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In this bonus from Stay Tuned, Franita Tolson, a constitutional law professor at USC and election law expert, discusses felony disenfranchisement, the prospect of mandatory voting, and teaching constitutional law in the age of this particularly politicized Supreme Court. Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email...

"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.

On the CAFE Insider docket this week:  – The  Washington Post  report that confirmed, for the first time, that the Department of Justice is investigating former President Donald Trump’s role in the attack at the Capitol and other efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election; – The reported cooperation of key January 6th witnesses, former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchins...

“Backstage” is a special segment of Now & Then exclusively for members of CAFE Insider. In this installment, Heather and Joanne discuss how it feels to track down archival documents that shed light on historical mysteries.  Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. For references & supplemental materials, head to: cafe.com/now-and-then/backstage-now-then-8-2/

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.

Preet spoke with Carol Leonnig, a reporter at the Washington Post, about her recent story confirming that the Department of Justice is investigating Donald Trump's actions on and around January 6th. For a full transcript of the interview, head to the CAFE website .

In this bonus from Stay Tuned, former Rep. Joe Kennedy III discusses his harrowing experience on his first day in Professor Elizabeth Warren’s Harvard Law School class. Plus, he talks about the other important way that Warren’s class changed his life. Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at staytuned@cafe...

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 .

On the CAFE Insider docket this week:  – The news that two aides to former Vice President Mike Pence, former chief of staff Marc Short and former chief counsel Greg Jacob, testified before a federal grand jury in the January 6th investigation; – The January 6th Committee’s eighth public hearing, which focused on then-President Donald Trump’s 187 minutes of inaction while the Capitol was under...

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 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.

This week on the CAFE Insider podcast, 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. She is now a CAFE contributor, a law professor at the University of Michigan law school, and a legal analyst for NBC News & MSNBC. On the CAFE Insider docket this week: – Former President Do...

“Backstage” is a special segment of Now & Then exclusively for members of CAFE Insider. In this installment, Heather and Joanne discuss historical patterns of militias and recall their own impressions of the ‘Modern Militia Movement’ during the 1990s. 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.

Preet spoke with Ed Luce, the US national editor and columnist at the Financial Times, about Boris Johnson’s downfall and what it means for the United States. For a full transcript of the interview, head to the CAFE  website .

In this bonus from Stay Tuned, Professor Farahany discusses how A.I. is already being used in place of judges, and the influence of machine learning in the realm of dating and matchmaking.   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. St...

“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. To access the full transcript of Melissa’s note, head to CAFE.com: https://cafe.com/notes-from-contributors/note-from-melissa-the-least-dangerous-branch/

With Joyce out this week, Preet is joined by Dan Goldman, who served as lead House counsel in the first impeachment of Donald Trump and is now running for Congress in New York. Preet and Dan dive deep into the news around the January 6th Committee, including: – Reports that Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony put additional pressure on DOJ to ramp up its investigation into former President Trump; – The...

“Backstage” is a special segment of Now & Then exclusively for members of CAFE Insider. In this installment, Heather, Joanne, and Professor Carol Anderson answer listener questions from their recent Live Taping.  Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. For references & supplemental materials, head to: cafe.com/now-and-then/backstage-now-then-7-12

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 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.

In this special episode of the CAFE Insider podcast, Joyce Vance interviews Jim Cavanaugh. Cavanaugh, a prominent voice in law enforcement, has extensive experience investigating domestic terrorism and white supremacist violence — threats that the FBI has said are on the rise. He spent over 33 years working at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, where he eventually led the Bir...

“Backstage” is a special segment of Now & Then exclusively for members of CAFE Insider. In this installment, Heather and Joanne discuss their recollections of shifting alcohol norms during the 1970s.  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.

Preet spoke with Trevor Morrison, a constitutional law professor and former Dean of NYU Law School, about "substantive due process" — the basis for the ruling in Roe v. Wade. For a full transcript of the interview, head to the CAFE website .