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On this week’s episode of the Insider podcast, Deputy Director of the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project Lee Gelernt joins Joyce Vance, while Preet is out, to discuss the latest developments in J.G.G. v. Trump, a case challenging President Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members.Gelernt, the lead attorney in the case, recently argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in support of a federal judge’s authority to investigate whether Trump administration officials deliberately defied his order blocking the deportations. Gelernt also explains the history of the Alien Enemies Act and the legal merits of President Trump’s invocation of the statute to carry out deportations. Plus, he previews the immigration cases before the Supreme Court this term, including disputes over asylum, immigrant detention, and the limits of immigration enforcement.We hope you’re finding Insider informative. Email us at [email protected] with your suggestions and questions for Preet and Joyce. Watch livestreams on YouTube or Substack.Photo by Marvin RECINOS / AFP via Getty Images.This podcast is brought to you by CAFE and Vox Media Podcast Network. Executive Producer: Tamara Sepper; Supervising Producer: Jake Kaplan; Editorial Producers: Claudia Hernández & Gloria Teal; Audio Producers: Matthew Billy & Nat Weiner; Marketing Manager: Liana Greenway.

On this week’s episode of the Insider podcast, former Westchester County District Attorney and experienced sex crimes prosecutor Mimi Rocah joins Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance for a conversation about the Cornell rape investigation.They discuss the challenges of investigating and prosecuting sexual assault allegations, the district attorney’s missteps in the Cornell case, and the appointment of New York Attorney General Letitia James to take over the case. Plus, Rocah explains how New York law treats voluntary and involuntary intoxication differently in sexual assault cases and how the distinctions come into play in the Cornell case.We hope you’re finding Insider informative. Email us at [email protected] with your suggestions and questions for Preet and Joyce. Watch livestreams on YouTube or Substack.Photo by Ryan Murphy via Getty ImagesThis podcast is brought to you by CAFE and Vox Media Podcast Network. Executive Producer: Tamara Sepper; Supervising Producer: Jake Kaplan; Editorial Producers: Claudia Hernández & Gloria Teal; Audio Producers: Matthew Billy & Nat Weiner; Marketing Manager: Liana Greenway.

On this week’s episode of the Insider podcast, veteran Supreme Court litigator Pam Karlan joins Joyce Vance, while Preet Bharara is out. Karlan served as principal deputy assistant attorney general in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and as counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Today, she is a Stanford Law professor and leads the school’s Supreme Court litigation clinic.In the show, Karlan takes listeners inside the Supreme Court, sharing what she’s learned from arguing before the justices and reflecting on how the Court has changed over the past half-century. Then, they preview the major cases the Supreme Court will hear this term:– Viramontes v. Cook County & Grant v. Higgins, whether the 2nd and 14th Amendments guarantee the right to possess semiautomatic rifles such as the AR-15;– Republican National Committee v. Mi Familia Vota, whether Arizona can require people to prove they are U.S. citizens when registering to vote;– Kian v. Florida, whether the 6th and 14th Amendments guarantee 12-person juries in criminal cases; – International Partners for Ethical Care, Inc. v. Ferguson, whether parents have standing to challenge a state law that limits their role when their transgender children seek gender-affirming care; and – St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, whether a state can exclude a religious school from a state funding program for violating LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination rules.We hope you’re finding Insider informative. Email us at [email protected] with your suggestions and questions for Preet and Joyce. Watch livestreams on YouTube or Substack.Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesThis podcast is brought to you by CAFE and Vox Media Podcast Network.

On this week’s episode of the Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance discuss:– A federal judge’s order directing the Trump administration to restore press passes for CNN, MS NOW, and Politico journalists after they were revoked;– The Supreme Court decision that blocked Missouri Republicans from using a gerrymandered map for the midterm elections; and – The Supreme Court ruling that the Trump administration can use a Department of Homeland Security database to identify noncitizens on state voter rolls.We hope you’re finding Insider informative. Email us at [email protected] with your suggestions and questions for Preet and Joyce. Watch livestreams on YouTube or Substack.Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesThis podcast is brought to you by CAFE and Vox Media Podcast Network.

On this week’s episode of the Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance discuss:– President Trump’s decision to bar CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House, and the lawsuit challenging the ban;– The legal battle over Trump’s efforts to reshape and rename the Kennedy Center, including a judge’s recent order requiring advance notice of any renovations; and– A Wall Street Journal report on Trump Housing Director Bill Pulte’s scrutiny of mortgages belonging to Trump rivals like Adam Schiff, as well as one key Trump ally, Todd Blanche.We hope you’re finding Insider informative. Email us at [email protected] with your suggestions and questions for Preet and Joyce. Watch livestreams on YouTube or Substack.Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty ImagesThis podcast is brought to you by CAFE and Vox Media Podcast Network.

On this week’s episode of the Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance discuss:– The Supreme Court’s decision blocking President Trump’s executive order restricting mail voting;– Trump’s proposal to send $5,000 checks to American citizens if Republicans keep control of Congress after the midterm elections; and– The resignation of Joe diGenova, the Justice Department prosecutor leading the probe into investigations targeting President Trump.We hope you’re finding Insider informative. Email us at [email protected] with your suggestions and questions for Preet and Joyce. Watch livestreams on YouTube or Substack.Photo by Alex Wong via Getty ImagesThis podcast is brought to you by CAFE and Vox Media Podcast Network. Executive Producer: Tamara Sepper; Supervising Producer: Jake Kaplan; Editorial Producers: Claudia Hernández & Gloria Teal; Audio Producers: Matthew Billy & Nat Weiner; Marketing Manager: Liana Greenway.

In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for Insiders, Preet and Ian Bremmer, a political scientist and the President and founder of Eurasia Group, discuss President Trump’s White House meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Plus, Bremmer shares his take on the future of artificial intelligence.For more content at the intersection of law, politics, and policy, sign up to receive the weekly CAFE Brief newsletter, for free: cafe.com/briefTweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #AskPreet, email us at [email protected], or call 833-997-7338 to leave a voicemail.Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for Insiders, Preet and Rose Horowitch, a staff writer for The Atlantic, discuss her senior thesis on German-American philosopher Hannah Arendt and how her writing still applies today.For more content at the intersection of law, politics, and policy, sign up to receive the weekly CAFE Brief newsletter, for free: cafe.com/briefTweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #AskPreet, email us at [email protected], or call 833-997-7338 to leave a voicemail.Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network.