{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60427f9d34b9a27f4b6e3a8d/633d99d32ebebf00110f4610?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The “Escalatory Alan” Edition","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60427f9d34b9a27f4b6e3a8d/show-cover.png?height=200","description":"<p>This week, Alan, Quinta, and Scott sat down with unofficial fourth co-host, <em>Lawfare</em> executive editor Natalie Orpett, to discuss the week’s big national security news, including:</p><ul><li>“That’s one, one disqualified elector. (Ah ah ah.)” Both the <a href=\"https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/HR-8873.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">House</a> and <a href=\"https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/S4573-Manager-Amendment.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Senate</a> <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/27/mcconnell-schumer-electoral-reform/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">finally seem ready</a> to reform the Electoral Count Act, the ambiguity-ridden statute that has (kind of) governed how Congress counts electoral votes since 1887. What threats to our elections process will these reforms fix? Which will they leave unaddressed?</li><li>“It’s No Longer A-Me, Mario.” Recent elections are set to replace Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi with none other than Giorgia Meloni, the leader of the far-right Brothers of Italy movement. <a href=\"https://www.politico.eu/article/italy-giorgia-meloni-warns-that-national-interests-will-come-first/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">What does her victory mean</a> for democracy in Italy and across Europe?</li><li>“Narcnado.” The Treasury Department’s decision to <a href=\"https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0916\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">sanction</a> Tornado Cash, an open source cryptocurrency tumbler, has privacy and technology advocates crying foul. Will the sanctions survive a coming legal challenge? Does it put First Amendment rights at risk?</li></ul><p>For object lessons, Alan confessed his love of Jon Hamm, particularly in the movie \"<a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12718300/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Confess, Fletch</a>.\" Quinta recommended journalist David Enrich's deep dive into the big law firm Jones Day, \"<a href=\"https://www.harpercollins.com/products/servants-of-the-damned-david-enrich?variant=40153396346914\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Servants of the Damned</a>.\" Scott urged listeners to check out both his&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.brookings.edu/research/revisiting-standing-doctrine-recent-developments-policy-concerns-and-possible-solutions/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">long-awaited report on standing doctrine</a>&nbsp;and the late Loretta Lynn's rocker \"<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7LFeFRXfWY\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Portland,&nbsp;Oregon</a>\" off her album with Jack White,&nbsp;\"Van Lear Rose.\" And Natalie passed along a recent very real, non-satirical&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22-293/242292/20221003125252896_35295545_1-22.10.03%20-%20Novak-Parma%20-%20Onion%20Amicus%20Brief.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">filing before the Supreme Court</a>&nbsp;by America's finest news source,&nbsp;The Onion.</p>","author_name":"The Lawfare Institute"}