Are you ready for a DEEP DIVE? We’ve got an extended conversation today explaining the stakes and anticipating the outcomes in two cases argued in front of SCOTUS this week: Google v. Gonzalez and Twitter…
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 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…
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:…
In addition to quoting They Might Be Giants lyrics, this week’s episode features cohosts Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck taking on three big issues: The Impeachment Inquiry & the White House Counsel’s Letter on Non-Cooperation…
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…
Episode 83: [Steve] Is the Kiss of Death
- July 25, 2018
- Tagged as: Ambassador McFaul, Article II, Brad Moss, Carter Page, death penalty, Doe v. Mattis, Dwayne Johnson, extradition, FBI, FISA, FISC, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, Goldberg v. Kelly, GTMO, Guantanamo, Ibraheem Musaibli, IS, Islamic State, Lawfare, material support, military commission, military detention, MLAT, Moana, mutual legal assistance, National Security Law, probable cause, procedural due process, Russia, Samantha Elhassani, SDF, security clearance, Syria, the Beatles, The Rock, Valentine, verification, warrant, Woods Procedures
Welcome to the latest National Security Law Podcast episode. Though Steve and Bobby both have been moonlighting (here is Steve on the Lawfare Podcast and here’s Bobby on the Cyber Law Podcast), there’s no place like…
Episode 81: The Road to 10,000
- July 9, 2018
- Tagged as: ACLU, Brett Kavanaugh, CMCR, CSRT, detention, Doe v. Mattis, DOJ NSD, El Chapo, Enemy Combatant, GTMO, Guantanamo, habeas, Judge Spath, Kavanaugh, Kawhi Leonard, Military Commissions, military detention, National Security Division, SCOTUS, SDF, Senator Burr, SSCI, Syria, Trump, Trumplandia, United States v. Paracha, Uzair Paracha
We’re back after a one-week layoff! No SCOTUS announcement yet, alas, but we do have this to offer: Doe v. Mattis and the upcoming hearing on the government’s plan to release Doe in Syria The…
Episode 78: Live from Singapore, Malaysia (?!?)
- June 12, 2018
- Tagged as: Afghanistan, al Maqaleh, Ali Watkins, Boumediene, Carpenter v. United States, Chutkan, Dalmazzi, Dennis Rodman, detainee transfer, Doe v. Mattis, DOJ guidelines, DPRK, GTMO, Guantanamo, habeas, Iraq, James Wolfe, Judge Chutkan, Kim Jung Un, Munaf, National Security Law, New York Times, North Korea, sanctions, SCOTUS, SDF, SSCI, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Trumplandia, Valentine
Ok, Steve and Bobby are not actually in Singapore (we sent Dennis Rodman instead). As usual, they’re up on the 6th floor at Texas Law, bringing you the following this week: Doe v. Mattis –…