The National Security Law Podcast: Friday Was Quite a Month
In light of the amazing developments last Friday, we decided to move the show up to today. Tune in for discussion of five things that happened just that one day:
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In light of the amazing developments last Friday, we decided to move the show up to today. Tune in for discussion of five things that happened just that one day:
- A deep dive on the international law framework implicated by the U.S./U.K./France airstrikes on Syrian government facilities associated with chemical weapons (with a special emphasis on the U.K.’s asserted humanitarian intervention justification).
- An equally deep dive into the U.S. domestic law framework governing the use of the military (with a special emphasis on the problem of drawing the line between uses of the military that rise to the level of “war” and those that involve lethal force yet still do not count as war).
- The Justice Department inspector general report on Andy McCabe.
- The ongoing dispute over attorney-client privilege in relation to the search warrant executed at Michael Cohen’s office.
- The flurry of rumors about the imminent firing of Rod Rosenstein.
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.
