Joyce White Vance

Joyce White Vance

Mamdani is a naturalized citizen. Denaturalization has been used rare until now, but as I explained in my newsletter last night, DOJ is prioritizing it now. If your response is, that exceeds what the law allows, when has that ever stopped Trump? open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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Joyce White Vance

I know you have a lot of options for hearing a wrap up of this term of Court, but let me suggest that this one is going to be a banger! I hope you'll join us.

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Where it starts is never where it starts. The news that DOJ is prioritizing denaturalizations, combined with very vague explanations of who they will prioritize, is deeply concerning. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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Joyce White Vance

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Joyce White Vance

An 82-year-old woman wounded in a Boulder, Colo., firebombing attack on marchers who had gathered in early June to support Israeli hostages has died of her injuries www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/u...

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Joyce White Vance

tl;dr Smart on crime strategies work a lot better than political bluster about being “tough on crime”

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Joyce White Vance

The concern here extends beyond the ruling itself. SCOTUS picks the cases it wants to hear. It's had numerous opportunities to address the constitutionality of nationwide injunctions. So why this case? What does it foreshadow? open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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Seemed foreordained by last night’s vote

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It's incredible that neither the president nor VP was here. The politicization of all facets of American life is coming from the White House. No other American president would have failed to pay their respects. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

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What is the best tasting protein drink? I hate stuff like this but I need something for after I work out.

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In our house, there's a tradition (ok, it's my tradition) of celebrating the last day of the SCOTUS term by making a really great lunch for the dogs. This was our puppy, Elsa's first time. Unfortunately, my husband was also home & caught me grilling steak and eggs for the dogs & was pretty amused.

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1/ If Justice Barrett thinks we need to go back to what the Founding Fathers intended, I’ve got news for her. Their biggest concern was avoiding tyranny. So they created 3 branches of gov’t & divvied up the power the people (that’s us) were allowing the gov’t to use to create order for all of us.

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“Although Mr. Vance had publicly called Mr. Trump ‘reprehensible’ and ‘cultural heroin’ and privately referred to him as ‘America’s Hitler,’ he began to soften his stance in 2018 and by 2020 had endorsed Mr. Trump for president.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/u...

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Justice Jackson did not come to play today (Birthright citizenship/nationwide injunctions)

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*Sigh*

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The Admin's argument against birthright citizenship is that the language of the 14th Am only grants it to people who are "subject to the jurisdiction of the US." How are people Trump wants to exclude not subject to US jurisdiction? Evidence is all around us. joycevance.substack.com/p/does-trump...

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If you read my Substack last night, your got the reference to Marbury v. Madison in the birthright citizenship/nationwide injunction case today. If you didn’t see it last night, read it here. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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In Marbury, the Court lacked jurisdiction because it entered a mandamus under a statute passed by Congress that violated the Constitution, so that the court overruled the law, negating its jurisdiction. Under Marbury, the Court here would seem obligated to provide a remedy where there is a right.

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Lots more important in this, but I have to point out: “as a man of great faith he’s not supposed to lie.” I mean. Seriously?

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Not Good. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...

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1/ Remember (& you’ll hear this caveat from all the legal commentators) today’s SCOTUS decision in the birthright citizenship case is not about whether Trump can do away with birthright citizenship in an EO. It’s about whether a single district judge can issue a nationwide injunction pausing the EO.

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What the Supreme Court Knew in 1803 and Why it Matters Today open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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SCOTUS' decision to give the administration a pass for defying court orders in the DVD case earlier this week almost certainly means they will continue to say f*** you to the courts—most definitely not what the Constitution envisions, for all the originalists still out there.

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Joyce White Vance

Great 🧵

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What you have to understand is that this administration wants the confrontation: CA Nat’l Guard soldiers operating on fed’l orders helped DEA & other feds raid a large marijuana growth operation in the eastern Coachella Valley last week, 130 miles from downtown LA taskandpurpose.com/news/nationa...

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How To Talk To Your Senators About Emil Bove open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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The answer is either yes or no. And we all know which of those “I dont recall” is.

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The end of science?

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Today the Senate Judiciary Committee takes up the nomination of Trump's former criminal defense lawyer Emil Bove to become a judge on the 3rd Circuit. It's unprecedented & there are 3 big reasons, laid out here, for concern. joycevance.substack.com/p/packing-th...

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Tomorrow the Senate takes up Trump lawyer Emil Bove's nomination to the 3rd Circuit: Republicans are about to tell us if they still believe in the rule of law. Let’s make sure they know we’re waiting for the answer, and we will hold them accountable for it.

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SCOTUS allows deportations to third-party countries. @preetbharara.bsky.social and I break down the shadow docket decision on a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social‬ Insider. Listen: cafe.visitlink.me/A2YF_n

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Seven Legal Matters and a Possible Ceasefire open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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Reposting my chicken pictures from over the weekend, because I think we could all use this today open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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Former Trump lawyer Emil Bove who was “willing to ignore court orders in order to fulfill the president’s aggressive deportation campaign” per a whistle-blower” has a confirmation for a 3rd circuit judgeship Wednesday, a move widely seen as fastracking him for SCOTUS www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/u...

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Bove’s confirmation hearing for the 3rd Circuit is on Wednesday. His own former DOJ colleagues say they don’t trust him to be impartial. Watch the video & insist that your senators do too before they vote.

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There are both U.S. and international law aspects to Trump’s decision to bomb Iran. Here’s an overview. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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This is the kind of excessive force case DOJ routinely prosecutes. They should open an investigation here, based on the misconduct not the victims status.

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In case you need them today, chickens and friends here: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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This seems like a very good time to issue my periodic reminder that I am not kin to JD Vance.

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Joyce White Vance

A+

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"It's been infrastructure week since I was born." Yas Queen.

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This week’s edition of The Democracy Index is especially important. We write every week with people who have less time to engage with the news in mind. Our goal is to make sure everyone has access to information about what’s happening to our democracy. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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Weeding is the highest form of procrastination

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This would be why the Senate has the power to advise & consent on presidential nominations www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

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In the hearing just concluded before Judge Charles Breyer, he asked the parties to brief his jurisdiction to consider a preliminary injunction, saying he expected they'd disagree—an understatement—and asking for brief on Monday. Federalized Nat'l Guard troops remain under Trump's control for now.

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