Law School Course 1:
Introduction to Legal Sources in U.S. Intelligence Law

• Professor: David Alan Jordan
• Length: 8 Hours
• File Size: 111MB
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Lesson 1: Introduction

• 1.1 General Introduction
  
  • 1.1.1 Introduction
    
  • 1.1.2 Structure of Course I
    
  • 1.1.3 Free Materials on IntelligenceLaw.com
    
  • 1.1.4 Annotated Transcript
    
• 1.2 What is U.S. Intelligence Law?
  
  • 1.2.1 Intelligence Law Generally
    
  • 1.2.2 “United States Person” Defined
    

Lesson 2: Primary Legal Authority in the Federal System

• 2.1 The Federal Legal System of the United States
  
  • 2.1.1 Introduction to Lesson 2
    
  • 2.1.2 National Law vs. International Law
    
  • 2.1.3 Federal Law vs. State Law
    
• 2.2 Legal Authority Generally
  
  • 2.2.1 The Two Basic Categories of Legal Authority: (1) Primary Authority; and (2) Secondary Authority
    
  • 2.2.2 Secondary Legal Authority
    
  • 2.2.3 Primary Legal Authority
    
• 2.3 The Three Fundamental Categories of Federal Law
  
  • 2.3.1 The 4 Sources of Primary Legal Rules
    
  • 2.3.2 The 3 Categories of Primary Legal Authority: (1) Constitutional Law; (2) Statutory Law; and (3) Administrative Law
    
  • 2.3.3 Constitutional Law
    
  • 2.3.4 Statutory Law
    
  • 2.3.5 Administrative Law
    
• 2.4 Judicial Decisions
  
  • 2.4.1 Basic Three-Step Legal Research Process
    
  • 2.4.2 Findings of Fact vs. Findings of Law
    
  • 2.4.3 Case Holdings vs. Obiter Dicta
    
  • 2.4.4 Misuse of Obiter Dicta in U.S. Intelligence Law
    
  • 2.4.5 The Limited Importance of the Judicial Branch in U.S. Intelligence Law
    
  • 2.4.6 Focus on Codified Legal Rules in this Lecture Series
    
• 2.5 Concluding Remarks on Primary Legal Authority
  • 2.5.1 Concluding Remarks on Primary Legal Authority
    

Lesson 3: Constitutional Law

• 3.1 Introduction to Constitutional Law
  
  • 3.1.1 Introduction to Lesson 3
    
  • 3.1.2 The Supreme Law of the Land
    
  • 3.1.3 Government Action Requirement
    
  • 3.1.4 Outsourcing Constitutional Violations: The Joint-Venture Doctrine and the Civil Rights Act
    
  • 3.1.5 Who is Protected by Constitutional Law?
    
• 3.2 Basic Structure of the U.S. Constitution
  
  • 3.2.1 Length of the U.S. Constitution
    
  • 3.2.2 Three-Part Structure Generally
    
  • 3.2.3 The Three Articles Most Important to U.S. Intelligence Law
    
  • 3.2.4 The Three Amendments Most Important to U.S. Intelligence Law
    
• 3.3 The Preamble
  
  • 3.3.1 Preamble Generally
    
• 3.4 The Articles
  
  • 3.4.1 Articles I, II, & III Generally
    
  • 3.4.2 Article I
    
  • 3.4.3 Article II
    
  • 3.4.4 Article III
    
  • 3.4.5 Disputes of the Separation of Powers: Custom vs. Litigation
    
• 3.5 The Bill of Rights
  
  • 3.5.1 Introduction to Individual Rights in U.S. Intelligence Law
    
  • 3.5.2 The First Amendment
    
  • 3.5.3 The Fourth Amendment
    
  • 3.5.4 The Fifth Amendment
    
• 3.6 Concluding Remarks on Constitutional Law
  • 3.6.1 Concluding Remarks on Constitutional Law
    

Lesson 4: Statutory Law

• 4.1 Introduction to Statutory Law
  
  • 4.1.1 Introduction to Lesson 4
    
  • 4.1.2 Importance of Statutory Law
    
  • 4.1.3 What is a Statute?
    
  • 4.1.4 U.S. Code Titles Relevant to U.S. Intelligence Law
    
• 4.2 Enactment and Publication of Federal Statutes
  
  • 4.2.1 How a Bill Becomes a Law
    
  • 4.2.2 Public Laws vs. Private Laws
    
  • 4.2.3 Slip Laws, Session Laws, and the U.S. Statutes at Large
    
  • 4.2.4 The U.S. Code
    
  • 4.2.5 Annotated Codes
    
  • 4.2.6 Uncodified Statutes
    
  • 4.2.7 Free Statutory Law Supplement for U.S. Intelligence Law
    
• 4.3 Statutory Law and Federal Agencies Generally
  
  • 4.3.1 Four Broad Categories of Statutes
    
• 4.4 Organic and Enabling Statutes (U.S. Code Title 50, Chapter 15: National Security)
  
  • 4.4.1 Organic and Enabling Statutes Generally
    
  • 4.4.2 The National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. §§ 401-442a)
    
  • 4.4.3 Subchapters of Title 50: Chapter 15: National Security
    
• 4.5 Framework Statutes (U.S. Code Title 50, Chapter 36: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance)
  
  • 4.5.1 Framework Statutes Generally
    
  • 4.5.2 The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. §§ 1801-1885c)
    
  • 4.5.3 Subchapters of Title 50: Chapter 36: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
    
• 4.6 Penal Statutes (U.S. Code Title 18: Crimes and Criminal Procedure)
  
  • 4.6.1 Penal Statutes Generally
    
  • 4.6.2 Federal Intelligence Crimes and Criminal Procedure
    
  • 4.6.3 Relevant Criminal Procedure Framework Statutes in Title 18
    
  • 4.6.4 National Security Letters
    
• 4.7 General Management Statutes (U.S. Code Titles 5 and 44)
  
  • 4.7.1 General Management Statutes Generally
    
  • 4.7.2 Title 5: Chapter 5: Administrative Procedure, Open Government, and Internal Oversight
    
  • 4.7.3 Title 44: Records Management and Retention
    
  • 4.7.4 General Management Laws as Kryptonite to Conspiracy Theories
    
• 4.8 Concluding Remarks on Statutory Law
  
  • 4.8.1 Summary of Intelligence Law in the U.S. Code
    
  • 4.8.2 Gaps in the Statutory Framework
    

Lesson 5: Administrative Law

• 5.1 Introduction to Administrative Law
  
  • 5.1.1 Introduction to Lesson 5
    
  • 5.1.2 The Complexity and Importance of Administrative Law
    
  • 5.1.3 What is “Blackletter Administrative Law”?
    
  • 5.1.4 Blackletter Administrative Law vs. Law School Courses on “Administrative Law”
    
  • 5.1.5 Structure of this Lesson
    
• 5.2 Agency Rules
  
  • 5.2.1 The Administrative Procedure Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. §§ 551-559)
    
  • 5.2.2 Legislative Rules
    
  • 5.2.3 Non-Legislative Rules
    
• 5.3 Presidential Rules
  
  • 5.3.1 Presidential Rules Generally
    
  • 5.3.2 Legislative Presidential Rules
    
  • 5.3.3 Non-Legislative Presidential Rules
    
  • 5.3.4 Rare or Obsolete Nomenclature
    
  • 5.3.5 Separate National Security Rules Framework
    
• 5.4 Congressional Rules
  
  • 5.4.1 Branch Rules Generally
    
  • 5.4.2 The Rules of Proceedings Clause
    
• 5.5 Court Rules
  
  • 5.5.1 Judicial Branch Rules Generally
    
  • 5.5.2 Federal Rules of Practice, Procedure, and Evidence
    
  • 5.5.3 Rules by Individual Federal Courts
    
  • 5.5.4 Court Rules for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
    
• 5.6 Judicial Review of Administrative Rules
  
  • 5.6.1 Justiciability of Branch Rules
    
  • 5.6.2 Judicial Review of Agency Rules
    
• 5.7 Administrative Rules in U.S. Intelligence Law
  
  • 5.7.1 Executive Order 12333: United States Intelligence Activities
    
  • 5.7.2 Presidential and NSC Directives, Procedures, and Guidance
    
  • 5.7.3 Agency-Level Procedures and Supplementary Directives
    
  • 5.7.4 The Role of Executive Branch Lawyers
    
• 5.8 Concluding Remarks on Administrative Law
  
  • 5.8.1 Conclusion of Administrative Law Section
    

Lesson 6: Hierarchy of Legal Sources

• 6.1 Hierarchy of Judicial Opinions
  
  • 6.1.1 Introduction to Lesson 6
    
  • 6.1.2 Three-Tiered Structure of the Federal Court System
    
  • 6.1.3 Specialized Courts
    
  • 6.1.4 Supreme Court Precedent
    
  • 6.1.5 Jurisdictional Limits of Lower Court Precedent
    
• 6.2 Priority of Blackletter Primary Authority
  
  • 6.2.1 Constitutional Law vs. Statutory Law
    
  • 6.2.2 Federal Statute vs. Federal Statute
    
  • 6.2.3 Federal Statute vs. Presidential Rule
    
  • 6.2.4 Federal Statute vs. Agency Rule
    

Lesson 7: Conclusion

• 7.1 Summary of Legal Sources in U.S. Intelligence Law
  
  • 7.1.1 Introduction to Lesson 7
    
  • 7.1.2 Summary of Primary Legal Authority in the Federal System
    
• 7.2 Concluding Remarks for Course I
  • 7.2.1 Concluding Remarks for Course I