And we’re back, with discussion of the latest national security law news. (Video of the show here!) This week, co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney nerd out with the details on: Can he do that?…
Episode 136: This Podcast Needs a Reboot!
- September 18, 2019
- Tagged as: Acting DNI, Brute Squad, Burr, Coming to America, DNI, Executive Privilege, Fifth Amendment, GTMO, HPSCI, ICWPA, Joe Maguire, Johnson v. Eisentrager, Judge Rao, Kiyemba, Marbury v. Madison, Military Commissions, pre-publication review, Princess Bride, Qassim, Schiff, Snowden, SSCI, Verdugo-Urquidez, Warner, whistleblower protection
And we’re back, with a lot of news to cover! Tune in for discussion and (respectful) debate with our cohosts, Professors Vladeck and Chesney, as the review: Is it proper for the DNI to withhold…
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…
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 –…
Episode 64: Beware the Ides of CFIUS!
- March 15, 2018
- Tagged as: al Alwi, armed attack, Article 2(4), Article 51, assassination, black site, Broadcom, CAATSA, CFIUS, CIA, confirmation, economic sanctions, Gina Hapsel, HPSCI, interrogation, March Madness, Mike Pompeo, National Security Law, NotPetya, Prime Minister May, Qualcomm, RID, Russia, Section 224, self defense, SSCI, State Department, Tillerson, Torture, Trump, UN Charter, use of force, Waterboarding
So there you are on the beach for spring break, drink in hand and headphones on. Time for some…National Security Law Podcast! We’re back with a special midweek episode because, well, we’ll never keep up…
Episode 62: Wait–We Have to Talk About GATT?!?
- March 5, 2018
- Tagged as: abatement, ACLU, al Qaeda, AQAP, Article II, Associated Forces, AUMF, Bill Castle, Burr, China, commander in chief, Commerce Department, DOD GC, dumping, Executive Privilege, FISA, FISC, FISCOR, GATT, GTMO, Hope Hicks, HPSCI, interlocutory appeal, IS, ISIS, Islamic State, military commission, Nashiri, Nunes, override, sanctions, SCOTUS, Secretary Ross, sole organ, spath, SSCI, Steel, Tariffs, Trade Expansion Act, Trump, USA Freedom Act, War Powers Resolution, Warner, WPR, WTO, Wyden, Yemen
It’s not every week on this show that we get to talk about the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade! And if that’s not an appealing hook to get…
Episode 57: About that #Mehmo (Special Edition on the Nunes Memo Release)
- February 2, 2018
- Tagged as: #meh-mo, #mehmo, #releasethememo, Adam Schiff, Burr, counterintelligence, Director Wray, FBI, FISA, FISC, HPSCI, John Kelly, National Security Law, Nunes, Orin Kerr, probable cause, Russia, Senator Burr, SSCI, Trump, warrant, Wray
President Trump has declassified the Nunes Memo and it now is available to the public. Your hosts–Professors Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck–give it a deep-dive review here in a special-edition podcast episode. Tune in to…
In this episode, Professors Chesney and Vladeck run through the array of potential criminal charges against Julian Assange and Wikileaks (in light of recent rumblings that DOJ has revived that possibility), and they discuss the prospects…
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