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Co-hosts Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance help you to make sense of law and politics each week, plus weekly notes and bonus content exclusive to CAFE Insider members.
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Jan 26, 2024 • 9min
Note from Elie 1/26: How Merrick Garland Saved E. Jean Carroll – and His Own Trump Prosecution
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.

Jan 24, 2024 • 7min
Note from Asha 1/24: The Seriousness of Swatting
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. Head to CAFE.com for a full transcript of Asha's Note.Notes from Asha 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.

Jan 24, 2024 • 56min
CAFE Insider 1/23: Trump’s Ineffective Counsel
On a new episode of CAFE Insider, Preet and Joyce discuss former President Donald Trump’s arguments in a Supreme Court brief asking the justices to overturn the Colorado Supreme Court decision disqualifying him from the presidential election ballot based on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. They also assess the quality of the legal representation Trump is receiving from lawyer Alina Habba in the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial, offering some lessons on courtroom procedure along the way. We hope you’re finding CAFE Insider informative. Email us at letters@cafe.com with your suggestions and questions for Preet and Joyce. Give the gift of CAFE Insider: cafe.com/giftShownotes & transcript can be found at CAFE.com.This podcast is brought to you by CAFE Studios and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Jan 19, 2024 • 9min
Note from Elie 1/19: The Word Jack Smith Will Never Say
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.

Jan 18, 2024 • 9min
Stay Tuned Bonus 1/18: Dexter Filkins
In this bonus from Stay Tuned, Preet asks New Yorker staff writer Dexter Filkins a complicated moral question about American immigration policy. 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 the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Jan 17, 2024 • 7min
Note From Joyce 1/17: The New Birtherism
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.

Jan 16, 2024 • 51min
CAFE Insider 1/16: Dismissal & Disqualification
In this podcast, they discuss Trump's New York civil fraud trial, the motions to dismiss the Georgia criminal charges, and the allegations against Senator Bob Menendez. They also explore Trump's manipulation tactics in court, the threshold of proof for the allegations against Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, and the allegations of misappropriation and clandestine relationships in the Georgia case. Additionally, they speculate on the defendant's trial decision and analyze the pros and cons of separate trials for defendants.

Jan 12, 2024 • 7min
Note From Elie 1/12: The Supreme Court’s Silver Bullet Solution to the Fourteenth Amendment Problem
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.

Jan 11, 2024 • 3min
Stay Tuned Bonus 1/11: Ian Bremmer
In this bonus from Stay Tuned, Preet asks Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer the biggest “red herrings” of 2024 – apparent risks that many fear, but that Ian thinks are overhyped.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 the Vox Media Podcast Network.For references & supplemental materials, head to: cafe.com/stay-tuned-bonus/stay-tuned-bonus-1-11-ian-bremmer/

Jan 10, 2024 • 6min
Note From Barb 1/10: The 25 Percenters
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. To access the full written version of Barb's note, head to CAFE.com.


