Joyce White Vance

If you’ve ever taken the oath to uphold the Constitution, this is the time to live up to it.

Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.

Amazing how we couldn’t do what Brazil did: Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Plotting Coup www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/w...

It's Time to Release the Epstein Files. People who fight this hard to hide something have something to hide. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

The Purcell principle is more like a double standard than a legal standard. You’ve heard it mentioned, this is what the case is about & how it’s applied: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

1/ I wrote this is a corrupt settlement, brought in a case that was due to be dismissed. You don’t have to take my word for that-lawyers at the IRS thought so too. But Trump was in both the driver’s seat & the beneficiary’s seat. That’s the very definition of kleptocracy substack.com/@joycevance/...

Comey files a motion to extend the arraignment deadline in the seashell case so he can file motions asking the court to dismiss the prosecution on constitutional grounds. The government doesn’t oppose (that’s very normal). storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Is Trump’s $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund legal? @preetbharara.bsky.social & I discuss on a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider episode: cafe.visitlink.me/Mw71-D

It’s a pardon on steroids for Trump & his family businesses. The gov't has agreed that it won't prosecute or pursue civil claims against any of the Trumps, “whether presently known or unknown” that could have been brought as of the date of the settlement agreement. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Just incredible. Any theoretical charges—there’s no indication there were any—would fall outside the scope of presidential immunity for official acts. Fascinating that Trump felt the need to pursue this. He seems to have found a way around the likely legal rule that a president can’t pardon himself.

Go Vote ‘Bama!

Right. I can just see this administration rewarding Jim Comey and Hunter Biden. It’ll be more like already pardoned ex-Illinois governor Blago, who, bonus points, was prosecuted by Comey’s defense lawyer.

It’s Election Day, ‘Bama (hoping this guy will be my next governor)

Here’s the bottom line. Donald Trump wants to take $1.8 billion dollars of money that taxpayers like you and me have paid to the government, and he wants to give it to his most hardcore followers. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...