Joyce Vance

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Former federal prosecutor. MSNOW legal contributor. Law Professor. Writes with chickens & knitting at hand. Author of Civil Discourse on Substack. My first book, Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual For Keeping A Democracy, is a NYT bestseller!

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Joyce Vance hosts and writes Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance , hosts and writes Stay Tuned with Preet Bharara , writes The Beat with Ari Melber , writes Katie Phang , writes https://joycevance.substack.com , writes The Contrarian , hosts Stay Tuned with Preet , writes Rights & Insights , writes The Jim Acosta Show , writes Talking Feds Substack , writes Lucid , writes The Daily Beans , writes The Jim Acosta Show , writes Katie Couric , writes The Good in Us by Mary L. Trump , writes Marissa Rothkopf-Bakes: The Secret Life of Cookies , writes The Contrarian Pod , writes Scott MacFarlane Reports , writes https://jimacosta.substack.com , writes Thinking about... , writes Robert Reich , writes How the Hell... with Alex Wagner , writes Kate McDermott's Newsletter , writes The Freedom Academy with Asha Rangappa , writes https://snyder.substack.com , writes Grounded with Jon Tester & Maritsa Georgiou , writes The Status Kuo , writes The Rachel Maddow Show , writes love, journalism , writes The Briefing with Michael Waldman , writes One First , writes Assembly Notes by Stacey Abrams , writes Displease The Court , writes The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich and writes Major Questions with Jesse Wegman . They have also been a guest on Money, Power, Politics with Stephanie Ruhle (2 times) , The Just Security Podcast , You Are Here by Ami Fields-Meyer , Talking Feds , The Oath and The Office and Black Man Spy with Malcolm Nance .

Recently: “Trump Administration Extends Losing Streak in Court - Live w/ Scott MacFarlane & Joyce Vance” on Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance (October 2026); “Calling Institutions Broken When They Aren’t” on Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance (October 2026); “Another Really Bad Day in Court for Trump” on Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance (October 2026); “Live from the Deep South” on Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance (October 2026); “Trump’s DOJ Targets Comey & Alaska’s Election” on Stay Tuned with Preet Bharara (October 2026); “Trump’s DOJ Targets Comey & Alaska’s Election” on Stay Tuned with Preet (October 2026).

What They Said

“There are lawsuits challenging whether Tuberville can even be on the ballot. Although they’re still ongoing, the courts have allowed him to stay on the ballot, for now. But there are still legal questions percolating.” — Joyce Vance on Tommy Tuberville, Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance

From Joyce Vance's Civil Discourse newsletter of September 30, 2026, a former federal prosecutor writing about Tuberville's Alabama governor candidacy and the legal challenges over his state residency ahead of a Trump visit to Alabama.

Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance · 2026-10-01 Permalink → Listen →

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