Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance

Today, 101 former judges filed a complaint, asking the New York State Bar Attorney Grievance Commission to “initiate an investigation into Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche (Registration No. 4192456) for violati...

New week, more losses in court for the Trump administration.

In Minnesota, there was one you don’t see often. A federal judge quashed grand jury subpoenas, something that’s almost unheard of. Federal prosecutors issue subpoenas on their own authority; they don’t need approval from a judge or from the grand jury itself. Typically, an effort is made to voluntarily obtain ...

Time spent thinking about democracy with Professor Timothy Snyder is always time well spent.

If you missed us live today, set aside some time to watch the video and work through the excellent points Professor Snyder makes in response to questions raised by members of the Civil Discourse community. I asked him some of the most frequently posed ones, such as “ho...

It was my pleasure to fill in for Jen Rubin on Coffee with the Contrarians this morning, joining Norm Eisen to discuss the news of the day. Thanks to those of you who joined us live. If you missed us live, you can click the link above to watch now.

We’re in this together,

Joyce

On Tyranny is a classic book, a must-read for the times we are living in, and its author, Timothy Snyder, is one of my favorite writers because of the historical and practical perspectives he brings to understanding what Donald Trump is doing to democracy. His Substack, Thinking About…, is required reading here.