This week was a lot.

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	Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Saturday Morning Roundup Joyce Vance Jun 14   READ IN APP   This week was a lot. This weekend will undoubtedly bring more. I don’t remember a time when we’ve been tracking more court cases and legal issues of such high importance all at once. If you’re marching this weekend, I’d love to see your photos and share them with other Civil Discourse readers. Please send them if you’d like. Ready to go in Birmingham! In case you didn’t get to read all of the past week’s columns, I’ll link to them here for easy access. If you have the feeling the Trump administration is pushing on all fronts, you’re not alone. These issues at the intersection of law and politics are a lot of work to keep up with, so I try to make them more accessible with these posts. It’s never been more important to stay engaged and informed. This piece from Wednesday was on California and the Posse Comitatus Act, which prevents presidents from using the military in law enforcement roles on American streets. It’s why we don’t see soldiers in uniforms making arrests on street corners; a nightmare scenario for many of those who’ve lived under authoritarian rule before coming to this country. New Jersey Congresswoman LaMonica McIver is the first member of Congress indicted during this administration. New Jersey U.S. Attorney Alina Habba is pursuing hypertechnical assault charges stemming from the Congresswoman’s presence at a contract ICE facility in Newark, as part of her official inspection duties. I always teach my students to start their examination of a case with the jury instructions—judges read them to juries before they deliberate to instruct them on what the government must prove before they can vote to convict. We do that here, taking a look at jury instructions and assault charges, so we can understand this case as it moves forward. No cameras in federal courts. We know that by now, right? But, there were cameras in federal Judge Charles Breyer’s courtroom for the Thursday afternoon hearing in the California National Guard case. Read on for the details. Washington state Senator Patty Murray rose to the floor of the Senate after her colleague from California, Alex Padilla, was manhandled and wrestled to the floor by federal agents as he tried to ask DHS Secretary Kristi Noem a question at a press conference in his home state, Thursday. Senator Murray spoke briefly and off the cuff, in an emotional appeal to save democracy. Don’t miss what she had to say. I’ve printed it verbatim here. On Friday night, I wrote an explainer piece dissecting the details of Judge Breyer’s opinion, ruling that Trump acted unlawfully when he federalized National Guard troops in California. It’s long, but the law and the Judge’s masterful explanation of why the Trump administration is pushing executive power further than it goes is essential right now. Click on this piece for the explanation of the law the Judge uses to explain why what’s happening on the streets of LA isn’t a rebellion, but stick around for his extraordinary table setting for the coming confrontation in the Supreme Court over whether Trump gets to be a king, or maybe something worse. That takes us full circle to what many of us will be doing today. No kings. Stay safe. If you’ve been finding value in Civil Discourse, now’s the perfect time to support it with a paid subscription. Your subscription helps keep this work going—fact-based legal analysis that cuts through the noise and puts democracy first. We’re in this together, Joyce Upgrade to paid Share You're currently a free subscriber to Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance . For the full experience, upgrade your subscription. Upgrade to paid   Like Comment Restack   © 2025 Joyce Vance 548 Market Street PMB 72296, San Francisco, CA 94104 Unsubscribe