The National Security Law Podcast: In Case of Vacancy, Who Becomes Our Acting Podcast Host?
And we’re back with a new episode, with co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney discussing and debating the latest national security law news (and, let’s face it, engaging in *lots* of digressions). This week we’ve got:
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And we’re back with a new episode, with co-hosts Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney discussing and debating the latest national security law news (and, let’s face it, engaging in *lots* of digressions). This week we’ve got:
- Succession-Fest: We go deep into the weeds on a number of succession-in-office topics involving people named to be “acting” this-or-that. Of course we focus in particular on the prospect of an Acting Director of National Intelligence, but we also look ahead to developments impacting the Department of Homeland Security. And, just for kicks, we consider the implications of having a large number of acting officials as department heads in light of, oh, how about the 25th Amendment?
- Military Commissions: We update a few topics from last week, while once more looking ahead to the eventual 9/11 trial.
- SCOTUS in Summer: SCOTUS is out of session, yes, but still takes certain actions. We’ve got a Border Wall update, along with some really-in-the-weeds analysis of the Court’s original (and perhaps exclusive?) jurisdiction for certain types of cases involving states.
- NSD Roundup: Usually the roundup of news involving DOJ’s National Security Division involves one prosecution victory after another, but not this week: We pick up a story from our 109th episode, reporting on the district court’s recent decision to vacate the conviction of Hamid Hayat (the Lodi, California man convicted more than a decade ago for an alleged terrorism plot).
As for frivolity, this week we keep it rather brief and off-the-cuff, focusing on some Major League Baseball trade developments.
Robert (Bobby) Chesney is the Dean of the University of Texas School of Law, where he also holds the James A. Baker III Chair in the Rule of Law and World Affairs at UT. He is known internationally for his scholarship relating both to cybersecurity and national security. He is a co-founder of Lawfare, the nation’s leading online source for analysis of national security legal issues, and he co-hosts the popular show The National Security Law Podcast.
Steve Vladeck is a professor of law at the University of Texas School of Law. A 2004 graduate of Yale Law School, Steve clerked for Judge Marsha Berzon on the Ninth Circuit and Judge Rosemary Barkett on the Eleventh Circuit. In addition to serving as a senior editor of the Journal of National Security Law & Policy, Steve is also the co-editor of Aspen Publishers’ leading National Security Law and Counterterrorism Law casebooks.
