The NSL Podcast is a weekly review of the latest legal controversies associated with the U.S. government’s national security activities and institutions, featuring Professors Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck of the University of Texas at Austin. They bring different perspectives to these issues, but always in a friendly spirit. The program is fast-paced but detail-rich, and is meant for lawyers and non-lawyers alike. If you’ve been looking for a thoughtful yet enjoyable way to keep up with and better understand these issues, this is the show for you.
Latest in The National Security Law Podcast
We’re not a biweekly show, we promise! It just seems that way sometimes…like this week, when we are bringing you:
So we took a week off without warning because, you know, 2020. But we’re back, and we sure don’t lack for things to discuss and debate! Tune in as co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney weigh in on:
We are back after a week off, and apparently your co-hosts used the extra time to sharpen disagreements about old school topics like … GTMO! Tune in for:
We are back with a new episode, bringing you respectful disagreements and discussion–not to mention heaps of frivolity–about the latest national security law news. This week, co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney discuss:
We were out last week…what’d we miss?
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So, there was much we could have covered this week, but we decided to focus on these three:
This week we don’t lack for topics, to say the least. Tune in for in-the-weeds discussion of:
We’re back, with a Supreme-Court focused episode! Tune in for:
The Supreme Court’s twin decisions in the New York grand jury and Congressional subpoena cases; The consequences of those decisions for related litigation such as the Don McGahn subpoena case; The McGirt decision on the Muskogee nation’s control of territory in eastern Oklahoma; And the petition for en banc review in the Michael Flynn case.As for frivolity, how could it be anything other than the "Hamilton" movie?
This week on NSL Podcast, co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney review and debate the latest national security legal news, including:
In the latest episode of the National Security Law Podcast, co-hosts Professors Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney discuss:
We bring you a special episode, recorded jointly with Ben Wittes as an episode of the Lawfare Podcast. Ben, Bobby and Steve explore the threatened invocation of the Insurrection Act by President Trump, the president’s existing use of the D.C. National Guard, the president’s assertion that he will designate Antifa as a “domestic terrorist organization” and the use of tear gas and rubber bullets to clear protesters out of Lafayette Square Park in order to facilitate a presidential photo op.