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The National Security Law Podcast

Episode 20: The Executive Branch’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Week in Court

The National Security Law Podcast

Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck

Courses, Politics, News, Education, Government

4.8646 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2017

⏱️ 38 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

It has only been a few days since Episode 19, but Steve and Bobby are worried that fellow national security law geeks won't have enough @nslpodcast to enjoy during long Memorial Day Weekend roadtrips.  That, plus they want to make sure you are up to speed on two big new rulings by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, both of which went against the Executive Branch.  First, the en banc Fourth Circuit today issued IRAP v. Trump, in which a majority of the Court agreed to uphold the nationwide injunction a trial judge had issued against the second version of the Trump Administration's immigration-related executive order (the decision focuses on the Establishment Clause challenge). Second, a Fourth Circuit panel on Tuesday ruled in Wikimedia Foundation v. NSA/CSS that Wikimedia pled sufficient facts to survive the government's motion to dismiss on standing grounds, in connection with a suit that challenges the Section 702 Upstream collection program on Fourth Amendment grounds.  Tune in for Steve and Bobby's review and analysis of these important decisions in a somewhat-shorter-than-usual episode, as well as a quick recap of last night's U2 concert in Houston (part of the 30th-anniversary Joshua Tree tour; Bobby had a darn good time).

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to movie phone.

0:13.4

Bobby, Bobby, Bobby, wrong script.

0:16.4

Wrong?

0:17.0

Wrong?

0:17.5

Wrong scripts, not movie phone.

0:19.1

Hello from Austin and welcome to episode 20 of the National Security Law Podcast.

0:24.2

That's better.

0:24.7

Brought to you by the Strauss Center at the University of Texas.

0:27.9

I am Bobby Chesney and this is not movie phone.

0:30.1

Although it would be pretty cool if it was, Bobby.

0:31.7

I'm Steve Vladik and I used to actually, I think, do a pretty good impression.

0:35.2

If you know the name of the movie you'd like to see, press one.

0:39.2

I like Kramer's version.

0:40.6

Perhaps you'd just like to tell me the name of the movie you'd like to see.

0:44.1

Of course, that reminds me of George's answering machine message, right?

0:47.2

Believe it or not, George isn't at home.

0:50.3

Please leave a message at the beep.

0:53.0

Oh, my God.

0:53.8

Steve, what are we doing?

0:54.4

We just posted an episode.

0:55.7

Did we?

0:56.4

A couple days ago.

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