Tag: SCOTUS

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Episode 125: Worst of Both Worlds

• June 18, 2019
• Tagged as: Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act, Article II, Borg, citizen rescue, CMCR, countermeasures, CYBERCOM, declaration of war, defense of nationals, double-jeopardy, GTMO, Guantanamo, hackback, hostage rescue, hostilities, internationally wrongful act, Iran, Libya, Military Commissions, Nashiri, national self defense, Persian Gulf of Tonkin, Rep. Graves, Russia, SCOTUS, separate sovereigns, sovereignty, stare decisis, STTNG, War Powers, WPR

We are back with the latest national security law news, with your co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney explaining, debating, and–let’s face it–geeking out.  This week we’ve got: War Powers: The latest events in the…

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Episode 123: Our Gym Was Named for the Espionage Act Guy???

• May 28, 2019
• Tagged as: Bivens, Border Wall, cross-border shooting, Espionage Act, First Amendment, Hamas, Hernandez v. Mesa, ITLOS, Judge Ellis, Judge Gilliam, Julian Assange, Kerch Strait, Mark Domingo, material support, Pentagon Papers, Russia, SCOTUS, Section 2808, Section 284, Sierra Club v. Trump, Thomas Watt Gregory, Ukraine, UNCLOS, United States v. Domingo, United States v. Rosen, United States v. Xie

In a final episode before taking a one-week travel break, co-hosts Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck discuss and debate an array of recent national security law developments including: Assange & the Espionage Act: DOJ has…

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Episode 121: The Persian Gulf of Tonkin

• May 15, 2019
• Tagged as: 2001 AUMF, 2002 AUMF, admiralty, al Qaeda, armed conflict, Article 51, Article II, AUMF, Classified Information, CMCR, collective self-defense, conflict of interest, Daniel Hale, FARA, foreign agent registration, Game of Thrones, Gulf of Tonkin, harboring, hostilities, Huawei, Iran, James Cole, Jeremy Scahill, Julian Assange, leak prosecution, Leaks, Military Commissions, national defense information, National Security Law, North Korea, propaganda, sanctions, SCOTUS, self defense, Sputnik, The Intercept, UN Charter, War Powers, War Powers Resolution, wikileaks, WPR

In this week’s episode, Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney debate and discuss the latest national security legal news, including: Iran – The prospect of some form of armed conflict with Iran, and the various legal…

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Episode 110: This Podcast Is Not Subject to Military Jurisdiction

• February 12, 2019
• Tagged as: AECA, AR 190-8, Arms Export Control Act, Article 4A(2), CAAF, combat immunity, combatant immunity, Court Martial, Courts Martial, Enemy Combatant, extradition, GCIII, Geneva Convention, Grammys, GTMO, Guantanamo, Hamidullin, IAC, ITAR, Larabee, Lashkar e-Tayyiba, NIAC, Project Raven, SCOTUS, SIGINT, Taliban, UAE

Your favorite weekly show combining serious debate about the latest national security legal developments with a healthy dose of frivolity is back! [ed. note: this is the only show like that, so you should delete…

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Episode 109: The State of the Podcast Is Strong!

• February 6, 2019
• Tagged as: 215, 2339B, 702, AFRICOM, airstrike, al Shabaab, combat immunity, combatant immunity, GTMO, Hamid Hayat, Hamidullin, Klayman v. Obama, Larabee, material support, National Security Law, SCOTUS, Somalia, Super Bowl, USA Freedom Act

This week on the National Security Law Podcast, we’ve got: A heavy pace of airstrikes against al Shabaab targets in Somalia Ruminations on declining media attention (and the prospect of a sharper dropoff soon) to…

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Episode 107: Clearly Right, Once Again

• January 22, 2019
• Tagged as: Al Nashiri, bulk metadata, CMCR, contact chaining, D.C. Circuit, FISA, inquorate, instant replay, IRTPA, KSM, lone wolf, mil coms, Military Commissions, Nashiri, National Security Law, ODNI, overtime, recognition, replay, roving wiretap, Saints, SCOTUS, Section 215, transgender service ban, USA Freedom Act, USA PATRIOT Act, Venezuela

Welcome back to the National Security Law Podcast!  Where else can you get both a preview of a looming surveillance law debate *and* a fine-grained debate about how best for the NFL to address blown…

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Episode 103: This Podcast Should Be Dis-BARRed

• December 11, 2018
• Tagged as: Academy Awards, al Alwi, Attorney General Barr, Bill Barr, Deployment Power, DPRK, foreign films, GTMO, habeas, Huawei, IEEPA, Judge Garland, Justice Kavanaugh, Miller Center, OFAC, Oscars, Persian Gulf War, PPG, sanctions, SCOTUS, Somalia, Treasury Department, War Powers, War Powers Resolution, William Barr, WPR, Youngstown

Interested in the views of Once and Future Attorney General Bill Barr on questions like the power of the president to initiate a war, remove officials, and other hot separation of powers topics?  We read…

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Episode 102: This Podcast Is Bowl-Eligible

• December 5, 2018
• Tagged as: 2339B, Attorney General Whitaker, bitcoin, Burr, CMCR, College Football Playoffs, D.C. Circuit, Guantanamo, hostilities, Houthis, ISIS, Islamic State, Judge Spath, KSA, mandamus, material support, Michael Cohen, Michael Flynn, Military Commissions, National Security Law, NSL, OFAC, ransomware, sanctions, SCOTUS, SSCI, Sugar Bowl, Trumplandia, War Powers, Warner, Yemen

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Or at least it’s the most wonderful time of the week, for we’ve just posted the latest episode of National Security Law Podcast!  Tune in for: Military…

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Episode 93: Is This a Buddy Podcast?

• October 2, 2018
• Tagged as: 2001 AUMF, 2002 AUMF, 48 Hours, Aggression, ALI, armed attack, Article 51, AUMF, CMCR, Court of Military Commission Review, Doe v. Mattis, Gorsuch, GTMO, Hernandez, Iran, Islamic State, Lethal Weapon, mil coms, Military Commissions, military detention, Rosenstein, Rush Hour, Saifullah Paracha, SCOTUS, separation of powers, Sessions, Syria, Thelma and Louise, UN Charter, use of force, Uzair Paracha

Spotted: A rare episode of the National Security Law Podcast clocking in at under one hour!  And yet there was much to discuss, including: T-Shirts!!!! At long last, the much-anticipated NSL Podcast t-shirts are for sale.  All…

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Episode 92: Have Fun Storming the Castle!

• September 25, 2018
• Tagged as: 1642, cross-border, cyber strategy, DAG, defense forward, Hernandez, mil coms, Military Commissions, MLB playoffs, Mueller, National Security Division, NDAA, pirates, Rosenstein, SCOTUS, Trump, Trumplandia

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…