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Happy Mother’s Day!
Here’s the highlight reel of last week’s posts and events. Grab a cup of coffee and get ready to catch up on anything you missed.
The Week Ahead: We prepared for continued fallout from Callais, as a wave of redistricting hits the South; Krisi Noem’s housing grift; Maurene Comey’s lawsuit; the SPLC indictment; the Jim Comey “seashells” indictment; and a judge in D.C.’s action against a Trump takeover of a public golf course. Mifepristone is Back in Court: Last Friday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decided to shut down access to the abortion drug mifepristone, and not just for women in Louisiana, where the case before it came from, but for millions of American women who use telehealth care and mail delivery to access the drug. The case, Louisiana v. Food and Drug Administration, was promptly appealed to the Supreme Court, where it sits on the shadow docket, awaiting a decision. Joyce Vance & Marc Elias: Fallout From Callais: Marc’s comments here are essential viewing. As we process fallout from Callais, our conversation offers you the baseline of knowledge you need to process what’s coming next. It’s like getting a semester of law school in under 40 minutes. Two Motions From the SPLC Tell the Story: The Government’s Indictment Is in Trouble: The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has filed rare motions accusing DOJ of knowingly making false public statements about their work with informants, a claim the government essentially conceded by failing to dispute the inaccuracies in its official response. Read the full piece to understand why this is so important. Janai Nelson, The Lawyer Who Argued The Callais Gerrymandering Case: Every Tuesday, I co-host the Insider podcast on the Stay Tuned with Preet channel here on Substack, with my former US Attorney colleague Preet Bharara. Last week, Preet was out, so I asked my friend Janai Nelson, the President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund, and the lawyer who argued Callais in the Supreme Court, to join me. The New Jim Crow: Following the Supreme Court's decision in Callais, Alabama has moved to reinstate congressional maps previously struck down for illegally diluting the power of Black voters. Despite prior court findings that the state acted with "racially discriminatory intent," the Republican-led legislature is rushing to pass legislation to facilitate a special primary based on these contested boundaries. This highlights a broader trend across the South where states are testing the Supreme Court's willingness to uphold the Voting Rights Act versus allowing partisan interests to dictate racial representation. The new Jim Crow is here, and taking a moment to refresh your understanding of Alabama’s Milligan case from 2023 will help you better understand unfolding developments. Live with a Chicken?: Pickles the chicken told me I was due for a night off, and who can say no to Pickles? Live with Mary Trump and Katie Phang: Some straight talk about gerrymandering, voting fraud, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, and what each of us can do right now to take down the Trump regime. Five Questions with Kica Matos: Kica Matos is the president of the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) and the Immigrant Justice Fund (IJF). With everything that’s going on, it’s easy to let ICE and Trump’s mass deportation policies slip onto the back burner, and Kica reminds us why we can’t let that happen. Remembering What The Stakes Are: The Speaker of the House in Alabama is pushing a partisan agenda at the expense of voters’ rights, a caricature of where the MAGA movement is heading post-Callais. He also called for the courts to overturn the 14th Amendment, and I’ve got the video for you—it’s one of those moments you really have to watch to get just how real the stupid has become.
These are complicated legal times, and it’s easy for the truth to get lost in the chaos. Civil Discourse doesn’t just track today’s headlines—it connects them to the legal and political history that explains why they matter. We won’t forget what’s at stake, or let Trump and his allies rewrite the past. You can subscribe to Civil Discourse for free and get clear analysis that helps you see the whole picture, delivered straight to your inbox. If you’re in a position to do so, your paid subscription helps me devote the time and resources it takes to write the newsletter. That means everyone has access to information they can share with friends and family—a constructive act we can all participate in right now, helping more Americans understand how critical this moment is.
We’re in this together,
Joyce
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