, PRB, presidential injunction, recusal, Rules of Engagement, Scott Silliman, Trump
Never a dull moment in 2017. In this week’s episode, Professors Vladeck and Chesney take on four topics (well, four relevant topics…do try to stay with them past their musings on home runs at the Little League…
In this episode, Professors Vladeck and Chesney come to grips with a number of legal issues raised by the Mike Flynn story. What the heck is the Logan Act and was it perhaps violated? What about…
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