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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“Popular movements can really move the Court.” - SCOTUS veteran Pam Karlan joins @joycewhitevance.bsky.social to discuss the Court’s conservative shift and the new term’s cases to watch. Listen to a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider podcast: cafe.visitlink.me/PWqbjg
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A 10-Time SCOTUS Litigator on the Court’s Conservative Future
SCOTUS litigator Pam Karlan joins Joyce Vance on a new Insider podcast
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Describing a First Amendment violation and then characterizing it as a national security problem doesn’t make it a national security problem.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social reacts to Trump’s defense of the press ban. Listen to new Insider pod w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/LJZTl0
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The Press, the Polls & the Supreme Court
Listen now | Listen to a new Insider podcast with Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“[Trump] pretty much concedes he’s going to lose.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social reacts to Trump’s White House press ban and the lawsuit challenging that move. Listen to a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider pod with @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/OW3BwM
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Trump’s Press Ban & Kennedy Center Demolition Plan
Listen now | Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance discuss the lawsuit challenging Trump’s White House press ban
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“You should never buy the myth that a slow count means that there’s fraud going on.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social . On a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider pod, @preetbharara.bsky.social & Joyce discuss the SCOTUS decision blocking Trump’s mail-in voting EO. Listen: cafe.visitlink.me/g6SGtd
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Trump’s Voting Loss, $5K Promise & a DOJ Resignation
Preet and Joyce break down why SCOTUS blocked the Trump administration’s mail-in voting restrictions for the midterms
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“The democratic problem here is a much deeper one than whatever partisan effect this new order might have if it went into effect.” - @kateshaw.bsky.social discusses Trump’s EO limiting mail-in voting. Listen to a new Insider podcast w/ @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/QohWH_
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Trump’s Push to Reshape the 2026 Election
New Insider podcast featuring Kate Shaw
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
“The First Amendment [is] a cornerstone of our democracy, and we don't want the government dictating content coverage or editorial choices.” - Former FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel reacts to ABC’s lawsuit against the FCC. Listen to new pod w/ Preet Bharara & Joyce Vance: cafe.visitlink.me/1UIJux
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The Weaponization of the FCC
New Insider podcast featuring former FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Why did Luigi Mangione plead guilty to federal stalking charges in connection with the killing of healthcare CEO Brian Thompson? @preetbharara.bsky.social & @joycewhitevance.bsky.social discuss on a new episode of the @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider podcast. Listen: cafe.visitlink.me/ZGXW-E
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Luigi Mangione’s Guilty Plea—and What Comes Next
Listen now | Preet and Joyce break down the double jeopardy questions raised by Luigi Mangione’s guilty plea
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
“The mere act of testifying, even with a pardon in your back pocket, is dangerous.” - @preetbharara.bsky.social on Dr. Fauci’s decision to take the 5th & the Senate cmte vote to hold him in contempt of Congress. Listen to a new Insider pod w/ @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/hWp9D2
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Fauci Pleads the Fifth
Listen to a new episode of the Insider podcast
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
“What’s not been explored about the impacts of the SAVE Act is how it’s actually going to hurt Republicans.” - Republican election lawyer Ben Ginsberg joins @preetbharara.bsky.social and @joycewhitevance.bsky.social on a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider podcast: cafe.visitlink.me/e-y6fk
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Are the Midterms Safe?
Republican election lawyer Ben Ginsberg joins the Insider podcast
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
New York Times subpoenas, Jack Smith, and Todd Blanche. @mimirocah1.bsky.social joins @preetbharara.bsky.social and @joycewhitevance.bsky.social to discuss. Listen to a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider podcast: cafe.visitlink.me/VAYJpp
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Former Prosecutors Break Down New York Times Subpoenas
Mimi Rocah joins a new episode of the Insider podcast
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
“Based upon these illegal redactions and withholdings, I am unable to do my job.” - @katiephang.bsky.social on her lawsuit against acting AG Todd Blanche over the Epstein files. Listen to new Insider podcast with @preetbharara.bsky.social and @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/9UNWIN
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This Lawsuit Could Force a Full Epstein Files Release (with Katie Phang)
Breaking down Katie Phang's lawsuit against Todd Blanche over the Justice Department’s handling of the Epstein files
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
“This is not a DOJ that behaves in the way that we’re all entitled to expect DOJ to act.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social reacts to a judge’s ruling that Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS was illegitimate. Listen to a new Insider podcast w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/XqIsUQ
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Trump Sued Himself and… Lost?
Preet and Joyce discuss a federal judge’s ruling that Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS was illegitimate
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
“The Court’s continued pattern of giving the president more power while incapacitating Congress and...empowering themselves is…fundamental reallocation of separation of powers.” -@leahlitman.bsky.social on @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider pod w @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/tb2zrL
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How the Supreme Court Is Reshaping American Government (with Leah Litman)
Joyce Vance and Leah Litman examine what made the Supreme Court’s latest term so consequential
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
“The Court has decided it and made clear that this is a crank theory.” - @profmmurray.bsky.social reacts to SCOTUS birthright citizenship ruling on new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider podcast with @preetbharara.bsky.social and @joycewhitevance.bsky.social. Listen: cafe.visitlink.me/NTvc44
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The Supreme Court’s Biggest Day of the Year (with Melissa Murray)
Listen now | SCOTUS expert Melissa Murray joins Preet & Joyce to break down the end of the Court's term.
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
“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
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SCOTUS is Making It Harder to Fight for Your Rights (with Steve Vladeck)
Listen now | Preet and Joyce are joined by Supreme Court expert Steve Vladeck to discuss under-the-radar opinions that could have a big impact on Americans’ rights.
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
“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
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Trump Picks a New Director of National Intelligence
Preet and Joyce discuss Trump’s appointment of U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton as Director of National Intelligence
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
“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
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Iran, Bolton, Pulte & Blanche (with Ben Wittes)
Preet and Joyce are joined by Ben Wittes to examine how Congress is pushing back against President Trump’s war in Iran
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
“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
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Trump Blocked: Slush Fund & Kennedy Center
A new episode of the Insider podcast is now out.
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
“[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
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Trump’s Revenge Fund
Will taxpayers be forced to fund President Trump’s “revenge tour”?
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
“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
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The Abortion Pill on SCOTUS’s Shadow Docket (with Mary Ziegler)
Will the Supreme Court restrict access to abortion pills nationwide?
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
“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
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Is the Voting Rights Act Dead? (with Janai Nelson)
Has the Supreme Court dismantled the Voting Rights Act?
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
“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
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Swalwell, Blanche, Bondi & Presidential Records Act (with Mimi Rocah)
Can the Department of Justice declare a law unconstitutional?
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
“You can’t look at this case in isolation as a speech case. This is..the Court...going after vulnerable populations of LGBTQ kids.” -@dahlialithwick.bsky.social on SCOTUS conversion therapy case. New Insider pod w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social & @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/HC6os6
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Bondi, Birthright & Conversion Therapy (with Dahlia Lithwick)
Why did the Supreme Court side with a therapist challenging Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors?
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
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...
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Case Brief: SCOTUS Ruling Dooms “Conversion Therapy” Ban — Chiles v. Salazar
Only Justice Jackson dissents
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
“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
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Court to Trump: Drop Fed
Why did a federal judge quash subpoenas targeting Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell?
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
.@barbmcquade.bsky.social 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
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Bondi Testimony Questions Congress Must Ask
Trial lawyer tips to force real answers
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
“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
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Kristi Noem, Law Firms & No-Knock Warrants
Why did the Justice Department move forward with defending Trump’s executive orders targeting law firms after abandoning its appeal just one day earlier?
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
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
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Clintons Testify About Epstein — Will Trump?
What did House Republicans hope to gain by calling Hillary Clinton to testify about Jeffrey Epstein?
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
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
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Trump Tariff Takedown (with Don Verrilli)
Can a president unilaterally impose sweeping tariffs under the guise of a "national emergency"?
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
“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
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Oversight v. Overreach at DOJ
When does defiance in a congressional hearing cross the line into dereliction of duty?
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
“[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
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DOJ in Crisis
How might justice, public safety, and the rule of law suffer as the Justice Department struggles to retain and recruit prosecutors?
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
“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
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Political Retribution: From Minnesota to Georgia
Why did DOJ reverse course and step in to investigate the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minnesota?
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
“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
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Breaking Down the Renee Good Shooting
When a federal agent uses deadly force, who decides if it was justified, and what does accountability look like?
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
“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
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Will SCOTUS Let Trump Rewrite Birthright Citizenship?
Can a president rewrite the Constitution with the stroke of a pen?
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
“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
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Inside the Case Against Maduro
Listen now | What does the U.S. capture and prosecution of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro reveal about presidential power, immunity, and the limits of the law?
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
“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
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Trump’s Law of War
Listen now | Is the U.S. at war with Venezuela—and if not, can it lawfully seize a foreign oil tanker and strike suspected cartel boats?
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
“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
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Trump v. The Press
What happens to a free press when a president takes steps that could discourage critical coverage?
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
“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
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From National Guard Tragedy to Immigration Battle
Is Trump weaponizing the National Guard shooting in D.C. to further his immigration agenda?
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
“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
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Vindictive Prosecution? Comey & Abrego Garcia
Listen now | Is there ever a legitimate reason to “perp walk” a high-profile criminal defendant like Jim Comey?
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
“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
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Is the Comey Prosecution Fatally Flawed?
Listen now | Preet and Joyce break down the weaknesses of the indictment
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
“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.” -@joycewhitevance.bsky.social on SCOTUS’s ruling on ICE raids. Listen to a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider pod w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/BuT8OF
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Trump’s America: Do We All Need to Carry Papers Now?
Listen now | On this week’s episode of the Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance discuss:
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
“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
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Can Trump Do Whatever He Wants?
Listen now | What does it mean for the rule of law when a president claims he has “the right to do anything I want to do” in the name of stopping crime?
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
“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
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Law & Order, Hold the Law
Listen now | If a president can stretch the law to take over the D.C. police without a real emergency, what’s to stop him from going further in a true crisis?
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
“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-...
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Trump’s DC Police Takeover
Listen now | Does President Trump have the legal authority to put Washington, D.C.’s police under federal control?
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
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...
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Issue Brief: Texas Lawmakers Flee State to Block Congressional Map Gerrymandering
Can Democrats stop Republicans’ redistricting effort?
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
“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
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AI in Trump’s America (with Nita Farahany)
Listen now | Is the US falling behind by failing to implement meaningful AI safeguards?
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
“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
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Fighting Trump’s Asylum Ban
Listen now | Federal judge halts Trump's asylum ban, while SCOTUS permits Trump to carry out deportations to South Sudan
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
“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
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SCOTUS to America: "You Deal With Him"
Listen now | "Justices use birthright citizenship case to limit nationwide injunctions"
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
“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
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Deportations at SCOTUS
Listen now | Justice Sonia Sotomayor accuses the Supreme Court majority of "rewarding lawlessness" in deportation cases
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Jake Kaplan @jakekaplanny.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
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...
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Case Brief: SCOTUS Upholds Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Minors — United States v. Skrmetti
Does a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors violate the Equal Protection Clause?
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