Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance

6 days ago | joycevance.substack.com | Joyce Vance

I am super grateful to be surrounded by supportive friends these days, and thought I’d share some of them with you tonight. (No dis to my human friends. You know who you are, and I love you!)Bella, our German Shepherd, continues to think she is the guardian of the chicken flock, which is a very good thing, because we have hawks and the occasional owl. But she makes me laugh when she shares their morning dose of fresh herbs from the garden. We love Pickles. Really, everyone loves Pickles.

1 week ago | joycevance.substack.com | Joyce Vance

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 convey the most important developments and throughlines, so everyone has access to information about what’s happening to our democracy. There are an overwhelming number of significant developments taking place simultaneously right now. You may be noticing a resurgence of people who have stopped paying attention.

1 week ago | joycevance.substack.com | Joyce Vance |Elie Honig

Even though we were both drinking coffee at 5 in the afternoon (maybe because of that?), this turned out to be a lively conversation that was as much about our experiences as prosecutors as it was about the books Elie Honig and I are working on. He showed off the just-finished copy of his, and I’m extremely jealous!If you missed us live, you can click up above to watch the video or read the transcript of our conversation.

1 week ago | joycevance.substack.com | Joyce Vance

Tonight at 5:15 ET/4:15 CT, I’m joined by former DOJ prosecutor Elie Honig for a Substack Live discussion to explore democracy, the DOJ, and our forthcoming books on these topics. Expect a lively conversation—Elie and I don’t always agree, which leads to interesting conversations where the back and forth can expose arguments on both sides of an issue to scrutiny and be very productive for people who like to think issues through and make up their own minds.

1 week ago | joycevance.substack.com | Joyce Vance

Late last night, the Ninth Circuit entered its decision in the case involving whether Donald Trump’s federalization of the National Guard was lawful. It went largely as we thought it would after the oral argument last week, a 3-0 opinion in Trump’s favor. Never one to show restraint, within the hour, Trump took to Truth Social to congratulate the Ninth Circuit. “America is proud of you tonight,” he wrote, which was probably enough to make all three of the judges ill.