The National Security Law Podcast

The National Security Law Podcast


Latest Episodes

Episode 237: Are You Not Detained???
April 25, 2023

And we're back, with co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney breaking down the latest national security law news along with much else. This week the spotlight is on the D.C. Circuit's en banc decisi

Episode 236: Damn the Torpedoes!
April 05, 2023

Good morning! Episode 236 covers: - The Trump Indictment - The Biden Administration's Executive Order on Abusive Commercial Spyware - A CENTCOM strike against an IS target in Syria - The future of pr

Episode 235: A Drone Struck
March 16, 2023

We're back with a Spring Break edition, featuring: ICC cases emerging against Russian defendants for (1) removing children from Ukraine to Russia and (2) attacking civilian infrastructure A UK dron

Episode 234: Not *That* Linda Hamilton
February 23, 2023

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 T

Episode 233: This Episode Was (Not) Written by ChatGPT
February 14, 2023

We are delighted this week to feature two Texas Law students -- Sam Libby and Alex Rigby -- who earned the chance to co-host the show with us thanks to their generosity supporting the Texas Law Fellow

Episode 232: Top Gun 3: Deflategate!
February 09, 2023

After a week with no electricity, Professors Vladeck and Chesney are back with the latest in national security law news. Tune in for discussions of: the law (or lack thereof) when it comes to balloo

Episode 231: If You Go to Washington Don’t Crime There
January 24, 2023

What's this, a one-week turnaround between shows? Will wonders never cease? In a throwback to the days of this being a weekly show, your co-hosts Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck are back on a quick t

Episode 230, Not Section 230
January 17, 2023

Wouldn't want you to be misled by the episode number (though we do actually foreshadow some future Section 230 coverage in light of an upcoming pair of SCOTUS cases)! At any rate: tune in as Professo

Episode 229: We Are Not Not Going to Post Weekly in 2023 Maybe
January 02, 2023

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

Episode 228: Not *That* George Clinton!
December 12, 2022

Holiday edition! Tune in as co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney discuss the rapid demise of the attempt by Donald Trump's lawyers to use Executive Privilege in relation to the classified documen