Hello friends, and welcome back to the NSL Podcast with Professor Vladeck and Dean Chesney. Tune in for a detailed discussion of the bizarre plea-deal-wait-nevermind-no-plea-deal situation that unfolded last week in relation to three of the four remaining military commission defendants in the 9/11 prosecution, as well as a breakdown of the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity (from prosecution) case.

Do these guys spend too much time talking about the Mets, and Star Wars, and House of the Dragon/Game of Thrones? Well, yes, sure, but it beats having the show interrupted by advertisements, no?

Betcha thought we were done…but we’re back! Tune in as Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney discuss and debate the latest (ok, some of this stuff is months old) national security law and related developments, including:

• The renewal of Section 702 (aka our first contribution to the rapidly-upcoming debate over the next renewal)
• The conviction of the former president in New York Court (and the prospects for SCOTUS to get involved)
• Speaking of SCOTUS: we’re waiting on a *LOT* of big decisions over the next two weeks, including the presidential immunity claim, social media content moderation jawboning, and more
• We’ve also got an upcoming oral argument in the Florida federal court trial of the former president in relation to classified documents
• TikTok & Bytedance v. Garland: we discuss the prospects for the First Amendment claim, as well as the prospects for a Takings argument and, perhaps the sleeper topic among these, the Bill of Attainder argument

Of course there’s frivolity too. Lots of it. Watching the Acolyte? The Mets? House of the Dragon? Hitman? Mr. Bates vs the Post Office?

Hello, is this thing on? Check one, check two…testing, testing. We’re good? Alright alright alright…

It’s been 100 days between shows. Thought maybe the world might be calmer if we waited a bit, but no such luck! We are, however, very glad to be back on the air with a fresh (and rather long!) episode. Tune in for topics including:

• Israel & Hamas
• Ukraine & Russia
• America & the Houthis
• 702 renewal
• TikTok & prospects for the divestment bill prevailing vs a First Amendment challenge
• All sorts of Trump litigation
• All sorts of Texas border stuff (invasion as a constitutional concept, state-level war powers, preemption, the limits of preemption, etc.)
• Plus, why do the Mets already suck? It’s only been four games. Yeesh.