Episode 123: Our Gym Was Named for the Espionage Act Guy???

The National Security Law Podcast

Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck

Courses, Politics, News, Education, Government

4.8 • 646 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2019

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

In a final episode before taking a one-week travel break, co-hosts Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck discuss and debate an array of recent national security law developments including: Assange & the Espionage Act: DOJ has unsealed a superseding indictment against Julian Assange, including a raft of Espionage Act charges with serious (and long-anticipated) implications for journalists. The indictment does not mention the connection between UT's Volleyball Gymnasium and a key architect of the Espionage Act back during WWI, so we also address that... Border Wall Funding: In Sierra Club v. Trump, a federal district judge has issued a preliminary injunction in relation to the Trump administration's efforts to transfer funds to DOD's "Section 284" account, while also addressing the distinct "Section 2808" military construction funding mechanism. SCOTUS Grants Cert. in the Cross-Border Shooting Case: Steve isn't busy enough, so SCOTUS has decided to hear Hernandez v. Mesa (on whether a Bivens damages action should exist where a federal agent is alleged to have violated the Fourth & Fifth Amendments and there is no other remedy available). NSD Roundup: Short notes on a pair of terrorism-related case developments. How Was that Not Military Activity? On the ITLOS decision concluding that Russia was not engaged in "military activities" when it fired on and seized Ukrainian vessels. But, enough about all that serious stuff. We've also got opinions about the NBA...

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0:00.0	Hello from Austin and welcome to episode one, two, three, the National Security Law
0:13.8	podcast, brought to you by the Stroud Center at the University of Texas.
0:17.4	It's Tuesday, May 28th, 2019.
0:19.7	I'm Bobby Chesney.
0:20.7	You just wanted to say it that way.
0:21.7	I did. No one ever says it that way.
0:23.4	I'm Steve Vlodic. Bobby, hi.
0:25.6	Hey, do you know why six is afraid of seven?
0:28.6	Because eight, because seven, eight, nine?
0:30.6	Yes.
0:31.6	It's a counting themed episode of the National Security Law podcast.
0:35.6	Really? I feel like that's it. Do we
0:37.6	have any other counting? Well, no, we kind of put it all up front there. Do we have anything
0:42.1	else to talk about? Champions League final Saturday afternoon, Spurs Liverpool. Come on new Spurs.
0:47.8	Come on, y'all Spurs. We've got Julian Assange making news again, or shall we say DOJ making news in relation to Julian
0:56.1	Assange.
0:56.6	And that'll be our main item.
0:57.7	And probably an equal amount of time will be then devoted to the Sierra Club v. Trump
1:02.5	border wall decision where we've got, what was it, a preliminary injunction?
1:07.9	Having to do with some aspects, not all aspects, but some key aspects of the panoply of
1:14.3	spending measures that the Trump administration cooked up to build the wall, as they say.
1:21.0	Beyond that, we've got some SCOTUS roundup.
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