20+ hour, 3+ min ago  (132+ words) Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance Kica Matos is the president of the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) and the Immigrant Justice Fund (IJF). Her background is working in civil society nonprofits like the Vera Institute of Justice and the Center…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (754+ words) The initial decision striking down the maps was authored by District Judge Anna Manasco, a Trump appointee. She was joined by another Trump appointee from Alabama, District Judge Terry Moorer, as well as Judge Stanley Marcus, a Reagan appointee to…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago  (258+ words) You can read their full motion here. The government's response was due today, and when it came, it left prosecutors looking a lot like a deer in the headlights. The meat of the government's response is as follows: "On April…...

4+ day, 12+ min ago  (350+ words) Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance Joyce Vance & Marc Elias: Fallout From Callais The only thing I can say about my conversation with voting rights and election law lawyer Marc Elias this morning is that if you missed it, it's essential…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (244+ words) And more recently, in June of 2025, the Supreme Court decided 6-3 in Trump v. CASA, that a single federal district court cannot issue a nationwide injunction. But here we are. The uber conservative Fifth Circuit wants to decide for all Americans. There…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (187+ words) Last Tuesday, which feels like a world ago, I emailed Marc Elias to ask if he would join me for a Substack Live this week, to discuss the latest in election law/gerrymandering/voting rights. He immediately agreed, and we…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago  (621+ words) I can tell that the week ahead is going to be extra on the rare occasion when Substack gives me this message when I'm still accumulating rough notes about the topics I want to cover in this column: I flagged…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (1079+ words) Here's the highlight reel of last week's posts and events. It was a week and then some'the Supreme Court gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the Justice Department indicted former FBI Director Jim Comey for a second time, and…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (306+ words) Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance Substack Live with Alabama's Doug Jones, Saturday at 2: 30pm ET Once Senator, now candidate for Alabama Governor, Doug Jones is the quintessential public servant. I know this firsthand'I've known Doug for decades, and watched him raise…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (421+ words) A recording from Joyce Vance and Alex Wagner's live video Hi Joyce, Im not much of a video watcher. Is it possible to present your interviews in text as well as video? Paul Krugman does that every time. Debbie I'm…...