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.
Joyce Vance
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!
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).