“This is a Court deeply invested…in disempowering Congress.” - @stevevladeck.bsky.social joins @preetbharara.bsky.social and @joycewhitevance.bsky.social on a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social pod to discuss SCOTUS latest rulings on gun possession and religious freedoms. Listen: cafe.visitlink.me/I7R49w

“Democrats, with some...clear-eyed, unafraid…Republican senators can band together & prevent a bad consequence.” - @preetbharara.bsky.social reacts to Trump nomination of Jay Clayton as DNI after pushback against Bill Pulte. Listen to new pod w/ @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/l6T3EL

“You often see a rally-around-the-flag effect, both in Congress and in the general public; with respect to the Iran war, you have not seen that at all.” - @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org joins @preetbharara.bsky.social & @joycewhitevance.bsky.social on a new Insider pod: cafe.visitlink.me/ILzYQe

“What comes next? Are we going to have the Donald Trump and Vietnam War Memorial?” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social reacts to Trump’s Kennedy Center meltdown. Listen to a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider podcast w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/E3aMFK

“[Trump is doing] something that no one has ever done because it’s so stupidly undemocratic. But technically, there’s an argument that it’s not unlawful.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social on DOJ “anti-weaponization” fund. Listen to Insider pod w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/Mw71-D

“The Court is fighting internally about something." - @maryrziegler.bsky.social reacts to Justice Alito delaying SCOTUS order on abortion pill, Mifepristone. Listen to a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider pod with @preetbharara.bsky.social and @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/LjWbZQ

“As a practical reality, it’s going to be nearly impossible to enforce the [Voting Rights Act].” - NAACP @legaldefensefund.bsky.social President @janainelson.bsky.social joins @joycewhitevance.bsky.social to discuss the SCOTUS decision in Louisiana v. Callais. Listen: cafe.visitlink.me/uh2knz

“A lot of what this administration does is about giving permission to people…to do things that they might otherwise hesitate to do.” - @mimirocah1.bsky.social on the OLC opinion declaring the PRA unconstitutional. Listen to a new Insider pod w/ @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/HJvCvy

“You can’t look at this case in isolation as a speech case. This is..the Court...going after vulnerable populations of LGBTQ kids.” [email protected] on SCOTUS conversion therapy case. New Insider pod w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social & @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/HC6os6

Today, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a therapist who challenged a Colorado law banning “conversion therapy” for minors. The therapist argued that the law violated the First Amendment. Read my case brief for @cafedotcom.bsky.social: staytuned.substack.com/p/case-brief...

“Trump again and again and again…has selected targets of investigation out of malice or an intent to harass.” - @preetbharara.bsky.social reacts to a judge’s decision to quash subpoenas in the probe of Fed Chair Powell. Listen to a new pod w/ @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/Qm-B2T

[email protected] lays out key questions to ask AG Pam Bondi about the Epstein investigation ahead of her next appearance before the House Oversight Committee. Take notes, @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social. Read: cafe.visitlink.me/FZUwE1

“I would have been embarrassed to have to sign this brief.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social reacts to DOJ’s reversal and decision to defend President Trump’s EOs targeting law firms. Listen to a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider pod w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/_QzX32

Did we learn anything from the Clintons' testimony about Jeffrey Epstein? @preetbharara.bsky.social & @joycewhitevance.bsky.social discuss on a new episode of the @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider podcast. Listen: cafe.visitlink.me/PIayIQ

Will there be tariff refunds? On a new episode of the @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider podcast, former US Solicitor General Don Verrilli joins @preetbharara.bsky.social & @joycewhitevance.bsky.social to discuss the SCOTUS decision striking down Trump’s tariffs. Listen: cafe.visitlink.me/r1_SKM

“What’s missing here is any sense of shame.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social reacts to AG Pam Bondi’s defiant congressional testimony about DOJ’s mishandling of the Epstein files release. Listen to a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider pod w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/lKZr85

“[It’s] not good for public safety, not good for justice, [and] not good for the reputation of the Department.” - @preetbharara.bsky.social reacts to DOJ struggles to retain and recruit prosecutors. Listen to a new Insider pod w/ @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/L62sdz

“We should be careful about taking what this administration is offering as evidence of good faith in Minneapolis at face value, because often it’s fluff with no real substance.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social. Listen to a new Insider pod w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/5S-Wgd

“The sanctity of life need[s] to be at the center of any use of force by law enforcement.” -Fmr Assoc Attorney General Vanita Gupta joins @preetbharara.bsky.social & @joycewhitevance.bsky.social to discuss shooting of Renee Good. Listen to new @cafedotcom.bsky.social pod: cafe.visitlink.me/RQBRqW

“This is a very broad effort to redefine what it means to be an American.” - Fmr Dep Solicitor General Michael Dreeben on constitutionality of Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order. Listen to new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider pod w/ @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/pCldP0

“The question is this: Does [Maduro] have the same amount of immunity that Donald Trump has? - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social on legal issues expected in the Maduro prosecution. Listen to a new episode of @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider podcast with @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/4cJWqM

“Once [people are] out of the fray, they are no longer legitimate targets. You can’t fire on them...you have an affirmative duty to rescue them.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social on the Venezuela strikes. Listen to a new episode of the Insider pod w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/SZYoDN

“We don’t know the stories the media is not telling because they’re afraid of...retribution...from the President.” - @berkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Erwin Chemerinsky. Listen to a new episode of the @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider pod w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/i9lDvX

“It feels like a Muslim ban on steroids.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social on how President Trump is weaponizing the Nat. Guard shooting tragedy to further his immigration agenda. Listen to a new episode of the @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider pod w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/aS5fMN

“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