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On the CAFE Insider docket this week:   – The January 6th Committee’s vote to subpoena former President Donald Trump to testify;  – The new evidence presented at the Committee’s final public hearing, including video footage of congressional leaders scrambling to respond to the attack and evidence of Trump’s pre-Election Day plan to declare victory on election night 2020; – The Depar...

Major First Amendment issues are making their way through the courts and their resolution by the Supreme Court could change long-standing free speech and free press principles.  On this edition of Office Hours , Stuart Brontman, a First Amendment scholar with deep expertise in communications law joins CAFE Executive Producer Tamara Sepper to discuss three areas that have been making the headl...

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In this bonus from Stay Tuned, NYU professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat discusses the politics of platforming voices like Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene. Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at letters@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and th...

"Note From Barb" is now a part of the CAFE Insider subscription. Barb McQuade is the former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, a law professor at the University of Michigan, and an NBC News/MSNBC legal analyst.

“Backstage” is a special segment of Now & Then exclusively for members of CAFE Insider. In this installment, Heather asks Joanne about the musical Hamilton .  Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community.

On the CAFE Insider docket this week:   – Former President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court filing asking the justices to permit the Mar-a-Lago special master to review about 100 classified documents that the FBI seized as part of its investigation; – The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals order granting DOJ’s request to expedite the appeal of the special master appointment;  – The repor...

Note From Elie is part of the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter. Audio recordings of Elie’s Note are part of the CAFE Insider subscription.

“Note From Melissa” is the latest addition to the CAFE Insider subscription. Melissa Murray is an NYU Law Professor, the co-host of the Strict Scrutiny podcast, and an MSNBC legal analyst.

On the CAFE Insider docket this week:   – The Washington Post report that earlier this year, Trump lawyer Alex Cannon refused to sign a declaration that all presidential documents were returned to the government; – The Department of Justice’s motion requesting that the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals expedite the appeal of the appointment of the special master to review the Mar-a-Lago...

“Backstage” is a special segment of Now & Then exclusively for members of CAFE Insider. In this installment, Heather and Joanne talk about the complexities of cultural representation in West Side Story and beyond. Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. For references & supplemental materials, head to: c afe.com/now-and-then/backstage-now-then-10-4

Note From Elie is part of the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter. Audio recordings of Elie’s Note are part of the CAFE Insider subscription.

In this bonus from Stay Tuned, Ioffe assesses the Biden administration’s strategy to combat Putin’s latest military escalation. Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast N...

"Note From Asha" is a part of the CAFE Insider subscription. Asha Rangappa is a lawyer, former FBI Special Agent, and current CNN analyst. She's also a Senior Lecturer at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs.

Joyce Vance is joined by guest co-host Barb McQuade while Preet is traveling. Barb served as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan from 2010 to 2017. On the CAFE Insider docket:  – The civil lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James against former President Donald Trump, three of his adult children, and others for allegedly taking part in a years-long financial...

“Backstage” is a special segment of Now & Then exclusively for members of CAFE Insider. In this installment, Heather and Joanne talk about their own familial immigration stories.  Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community.

Note From Elie is part of the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter. Audio recordings of Elie’s Note are part of the CAFE Insider subscription.

Joyce Vance is a former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, a professor at the University of Alabama Law School, and an MSNBC legal analyst. Notes from Joyce are exclusive to the CAFE Insider membership. For the text of this note, along with the full archive of contributor notes, head to CAFE's  website .

In this bonus from Stay Tuned, NPR legal correspondent Nina Totenberg responds to listener questions about SCOTUS term limits, friendships on the Court, and how RBG changed her. Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is...

On the CAFE Insider docket this week:  – The appointment of Judge Raymond Dearie of the Eastern District of New York as special master to review the more than 11,000 documents seized from Mar-a-Lago; – DOJ’s request for the 11th Circuit to freeze the district court order that blocked investigators from using the seized classified documents in furtherance of the investigation;  – Former P...

“Backstage” is a special segment of Now & Then exclusively for members of CAFE Insider. In this installment, Heather and Joanne discuss their memories of the British monarchy.  Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community.

Note From Elie is part of the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter. Audio recordings of Elie’s Note are part of the CAFE Insider subscription.

In this bonus from Stay Tuned, Astead Herndon breaks down whether cultural or policy preferences are more motivating for voters. He also discusses the viability of California Governor Gavin Newsom as a potential presidential candidate. Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 66...

"Note From Barb" is now a part of the CAFE Insider subscription. Barb McQuade is the former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, a law professor at the University of Michigan, and an NBC News/MSNBC legal analyst.

On the CAFE Insider docket:  – The New York Times report that DOJ has subpoenaed about 40 former Trump aides and seized the phones of two top Trump advisors; – The latest on the briefs submitted by the Department of Justice and Trump’s lawyers addressing the potential appointment of a special master to review the documents seized during the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago; – The respective recomme...