Ready to dive deep, way deep, into the president’s national emergency declaration and the resulting lawsuits? We’ve got you covered. Tune in as Professors Vladeck and Chesney tease out and debate the nuances. Along the…
Episode 88: A Deep Dive into the Anwar al-Awlaki Case(s)
- August 28, 2018
- Tagged as: al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Anwar al-Aulaqi, Anwar al-Awlaki, AQAP, assassination, AUMF, Bivens, DOJ, drone, drone strike, Due Process, EO 12333, Eric Holder, FOIA, Fourth Amendment, Judge Bates, Judge Collyer, OLC, political question doctrine, Second Circuit, standing, state secrets, State Secrets Privilege, Targeted Killing, Unreasonable Seizure, White Paper, Yemen
We are back this week with a new “deep dive” episode, this time focused on the issues raised by the U.S. government’s use of lethal force against Anwar al-Awlaki–a U.S. citizen who became a key…
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 51: Temporary, Immediate, and Unmonitored Access to this Podcast
- December 27, 2017
- Tagged as: ACLU v. Mattis, Carpenter, Enemy Combatant, habeas, habeas corpus, human rights, IEEPA, interlocutory appeal, Judge Chutkan, Magnitsky Act, Munaf, national emergency, National Security Law, NSA, privacy, Red Dawn, sanctions, Section 702, Sergei Magnitsky, Snowden, standing, Star Wars, surveillance, The Siege, Travel Ban
Well, 2017 is almost done. No doubt there are a few more kicks-in-the-pants on the way before it’s all said and done, but hey, we can at least offer you one final episode of this…
Episode 47: Donuts and Depth Charges
- November 28, 2017
- Tagged as: ACLU v. Mattis, Baker, Carpenter, CFPB, contempt, Dodd-Frank, drone strike, Enemy Combatant, Executive Power, Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, GTMO, Jaber, John Merryman, Military Commissions, Mulvaney, National Security Law, Political Question, Red October, Rishikoff, spath, standing, Torture Victim Protection Act, Travel Ban, Trump, TVPA
And…they’re back! Fresh off of Thanksgiving, Professors Chesney and Vladeck are (all too) fired up to discuss the latest national security law news (not to mention a bunch of stuff that just isn’t relevant to…
Episode 46: The $15 Million Dollar Man
- November 15, 2017
- Tagged as: ACLU, covert action, cyber, cybersecurity, detainee, FARA, FISA, FISC, Flynn, GTMO, Guantanamo, Gulen, Mattis, NDAA, nuclear codes, oversight, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sensitive military cyber operations, sensitive military operations, standing, Terminator 2, Thornberry
In this week’s episode, your devoted hosts dig into a bonanza of national security law odds-and-ends. First up is an en banc decision by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review involving the standing of…
Episode 42: The Magic Bullet Travel Ban(d)
- October 24, 2017
- Tagged as: ACLU v. Mattis, Article 2(4), Article III, AUMF, Bowe Bergdahl, computer network operations, cyber attack, cyberattack, Islamic State, NBA, NDAA, Niger, political question doctrine, Smith v. Trump, standing, Travel Ban, Unlawful Command Influence, War Powers Resolution, WPR
This week Professors Chesney and Vladeck start with a close look at Smith v. Trump, a case that seeks a judicial ruling on whether the Islamic State really falls within the scope of the 2001 AUMF. …
It has only been a few days since Episode 19, but Steve and Bobby are worried that fellow national security law geeks won’t have enough @nslpodcast to enjoy during long Memorial Day Weekend roadtrips. That, plus…