We may be on home lockdown, but that didn’t stop us from recording! Thanks to the magic of Zoom, we gathered online to record this episode, and just for kicks we recorded the video while…
Episode 152: John Bolton Is Welcome to Testify on this Podcast
- January 29, 2020
- Tagged as: Brandenberg, Chief Justice Roberts, CIA, Court Martial, deliberative privilege, Eddie Gallagher, EITs, Executive Privilege, FISA, FISC, Fleet Reserve, GTMO, Horowitz Report, Ides of March, Impeachment, Jessen, John Bolton, Mitchell, Nixon v. United States, Picard, Subpoena, Torture, Trump, UCMJ, Walter Nixon, Waterboarding
After a wholly-frivolous episode last week, we are back with…well…a slightly-frivolous episode this week. Tune in as your co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney review and debate: The likely procedural, jurisdictional, and other legal issues…
Episode 148: This Podcast Is “Thug #7”
- December 18, 2019
- Tagged as: Carter Page, DOJ OIG Report, Evan Hansen, FBI, FISA, FISA Title I, FISC, Horowitz, Impeachment, NDAA, NSD, SCOTUS, Subpoena, Trump
Tired of watching the impeachment? Turn away from your monitor/tv, put in your earbuds, and go for a nice walk while listening to the latest National Security Law Podcast! This week we have Professors Chesney…
Episode 144: Lawful But Awful
- November 20, 2019
- Tagged as: administrative stay, AG Barr, Attorney General Barr, Boumediene, Chief Justice Roberts, deference, Executive Power, Federalist Society, Federative Power, Impeachment inquiry, John Locke, Mandalorian, Mazars, Muthana, pardons, political question doctrine, SCOTUS, Sondland, Subpoena, The Crown, Trump, UCMJ, Ukraine, Vindman, war crimes, Zelensky
Episode 144 is here! It was no easy task to sort out which topics to discuss this week, but in the end the Trumplandia segment prevailed over almost all the others. The end result? Tune…
Episode 143: We won an award?!?
- November 13, 2019
- Tagged as: 215, Alasaad v. Nielsen, Bivens, border search, Carpenter, CDRs, contraband, cross-border shooting, FISA, Fourth Amendment, Hernandez, IG, IG Atkinson, Impeachment, lone wolf, Mandalorian, National Cupcake Day, reasonable suspicion, Rich Lowry, Riley, Roving Wiretaps, SCOTUS, Trump, USA Freedom, Verdugo-Urquidez, Vindman
When you are done watching the impeachment hearings and just can’t take it anymore, it’s time to open up a can of … National Security Law Podcast! For your happy hour or other occasions, we’ve…
Episode 138: “That’s Nobody’s Business But the Turks”
- October 9, 2019
- Tagged as: China, Detainees, FISC, FISC-R, Impeachment, Impeachment inquiry, Iraq, Islamic State, Kurks, NBA, SDF, Section 702, Syria, Trump, White House Counsel
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 126: Sometimes, “Nothing” Is Important
- June 26, 2019
- Tagged as: 10 USC 394, Article II, Auer Deference, AUMF, Boumediene, confidential informant, counterterrorism, Curtiss-Wright, cyber, Cyber Command, CYBERCOM, DOJ NSD, Enemy Combatants, Federal Vacancies Reform Act, Fifth Amendment, GTMO, Guantanamo, habeas, Iran, ISIS, Islamic State, Johnson v. Eisentrager, Judge Millet, Judge Randolph, Justice Breyer, Kiyemba, material support, National Security Division, National Security Law, non-delegation doctrine, Pentagon, procedural due process, Qassim, SCOTUS, Secretary Esper, separation of powers, Supreme Court, Trump, Uighurs, War Powers, Westworld, Zadvydas
We are back with the latest in national security legal developments, with Professors Chesney and Vladeck agreeing where they can and arguing respectfully (and, let’s face it, nerdishly) where they can’t. On tap this week:…
Episode 116: This Podcast Can Only Be Detained for Six Months
- April 2, 2019
- Tagged as: 18 U.S.C. 876, 18 USC 956, 21 USC 876, Adham Hasoun, Adham Hassoun, Article II, Bilal Kareem, Bill of Particulars, Bucklew, bulk collection, cash-counting machines, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, DEA, deadpool, Drug Enforcement Agency, Due Process, Due Process Clause, Game of Thrones, Jose Padilla, Mezei, SSP, State Secrets Privilege, Take Care Clause, terrorism, Trump, unenforcement, Zadvydas
Join us as Professors Vladeck and Chesney discuss and debate the latest national security law news! This week we’ve got: The Adham Hassoun case: Can the government hold a terrorism-related individual in long-term immigration custody…
Episode 115: This Podcast Does Not Have a Grandparent Born in Ireland
- March 25, 2019
- Tagged as: AG Barr, al Bahlul, al-Shimari, American Taliban, appointments clause, Barr Letter, Clinton v. Jones, CMCR, Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, Court of Military Commission Review, EJILTalk!, extradition, habeas jurisdiction, Hall and Oates, IHL Exclusion Clause, immunity from civil suit, inferior officer, John Walker Lindh, Judge Brinkema, jus cogens, material support, Mueller Report, presidential immunity, sovereign immunity, True Detective. NCAA Tournament, Trump, Trumplandia, Whitewater
We are back after a spring break hiatus, and we do not lack for things to discuss and debate in the wide world of national security law. Tune in for: What we can make of…
Episode 105: That Doesn’t Mean You Do It Stupid!
- January 7, 2019
- Tagged as: 10 USC 2808, 33 USC 2293, al Tanif, al-Badawi, Article II, AUMF, Border Wall, Chinese commercial espionage, Deployment Power, eminent domain, GTMO, Guantanamo, Harold Martin, IEEPA, Immigration Judge, Iran, John Bolton, Judge Schools, Judge Spath, mathlete, Mattis, Mattis rule, Mean Girls, Military Commissions, National Emergencies Act, national security fact deference, National Security Law, NEA, NSA, Regina George, Shadow Brokers, Shanahan, Syria, Syria withdrawal, transgender servicemembers, Trump, UN Charter, USS Cole, Vacancies Act, War Powers, War Powers Resolution, Warren Christopher Clark, Warren Clark, WPR
If your New Year’s Resolution involves finding a podcast exploring the legal aspects of major national security events and institutions, we are here to help! Start of 2019 the right way with our first episode…
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