The National Security Law Podcast

The National Security Law Podcast


Episode 187: Trumplandia in the Twilight

December 15, 2020

Hey, we're back on our weekly schedule!  How 'bout that...now we'll probably skip the next three, but hey, until then, we've got a quite a show, not to mention the launch of our holiday charity drive! What's that all about?  Well, it's simple: give $5 or more to Casa Marianella, forward the emailed receipt that you get from them to ThisIsTheWay@strausscenter.org (.org, not .com!), and you will be entered in a drawing.  What drawing?  Well, after January 15, we'll pick one of the entries at random, and that person will be invited to join us (date to be determined jointly) to CO-HOST an episode with us!  Do it!  Do it!  C'mon, do it! What's that?  Oh, right.  This week's show actually talks about: * Barr out, Rosen in * The demise of the Ken Paxton (well, "Texas") election suit * Electors doing their jobs, electors doing...something else * The "Safe Harbor" rule and justiciability of electoral slate challenges * The SolarWinds cybersecurity mess * TikTok v. Trump: The DC Circuit seems poised to accept TikTok's IEEPA interpretation argument * The roadmap to closing GTMO under the Biden administration (well, we are speculating, but still...) * Did you know the Periodic Review Board authorized a GTMO transfer the other day?  That's 6 approved for transfer, out of 40 remaining overall. * Another trial judge for the 9/11 case...or one of the old ones is back.? * DOD ending support for CIA Title 50 operations? * The NDAA: veto or not? * If not, then here's what Section 1702 does for Congressional oversight of "sensitive military cyber operations" * The Supreme Court's Briggs decision: bad news for a certain podcast co-host * Is it just me, or is this least really long? * Frivolity: The Mandalorian of course.  Or is it the Manladorian? (Google it)