Episode 186: Jumping the Kraken!

The National Security Law Podcast

Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck

Courses, Politics, News, Education, Government

4.8 • 646 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2020

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

It's National Safe Harbor day (for all you Electoral College enthusiasts), and we're here to celebrate with a new show. Join for spirited but respectful debate between Professors Chesney and Vladeck as they discuss: The legal basis for a possible presidential action to compel Pfizer to bump the United States ahead of other countries when it comes to accessing vaccine doses beyond the 100m covered in the current contract Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's attempt to get the Supreme Court to adjudicate a claim by Texas that the election results in Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania all should be thrown out The Supreme Court's ruling (granting injunctive relief) in Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo, concerning the application of the First Amendment Free Exercise Clause to New York's emergency rules on maximum-occupancy for purposes of pandemic control Whither the NDAA? We take note of the veto threat, and offer thoughts on selected issues in the bill including the GMTO and military commission-related provisions (or, in the latter case, the absence of one such provision), as well as the proposed National Cybersecurity Director Plus, inevitably, a review of the latest episode of The Mandalorian, and appreciation for the New York Colt McCoys (Giants)!

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0:00.0	Hello from Austin.
0:11.2	Welcome to episode 186 of the National Security Law podcast.
0:15.2	We're brought to you by the Strauss Center at the University of Texas.
0:18.5	It's midday on December 8th, 2020.
0:21.1	I'm Bobby Chesman.
0:22.9	I'm Steve Lodick.
0:23.8	Happy to Safe Harbor Day.
0:25.1	Yo, 5 p.m. 6 p.m. today.
0:27.7	The Electoral College results are locked in for any state that's certified by this time,
0:35.1	meaning that Congress cannot later challenge them?
0:40.2	Well, I wouldn't go quite that far, meaning that it would take both houses of Congress to agree
0:45.3	to later challenge them, which ain't happening. That is definitely not happening.
0:51.8	There are a lot of things that are definitely not happening, Bobby.
0:54.9	They are still making the news.
0:56.0	Yes, they are.
0:57.2	And some of them we should talk about.
0:58.8	Let's give a quick run of show.
1:01.2	All right, well, first, the Giants are still in first place.
1:03.9	They might be Giants.
1:07.1	Even with the very surprising victory by the Washington football team yesterday, the Giants own the tiebreaker by virtue having swept their season series with the Washington's.
1:16.6	Well, the Washington's. I like that. You know what? That's got a lot of potential. They should.
1:22.6	The Washington Washington's? No, just the Washington's. I like that. It's like it's like a family. Like we're the Washington's. Who's coming over to play today? Oh, the Washington's. I like that. It's like a family. Like, we're the Washington's.
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