Confirmation Hearing Blitz with No Bull
The day before last week's inauguration of President Joe Biden, four of the Biden administration's core national security nominees appeared before various Senate committees for their confirmation hear...
25 Tammi 20211h 54min
Dan Byman on the Sequel that Never Came to Be
It was supposed to be the big sequel to the January 6 "Stop the Steal" rally-turned-riot. It was supposed to be the largest armed protest in the history of the United States, taking place in all 50 st...
22 Tammi 202133min
Information Disorder During and After the Trump Presidency
During his inaugural address yesterday, President Biden spoke about the subject of this podcast: disinformation. “There is truth and there are lies,” Biden said, “lies told for power and for profit.” ...
21 Tammi 202147min
Jeff Kosseff on the Fight Against Online Child Pornography
Private entities—in particular, technology giants like internet service providers, email services and social networks—play a vital role in helping law enforcement fight child pornography online. But t...
20 Tammi 202133min
Dan Hemel and Gerard Magliocca on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment
In the wake of the January 6 mob attack on the Capitol, some have called for the invocation of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. Section 3 disqualifies anyone who has engaged in rebellion or insurrecti...
19 Tammi 202147min
David Kris on the NSA Annex
The NSA this week released a long-awaited update to its signals intelligence policy, which had not been updated since 1988. David Kris, former assistant attorney general for the National Security Divi...
15 Tammi 202144min
Jonathan Zittrain on the Great Deplatforming
Yesterday, January 13, the House of Representatives impeached President Trump a second time for encouraging the violent riot in the Capitol Building on January 6. And yet, the impeachment is probably ...
14 Tammi 20211h
Late Impeachments
Jack Goldsmith sat down with Brian Kalt, a law professor at Michigan State University, to talk about an important issue in the news this week: late impeachments. In the current context, the issue of a...
13 Tammi 202140min
