Episode 114: Manafortnite




The National Security Law Podcast show

Summary: This week’s show features debate and discussion between co-hosts Professors Steve Vladeck and Bobby Chesney regarding:<br> <br> * Paul Manafort: comparing his first and second federal sentences, and the timing of the new New York State charges<br> * Yemen: Congress considering a bill to compel an end to US support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, and the President promising a veto<br> * The Border Emergency: Congress is poised to pass a bill terminating the asserted national emergency at the border, but that too faces a certain veto<br> * The ARTICLE ONE Act: Heaven save us from awkward, forced acronyms.  But perhaps don’t save us from useful changes to the National Emergencies Act? The good, bad, and …incomplete?…about the proposed “ARTICLE ONE Act.”<br> * The IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act: We’ve got a brief breakdown of this useful new bill.<br> * Transgender Military Service and Judicial Deference: Judges Wilkins and Williams have it out in Jane Doe 2 v. Shanahan.<br> * Habeas for Undocumented Persons in Detention? This case looms very large, and involves a circuit split.<br> * Once More Unto the Breach…with Larabee II!<br> * A Double-Jeopardy Windfall? Double-mishandling of double jeopardy in US v. Rice?<br> * Online Material Support to the Islamic State: The arrest of Kim Vo in Georgia.<br> <br> And then, just because these two don’t know when to stop, there’s the frivolity: musings about US News Rankings, debate over the college admissions bribery scandal, and a surprise appearance by … Hall and Oates?  You make-a-my dreams come true, dear listeners!<br>