Following the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, we spoke with longtime national security professors and practitioners William Banks, Mary DeRosa and Harvey Rishikof about the many different security threats and legal implications of last week's events.

This episode references:

National Security: Emerging Critical Issues CLE Webinar Series

https://cvent.me/BNXmX5

The 25th Amendment

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxxv

Articles of Impeachment introduced in the House

https://cicilline.house.gov/sites/cicilline.house.gov/files/documents/ARTICLES%20-%20Final%201030%20-%20011121.pdf

Mayor Bowser’s Letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad Wolf Regarding Inauguration Preparations

https://mayor.dc.gov/release/mayor-bowser%E2%80%99s-letter-us-department-homeland-security-acting-secretary-chad-wolf-regarding

18 USC § 2384, Seditious conspiracy

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2384

18 USC § 2381, Treason

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2381

18 USC § 2383, Rebellion or insurrection

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2383

52 USC § 20511

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/52/20511

40 USC § 5104, Unlawful activities [in the United States Capitol Buildings and Grounds]

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/40/5104

"If Trump pardons himself now, he’ll be walking into a trap" Asha Rangappa, Washington Post, January 8, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/trump-raffensperger-pardon-prosecute/2021/01/06/a32388fe-4f9d-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html

FBI Statement Before the House Oversight and Reform Committee. "Confronting White Supremacy" June 4, 2019

https://www.fbi.gov/news/testimony/confronting-white-supremacy

"Hate Crimes in U.S. Rose to Highest Level in More Than a Decade in 2019" New York Times, November 16, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/16/us/hate-crime-rate.html

"Pelosi asks Joint Chiefs about preventing Trump from launching nukes" Politico, January 8, 2021

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/08/pelosi-trump-take-away-nuclear-codes-456529

"Amazon Will Suspend Hosting For Pro-Trump Social Network Parler" Buzzfeed News, January 9, 2021

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/johnpaczkowski/amazon-parler-aws

"From ‘beautiful’ to ‘disgraceful’: World reacts to Capitol riots" Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 7, 2021

https://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/from-beautiful-to-disgraceful-world-reacts-to-capitol-protests/JONZQYHFKZFQ5GKOUP4QHOK2XE/

"Kim Jong Un Calls U.S. North Korea's 'Biggest Enemy,' Vows To Advance Nuclear Arsenal" NPR, January 9, 2021

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/09/955192283/kim-jong-un-calls-u-s-north-koreas-biggest-enemy-vows-to-advance-nuclear-arsenal

Past NSLT podcasts on

Impeachment

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_national_security/nslt/20191219-impeachment-national-security-and-the-law/

The Mueller Report

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_national_security/nslt/20190502-what-have-we-learned-from-the-mueller-report-part1/

Pardons

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_national_security/nslt/20201203-pardons-clemency1/

Domestic Terrorism

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_national_security/nslt/20210107-domestic-terrorism/

The Insurrection Act

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_national_security/nslt/20200605-insurrection-act/

William Banks is a professor at Syracuse Law School and the Chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security

http://law.syr.edu/profile/william-banks1

Mary DeRosa is a professor at Georgetown University Law Center and the Chair of the Advisory Committee

https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/mary-b-derosa/

Harvey Rishikof is the Director of Policy and Cyber Security Research at the University of Maryland ARLIS and the Senior Counselor to the Committee

https://www.aspeninstitute.org/our-people/harvey-rishikof/