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The National Security Law Podcast

Episode 34: January 2019 as the Start of the 9/11 Trial: Over/Under?

The National Security Law Podcast

Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck

Courses, Politics, News, Education, Government

4.8646 Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2017

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode, Professors Chesney and Vladeck spend time with three legal topics (before spiraling off into some ill-informed commentary on the college football season).  First, building off a report that FBI arrests of Islamic State supporters inside the US have declined significantly recently, they discuss why such a change may have occurred and what it signifies for the role of law enforcement in counterterrorism policy. Second, they check in on the progress (ahem) of the pre-trial proceedings in the military commission case involving the 9/11 conspiracy.  The trial judge recently offered January 2019 as a trial date trial balloon, which leads your hosts into an extended discussion of the odds of that happening--and the many complications that factor into that question.  Third, on the theory that decisions to enforce or not enforce various aspects of immigration law pertain to the larger topic of presidential power, they dive deep into the DACA controversy.  If you are looking for a walk-through of the basic legal issues, and some speculation about how things may play out, this is what you need.  Oh, and as I mentioned, they seem to think they have some neat insights into college football, so if you like that sort of thing--or if you just want to hear them wallow in the pain of UT getting smacked by Maryland in its home opener--stick around for the final ten minutes.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello from Austin and welcome to episode 34 of the National Security Law podcast, brought to you by the Strauss Center at the University of Texas.

0:17.9

I'm Bobby Chesney.

0:18.9

I'm Steve Lottick.

0:19.9

Episode 34.

0:23.7

34 and still not canceled. And still not. Well. Texas. I'm Bobby Chesney. I'm Steve Lodick. Episode 34. And still not canceled. And still not, well,

0:29.2

because we can't be. Because we can. It's like tenure, right? They can't fire us. They can't get rid of us. I mean, I guess technically they could fire us. They could delete us from their download feeds.

0:33.4

They could delete us from their download. Well, you could, you listeners could fire us. That's right. But we'd still be tenured law professors.

0:38.8

Well, we'll see.

0:40.0

That might be the case for abolishing tenure if I've ever heard.

0:42.7

So who's your favorite 34?

0:44.2

Like Nolan Ryan, Charles Barkley.

0:46.0

Herschel Walker.

0:48.0

Shack in his L.A. days versus his Orlando days.

0:50.8

I wasn't prepared for this.

0:51.9

I would have done some cheating research. Well, I'll see why to put you on the spot.

0:55.2

No, I came up with Herschel Walker.

0:56.5

I feel like that was a good thing.

0:57.4

Our DC listeners might be saying Bryce Harper,

0:59.6

at which the Mets fan in me just cringes and says,

1:02.3

wait until he's a Yankee, everybody.

1:03.7

Oh, boy.

1:04.4

Yeah, that's unfortunate. By the way, David Wright having shoulder surgery now. There was a joke going on it on last night about the Mets injury report, and it was like,

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