Joyce White Vance

Joyce White Vance

It’s book launch day for Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual For Keeping A Democracy, my first book. I hope you’ll read it or listen to it. a.co/d/43dbybC

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Joyce White Vance

Trump may have set out to get revenge on former FBI Director Jim Comey but it’s not working out well for the government. Today, two motions to dismiss the case & Comey calls the govt’s bluff when U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan tries to smear one of his lawyers. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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Joyce White Vance

I joined @leahlitman.bsky.social of the @strictscrutiny.bsky.social to discuss my new book, Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual For Keeping A Democracy. We had things to say about the rule of law and the current administration. I hope you'll listen in! crooked.com/podcast/will...

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Joyce White Vance

My first book, Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual For Keeping A Democracy, is out tomorrow, Tuesday, & I hope you’ll read it. I got to discuss it in advance of the release with my former boss & mentor @DougJones www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/801635...

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Joyce White Vance

Some of the basics of criminal law that will come to play in the Comey & other Trump revenge prosecutions: Meet Mr. Brady & Mr. Giglio. cafe.com/notes-from-c...

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Joyce White Vance

Lindsey Halligan is no Pat Fitzgerald. The attempt to besmirch Fitzgerald’s reputation was a cheap shot, and one that will undoubtedly misfire. She’s no match for what she’s up against—the rule of law & lawyers who care about it.

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Joyce White Vance

This is a very smart and important point. Talk to the people around you.

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Joyce White Vance

Serious business here

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Joyce White Vance

Fairhope, representing Alabama and doing us all proud! And ma'am, if you need a lawyer, I can probably find a few.

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Nothings goes better with a #NoKings march than a new episode of the #SistersInLaw podcast. www.politicon.com/podcasts/ind...

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Joyce White Vance

I've never seen and felt as much love for America as we're seeing across the country today.

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Joyce White Vance

When the Birmingham, Alabama, march is packed, you know something is up in America!

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Joyce White Vance

I’m so appreciative of the hometown support in Birmingham for my 1st book, Giving Up Is Unforgivable, out on the 21st. Order your copy here, today: a.co/d/7zbXKBg

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Joyce White Vance

A quick look at what you need to know about the espionage act prosecution against Trump's former National Security Advisor John Bolton. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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Joyce White Vance

John Bolton has been indicted

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Joyce White Vance

Indicting Political Enemies open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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This reminds me of the civil rights era in Alabama, when federal judge Frank Johnson, in Montgomery, ordered Alabama troopers to protect marchers, after TV footage of police clashes with them. apnews.com/article/chic...

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All of this, in violation of the Constitution.

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You can't win when the facts of the case include: POTUS "has publicly stated that the layoffs will be ‘a lot’ & that they ‘will be Democrat oriented, because we figure, you know, they started this thing, so they should be Democrat-oriented.’” open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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I suppose this story makes my newsletter from last night even more timely joycevance.substack.com/p/are-we-the...

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Joyce White Vance

Jack Smith speaks. Congress wants to hear more from him. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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Joyce White Vance

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

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There are hard questions we need to ask ourselves right now. But no matter what this administration is planning, we know who we are—we love democracy & plan to fight (peacefully) for it. In a moment where knowledge is power, here is what you need to know. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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The truth about the administration’s threat federal employees won’t get paid when shutdown ends. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

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What you need to know to prepare for the week ahead. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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All of the week’s Civil Discourse columns in one place so you can catch up on anything you missed. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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Joyce White Vance

Does anyone know what kind of birds might build their nests in these?

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That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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There's no end to his lies.

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Fighting for the independence of the judiciary matters. We know this is true, because Trump is trying to take it away. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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What you need to know about the Tish James indictment, with @preetbharara.bsky.social and me: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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Using the government shutdown as an excuse to implement Project 2025. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Joyce White Vance

Indicting your political enemies because they’re your enemies, not because they’ve committed crimes, is unAmerican.

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Joyce White Vance

Always read @mollyjongfast.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/mollyjon...

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Some cases take on outsized importance, with issues that transcend the decision the parties ask the courts to make. This is one of those cases. The stakes are high: the integrity of the Justice Department and the ability of a president to corrupt the rule of law. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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Christian minister attacked by ICE agents. Waiting for the outrage from MAGA. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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Donald Trump has finally found his Roy Cohn. Read the detaios & judge for yourself if this is how the people’s lawyer should do her job. joycevance.substack.com/p/oversight

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Congress continues to fail at providing the checks & balances the Constitution intends on the executive branch, but Senate Democrats are working hard to try and get it there. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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What happens when prosecutions become political theater? @preetbharara.bsky.social and I discuss reports that Trump’s DOJ planned a “perp walk” for former FBI Director Jim Comey on a new episode of @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider: cafe.visitlink.me/HETzAj

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The sheriff in Mobile, Alabama reportedly has a Halloween “display” featuring skeletons dressed like ICE agents chasing skeletons wearing sombreros and serapes. www.al.com/news/2025/10...

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Looking for one thing you can do right now to help protect the right to vote? It will only take a few minutes, and you can share it with all of your friends. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-thing-yo...

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Was Tuberville counted at his residence in Florida or in Alabama where he serves in the Senate?

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A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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Bondi refuses to answer questions about allegations Trump's border czar Tom Homan took $50K in cash in exchange for his promise to funnel government contracts to "businessmen" who turned out to be FBI agents in 2024. After Bondi became AG, the investigation was terminated.

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The Justice Department is now investigating grand jurors’ political views?

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Trump is trying to make sending troops onto American streets like a normal policy choice for a president to make. It’s time we start insisting that it isn’t. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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Starting to wonder how the National Guard troops Trump is treating like pawns in a game of chess feel about this commander in chief?

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New (& important) from @dahlialithwick.bsky.social @mimirocah1.bsky.social Rachel Foster & me slate.com/news-and-pol...

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Attempts to deploy federalized National Guardsmen to Oregon, California, & Illinois, also, signs that Trump, or at least someone around him, is starting to think seriously about the Insurrection Act. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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To be clear, the Judge scheduled a hearing for Thursday, saying she needed the time for the parties to provide her with more information before she made a decision. This is hardly a win for the Trump administration.

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It would’ve been surprising if they had agreed to hear the case. It presents no novel issues of fact or law & the conviction is clearly due to be affirmed. Trump can pardon her, but she’s not entitled to any legal relief. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

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Happy first Monday in October to all who celebrate. The Supreme Court is back in session. Here’s what you need to know about key cases this term. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

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The new term of Court starts today. Here’s what I am paying attention to. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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It’s the Sunday Morning Wrap-Up. Read any of the Civil Discourse columns you may have missed last week, with links all in one place for convenience. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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Trump’s efforts to militarize ICE & send federalized Nat'l Guard troops onto American streets, firing government employees during the shutdown, it's all part of Project 2025, which he disavowed all knowledge of during the campaign because it was so unpopular. joycevance.substack.com/p/project-20...

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Partisan gerrymanders may be legal, but only because SCOTUS said so. They are anti-democratic measures used by a party that fears losing power to hold onto control, a mechanism that lets parties choose their voters instead of letting voters choose who will represent them.

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As if irony isn’t already dead, the Hatch Act violation on the DOJ website, which blames Democrats for the shutdown, appears on the page advising DOJ employees they are subject to the Hatch Act. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-note-abo...

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Halligan may have obtained the indictment the president wanted, but it...one thing to get a grand jury to indict. Getting a conviction is an entirely different matter. New from me for @brennancenter.org A discussion of the flawed Comey indictment. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

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Tonight, a post that is longer than usual. But a Judge in Boston issued a 1st Amendment decision that is incredibly important (& long), and we trace his reasoning and some startling conclusions he committed to paper. I hope you’ll stick with me and read to the end. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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Is the Jim Comey indictment fatally flawed? @preetbharara.bsky.social and I discuss DOJ’s case against the former FBI Director on a new episode of @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider: cafe.visitlink.me/Ua3WG2

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So proud of my brilliant Sis @barbmcquade.bsky.social

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The government is in the verge of shutting down due to the failure of the party in control of the WH & both houses of Congress, but Trump is headed to the patriarchy-fest “War Sec’y” Hegseth is holding today for a photo op instead of working for Americans.

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This speech from Hegseth is intolerable. Read the words of his predecessors in advance of Jan 6 for something better. joycevance.substack.com/p/pete-hegse...

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The day before Jan 6, the 10 living Secretaries of Defense wrote about the danger of politicizing the military. Their words are essential rereading today. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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Tonight, all eyes are on Portland as Trump tries out strongman tactics in another American city. It’s one more step in an attack on democracy, read here to see how all of the pieces fit together. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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As a US Atty, I prosecuted and oversaw police excessive force cases. We took them seriously because they were serious abuses of power. What we're seeing now is the outbreak of an epidemic & instead of being condemned by fed'l law enforcement leaders, it seems to be tolerated if not encouraged.

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In 2023, #SistersinLaw podcast did a live show in Portland. We didn’t see Antifa but we were met by a huge crowd that wanted to learn about democracy. We had Voodoo Donuts & saw a lot of knitters. Today, we are all #Portland.

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All of the last week’s posts from my Newsletter, Civil Discourse, in one place so you can make sure you didn’t miss anything in a pivotal week for democracy. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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The amazing @katiephang.bsky.social and I are sharing our Sunday morning cup of coffee with y’all at 9 ET. Come join us to discuss the week’s news and what it means. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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