“Trump wants the satisfaction of seeing someone he has labeled as an enemy publicly humiliated.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social reacts to reports the FBI wants to “perp walk” Jim Comey. Listen to a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider pod w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/HETzAj

“He is the victim of inappropriate, illegitimate, likely unlawful retribution by the president of the United States.” - @preetbharara.bsky.social reacts to the Comey indictment. Listen to a new episode of the Insider podcast with @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/Ua3WG2

“In some parts of the country, it’s not a terrible idea [to carry your papers], which is a really sad commentary on where we are.” [email protected] on SCOTUS’s ruling on ICE raids. Listen to a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider pod w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/BuT8OF

“Trump is not someone who respects the bounds of law.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social on Trump’s threats to deploy the National Guard to cities in the name of stopping crime. Listen to a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider pod w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/1R5iNK

“Order without law is not worth the order that you get from it.” - @preetbharara.bsky.social. Listen to a new episode of the @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider podcast with @joycewhitevance.bsky.social discussing the legal battle over Trump’s takeover of the DC police: cafe.visitlink.me/HwiV5V

“You can’t save a democracy by destroying a democracy.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social. Listen to a new episode of the @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider podcast with @preetbharara.bsky.social discussing Trump’s takeover of the DC police: staytuned.substack.com/p/trumps-dc-...

Texas Democrats fled the state to block Republicans from gerrymandering the state’s congressional map. But will this tactic succeed? And what legal consequences might these lawmakers face? Read my latest issue brief for @cafedotcom.bsky.social on Substack: staytuned.substack.com/p/issue-brie...

“They’re not thinking as much about the present harm that the technology could be doing.” - @nitafarahany.bsky.social on how the Trump administration is falling behind in implementing AI safeguards. Listen to a new Insider podcast w/ @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/XkPLzm

“It is the M.O. of this executive branch to find ways to take words out of their ordinary meaning, [and] expand them for the purpose of expanding [Trump’s] power and authority.” - @preetbharara.bsky.social. Listen to a new Insider podcast w/ @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/AUMvxg

“Continuing to...trust this administration to act as responsible branch of government in obeisance to the law just doesn't make sense any longer.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social reacts to SCOTUS nationwide injunctions decision on new Insider pod w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/WM6vWN

“Either everyone gets due process rights or none of us do.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social on the Supreme Court’s recent deportation decision on a new Insider episode w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/A2YF_n

Does a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors violate the Equal Protection Clause? Read my latest case brief for @cafedotcom.bsky.social on today’s SCOTUS decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti: staytuned.substack.com/p/case-brief...

“The president made a decision and it’s been countermanded. How did that happen?” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social reacts to Trump’s immigration policy flip-flop on a new Insider episode w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/7VzAbS

“It is a fundamental, basic cornerstone of American democracy that our military doesn’t…get involved in domestic criminal law enforcement.” - @preetbharara.bsky.social on Trump’s deployment of troops to LA. Listen to new podcast w/ @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/8hqZFT

Does a ban on semiautomatic rifles violate the Second Amendment? Read my latest case brief to learn more: staytuned.substack.com/p/scotus-rej...

Does using government funds to run a religious charter school violate the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause? Read my latest case brief for @cafedotcom.bsky.social on the SCOTUS (non)decision in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond: staytuned.substack.com/p/case-brief...

“Cruelty and fear are the point of what he's trying to do.” - @aclu.org’s Cecillia Wang on Trump’s immigration agenda. Listen to a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider w/ @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: staytuned.substack.com/p/aclu-v-tru...

“What a sad day it is in America where SCOTUS has to say people are entitled to due process in case you've forgotten, Mr. President.” [email protected] on SCOTUS Alien Enemies Act ruling. Listen to new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/1bO7e0

Why are we so sad on our birthdays? I wrote about the emotions I’m feeling after recently turning 30. Plus, I reflected on the moments and lessons that got me here. Check it out: jakestakes5.substack.com/p/on-turning...

“It literally means that the executive branch, the presidency, can turn into a complete and total tyrannical fascist regime.” - @rachelbarkow.bsky.social on the Trump admin. considering suspending habeas corpus. @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/Ljwiud

“[We're] at a kind of crossroads about what next step the executive branch might take and what next step the courts might take.” [email protected] Dean Emeritus @twmorrison.bsky.social on Kilmar Abrego Garcia case. Listen to a new Insider pod w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/GGnWLS

“The hallmark of the 100 hundred days is creating this environment of fear.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social on the first 100 days of Trump’s second administration. Listen to a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/QOyRSw

In a piece for @cafedotcom.bsky.social, @maryrziegler.bsky.social explains how President Trump's executive order declaring that there are only two genders is planting the seeds for codifying fetal personhood, "the anti-abortion movement's holy grail." cafe.com/article/abor...

“It doesn't matter if he's a saint or if he's a criminal—he gets due process regardless.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social reacts to the latest on Kilmar Abrego García’s deportation case. Listen to a new episode of @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/trBtPL

“...An agenda and an intent to not only do things that are unlawful & unconstitutional but un-American.” - @preetbharara.bsky.social reacts to Trump’s latest acts, including Abrego Garcia deportation. Listen to @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/sPX350

“It’s unclear whether these men who were already deported to El Salvador have any remedy at all.” - @barbmcquade.bsky.social on SCOTUS ruling related to Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act. Listen to a new Insider podcast w/ @joycewhitevance.bsky.social & Ben Wittes: cafe.visitlink.me/6xI-oN

“I think that they just failed to read the Constitution, or they don't care about the Constitution.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social on Trump’s suggestion he could serve a third term as president. Listen to a new episode of CAFE Insider w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/NIcIe9

“If it is his advocacy for Palestinian rights, if it is his advocacy for what Hamas had done, if it is his criticism of Israel and Zionism, that can’t be a basis for deporting him.” - First Amendment expert Erwin Chemerinsky on the Mahmoud Khalil deportation case for @cafedotcom.bsky.social.

“You cannot be representing a client and dismiss the charges against your own client.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social reacts to the misconduct allegations against interim DC US Attorney Ed Martin. Listen to a new episode of @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: bit.ly/3DzKO9B

“I think the order in this administration goes Trump, Musk, Vance, or maybe Musk is even above Trump.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social on how Musk’s murky position leading DOGE creates confusion in the lawsuits against it.

Why did former Westchester County DA @mimirocah1.bsky.social make the surprising decision not to seek re-election? On a new episode of Stay Tuned with @preetbharara.bsky.social, she discusses the politicking that made her choose to step away. @cafedotcom.bsky.social. Listen: bit.ly/4bnr9q8

“I have not seen any indication from Kash Patel…and certainly not from Dan Bongino, that they know how to use any other tool than a bazooka.” - @preetbharara.bsky.social on FBI leadership. Listen to a new episode of @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider w/ @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: bit.ly/4k8AZA5

Resignations and chaos surrounding the NYC Mayor Eric Adams prosecution. @joycewhitevance.bsky.social and @eliehonig.bsky.social discuss the current state of Trump’s Department of Justice on a new episode of @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider. Listen: bit.ly/41mz9En

“This is about the furthest thing from a coup.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social reacts to Republican criticism of legal challenges to DOGE actions. Listen to a new episode of @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: bit.ly/4aXG89G

“This whole process…points to everything that's wrong right now…that we should have a government that's loyal to Donald Trump, not to the Constitution and the law.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social Listen to a new episode of @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: bit.ly/4jIVEu6

my Grammys 2025 predictions. Read: bit.ly/4hGs1Yv

How might challengers invoke Justice Scalia’s writings to oppose President Trump’s mandate that sanctuary cities enforce his immigration policies? @preetbharara.bsky.social and @joycewhitevance.bsky.social discuss on a new episode of @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider. Listen: bit.ly/40yvx0s

“Executive orders have to comply with the Constitution and the laws. Any that don't [will] face…challenges in court.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social on President Trump’s executive orders. Listen to @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: bit.ly/3Cli3Np

“[Smith] shows discretion when he discusses his decision not to charge insurrection.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social on what we learned about Smith’s charging decisions in his report on the Trump investigation. Listen to @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: bit.ly/3DYqcIc

“Delay is Trump’s friend yet again.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social discusses whether or not special counsel Jack Smith’s report will be released to the public on a new episode of @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social. Listen: bit.ly/40pnQuG

What changes to immigration policy are expected when Trump returns to the White House, and what potential legal fallout might follow? Listen to a new episode of Stay Tuned with @joycewhitevance.bsky.social and ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project Deputy Director Lee Gelernt: cafe.com/stay-tuned/l...

“At the time this case was filed, I thought, ‘this is sort of a nuisance lawsuit. This will settle before it goes to trial.’ I did not expect ABC to pay $15 million to Donald Trump.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social reacts to the ABC/Trump settlement.

“Kash Patel is completely unqualified to lead the FBI.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social on President-elect Trump’s pick for FBI Director. Listen to a new episode of the @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider podcast w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: bit.ly/3D0A8QP

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