Summary: It’s not every week on this show that we get to talk about the <a href="http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=8946">Trade Expansion Act of 1962</a> and the <a href="https://law.duke.edu/lib/researchguides/gatt/">General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade</a>! And if that’s not an appealing hook to get you to listen, we don’t know what is. Ahem….<br> Let’s try that again. On this week’s show, Professors Vladeck and Chesney cover a mix of new and old topics:<br> <br> * President Trump’s invocation of national security to justify new tariffs on steel imports: is it plausible from a legal perspective?<br> * The war(s) in Yemen, a proposed joint resolution to limit America’s military roles there, and a statement from DOD’s GC providing a snapshot of views regarding the legal issues raised by those roles (including a gesture towards a Commander-in-Chief override argument should such a resolution somehow become law).<br> * Checking in with our crisis-ridden military commission system: Nashiri’s last remaining attorney argues that the CMCR lacks jurisdiction to hear an interlocutory appeal from Judge Spath’s abatement decision.<br> * FISA, the FISCOR, and SCOTUS (we love acronyms!): join us for some fed courts nerdistry on the surprisingly-limited pathways for a FISCOR ruling to make it to SCOTUS (prompted by the pending ACLU/MFIA litigation seeking increased transparency for FISC opinions).<br> * Did HSPCI staff leak a Senator’s text messages? We check in on the growing tensions between SSCI and HPSCI.<br> * Last (well, last for serious stuff), we take the occasion of the recent Hope Hicks testimony to remind listeners how executive privilege invocations in Congress are supposed to work.<br> <br> Actually last, frivolity is back, albeit briefly (what an odd sentence). Your mission, should you choose to accept it: What are the greatest TV dramas of all time? Mini-series excluded, but doesn’t have to be broadcast network TV. Listen to the end to see if you agree with our take! And, finally: please spread the word about the podcast!<br>
