Steve Vladeck
Executive Editor
Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) holds the Charles Alan Wright Chair in Federal Courts at the University of Texas School of Law and is also a senior editor of the Journal of National Security Law & Policy; a contributing editor to the Lawfare blog; a Distinguished Scholar at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law; a fellow of the Fordham University School of Law Center on National Security; the Supreme Court Fellow for the Constitution Project; and an elected member of the American Law Institute. Steve’s prolific and award-winning scholarship has been published in the Yale Law Journal, the Harvard Law Review, and the Columbia Law Review, among others. Steve has also published short-form writing in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the National Law Journal, MSNBC.com, Slate, and BuzzFeed. Steve graduated from Amherst College and Yale Law School, after which he clerked for Judge Marsha Berzon on the Ninth Circuit and Judge Rosemary Barkett on the Eleventh Circuit. Steve is also on LinkedIn.
Areas of Expertise: Constitutional Law, National Security Law, Federal Jurisdiction, International Criminal Law, Surveillance, Detention, Federal Courts, Military Commissions
Selected Media Appearances
Television
Criticism Over Terror Suspect Killing – WUSA (9 News Now at 11)
Espionage Act and Whistle-Blowers – C-SPAN (Washington Journal)
Radio
Amnesty International: US drone strikes are ‘unlawful,’ demands victim reparations – KPCC (Airtalk)
Legal Questions Over Special Ops Raids– WBUR (Here & Now)
White House Issues New Rules on al Qaida Suspects – NPR (All Things Considered)
Online
Massive NSA cellphone-tracking program snares some Americans, too – The Christian Science Monitor
Taking the “Meh” out of Metadata – Slate
The Best Evidence Yet That Government Surveillance Oversight Is Nowhere Near Adequate – Slate
It’s time to fix the FISA Court (the way Congress intended) – MSNBC
Articles by this author:
The Just Security Podcast: Presidential Immunity After Trump v. United States
by Marty Lederman, Mary B. McCord, Steve Vladeck, Ryan Goodman, Paras Shah, Audrey Balliette and Harrison Blank
Jul 3rd, 2024
The House Closed a Key Loophole in Court-Martial Appeals. Will the Senate Follow?
by Eugene R. Fidell and Steve Vladeck
Jul 27th, 2023
Principles for a 2021 Authorization for Use of Military Force
by Tess Bridgeman, Ryan Goodman, Stephen Pomper and Steve Vladeck
Mar 5th, 2021
Why Guantánamo Detainees Should Have Access to COVID Vaccines Part II: Federal Law and DoD Policies
by Ryan Goodman, Oona A. Hathaway and Steve Vladeck
Feb 4th, 2021
Why Guantánamo Detainees Should Have Access to COVID Vaccines Part I: Law of Armed Conflict and Good Policy
by Ryan Goodman, Oona A. Hathaway and Steve Vladeck
Feb 1st, 2021
Election Law Primer: What to Expect During and After the 2020 Election
by Teri Kanefield and Steve Vladeck
Nov 3rd, 2020
All the President’s Lawsuits: Fraud, Defamation, and the Westfall Act
by Chimène Keitner and Steve Vladeck
Sep 25th, 2020
The Untold Power of Bill Barr to Direct US Military Forces in Case of “Civil Unrest”
by Ryan Goodman and Steve Vladeck
Jun 9th, 2020
Welcoming Joshua Geltzer as a New Executive Editor at Just Security
by Ryan Goodman and Steve Vladeck
Oct 31st, 2019
Q&A: Does an Assange Prosecution Pose a Threat to Freedom of the Press?
by Ryan Goodman and Steve Vladeck
Apr 11th, 2019
About that Trial Balloon on Using 9/11 AUMF to Authorize Strikes on Iran
by Steve Vladeck and Tess Bridgeman
Feb 21st, 2019
Welcome Tess Bridgeman as Senior Editor of Just Security
by Ryan Goodman and Steve Vladeck
Jan 2nd, 2019
MBS and the Torture Victims Protection Act–His travel to the United States may no longer be an option
Oct 17th, 2018
The Confusing and Confused New Attack on the Constitutionality of the Special Counsel’s Investigation
May 24th, 2018
What the Heck is Happening in Al-Nashiri?: The Ten-Layer Dip at the Heart of the Latest Guantánamo Mess
May 11th, 2018
Can the Presidency Trump a Special Counsel Subpoena?
by Steve Vladeck and Benjamin Wittes
May 2nd, 2018