Jake Kaplan
@jakekaplanny.bsky.social
lawyer, writer, producer @ vox media/cafe
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“Trump wants the satisfaction of seeing someone he has labeled as an enemy publicly humiliated.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social reacts to reports the FBI wants to “perp walk” Jim Comey. Listen to a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider pod w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/HETzAj
Vindictive Prosecution? Comey & Abrego Garcia
Listen now | Is there ever a legitimate reason to “perp walk” a high-profile criminal defendant like Jim Comey?
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October 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
“Trump wants the satisfaction of seeing someone he has labeled as an enemy publicly humiliated.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social reacts to reports the FBI wants to “perp walk” Jim Comey. Listen to a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider pod w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/HETzAj
“He is the victim of inappropriate, illegitimate, likely unlawful retribution by the president of the United States.” - @preetbharara.bsky.social reacts to the Comey indictment. Listen to a new episode of the Insider podcast with @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/Ua3WG2
Is the Comey Prosecution Fatally Flawed?
Listen now | Preet and Joyce break down the weaknesses of the indictment
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September 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM
“He is the victim of inappropriate, illegitimate, likely unlawful retribution by the president of the United States.” - @preetbharara.bsky.social reacts to the Comey indictment. Listen to a new episode of the Insider podcast with @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/Ua3WG2
“In some parts of the country, it’s not a terrible idea [to carry your papers], which is a really sad commentary on where we are.” [email protected] on SCOTUS’s ruling on ICE raids. Listen to a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider pod w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/BuT8OF
Trump’s America: Do We All Need to Carry Papers Now?
Listen now | On this week’s episode of the Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance discuss:
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September 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
“In some parts of the country, it’s not a terrible idea [to carry your papers], which is a really sad commentary on where we are.” [email protected] on SCOTUS’s ruling on ICE raids. Listen to a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider pod w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/BuT8OF
“Trump is not someone who respects the bounds of law.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social on Trump’s threats to deploy the National Guard to cities in the name of stopping crime. Listen to a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider pod w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/1R5iNK
Can Trump Do Whatever He Wants?
Listen now | What does it mean for the rule of law when a president claims he has “the right to do anything I want to do” in the name of stopping crime?
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September 3, 2025 at 1:02 AM
“Trump is not someone who respects the bounds of law.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social on Trump’s threats to deploy the National Guard to cities in the name of stopping crime. Listen to a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider pod w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/1R5iNK
“Order without law is not worth the order that you get from it.” - @preetbharara.bsky.social.
Listen to a new episode of the @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider podcast with @joycewhitevance.bsky.social discussing the legal battle over Trump’s takeover of the DC police: cafe.visitlink.me/HwiV5V
Listen to a new episode of the @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider podcast with @joycewhitevance.bsky.social discussing the legal battle over Trump’s takeover of the DC police: cafe.visitlink.me/HwiV5V
Law & Order, Hold the Law
Listen now | If a president can stretch the law to take over the D.C. police without a real emergency, what’s to stop him from going further in a true crisis?
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August 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
“Order without law is not worth the order that you get from it.” - @preetbharara.bsky.social.
Listen to a new episode of the @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider podcast with @joycewhitevance.bsky.social discussing the legal battle over Trump’s takeover of the DC police: cafe.visitlink.me/HwiV5V
Listen to a new episode of the @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider podcast with @joycewhitevance.bsky.social discussing the legal battle over Trump’s takeover of the DC police: cafe.visitlink.me/HwiV5V
“You can’t save a democracy by destroying a democracy.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social.
Listen to a new episode of the @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider podcast with @preetbharara.bsky.social discussing Trump’s takeover of the DC police: staytuned.substack.com/p/trumps-dc-...
Listen to a new episode of the @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider podcast with @preetbharara.bsky.social discussing Trump’s takeover of the DC police: staytuned.substack.com/p/trumps-dc-...
Trump’s DC Police Takeover
Listen now | Does President Trump have the legal authority to put Washington, D.C.’s police under federal control?
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August 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“You can’t save a democracy by destroying a democracy.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social.
Listen to a new episode of the @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider podcast with @preetbharara.bsky.social discussing Trump’s takeover of the DC police: staytuned.substack.com/p/trumps-dc-...
Listen to a new episode of the @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider podcast with @preetbharara.bsky.social discussing Trump’s takeover of the DC police: staytuned.substack.com/p/trumps-dc-...
Texas Democrats fled the state to block Republicans from gerrymandering the state’s congressional map. But will this tactic succeed? And what legal consequences might these lawmakers face? Read my latest issue brief for @cafedotcom.bsky.social on Substack: staytuned.substack.com/p/issue-brie...
Issue Brief: Texas Lawmakers Flee State to Block Congressional Map Gerrymandering
Can Democrats stop Republicans’ redistricting effort?
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August 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Texas Democrats fled the state to block Republicans from gerrymandering the state’s congressional map. But will this tactic succeed? And what legal consequences might these lawmakers face? Read my latest issue brief for @cafedotcom.bsky.social on Substack: staytuned.substack.com/p/issue-brie...
“They’re not thinking as much about the present harm that the technology could be doing.” - @nitafarahany.bsky.social on how the Trump administration is falling behind in implementing AI safeguards. Listen to a new Insider podcast w/ @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/XkPLzm
AI in Trump’s America (with Nita Farahany)
Listen now | Is the US falling behind by failing to implement meaningful AI safeguards?
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July 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
“They’re not thinking as much about the present harm that the technology could be doing.” - @nitafarahany.bsky.social on how the Trump administration is falling behind in implementing AI safeguards. Listen to a new Insider podcast w/ @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/XkPLzm
“It is the M.O. of this executive branch to find ways to take words out of their ordinary meaning, [and] expand them for the purpose of expanding [Trump’s] power and authority.” - @preetbharara.bsky.social. Listen to a new Insider podcast w/ @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/AUMvxg
Fighting Trump’s Asylum Ban
Listen now | Federal judge halts Trump's asylum ban, while SCOTUS permits Trump to carry out deportations to South Sudan
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July 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
“It is the M.O. of this executive branch to find ways to take words out of their ordinary meaning, [and] expand them for the purpose of expanding [Trump’s] power and authority.” - @preetbharara.bsky.social. Listen to a new Insider podcast w/ @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/AUMvxg
“Continuing to...trust this administration to act as responsible branch of government in obeisance to the law just doesn't make sense any longer.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social reacts to SCOTUS nationwide injunctions decision on new Insider pod w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/WM6vWN
SCOTUS to America: "You Deal With Him"
Listen now | "Justices use birthright citizenship case to limit nationwide injunctions"
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July 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
“Continuing to...trust this administration to act as responsible branch of government in obeisance to the law just doesn't make sense any longer.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social reacts to SCOTUS nationwide injunctions decision on new Insider pod w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/WM6vWN
“Either everyone gets due process rights or none of us do.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social on the Supreme Court’s recent deportation decision on a new Insider episode w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/A2YF_n
Deportations at SCOTUS
Listen now | Justice Sonia Sotomayor accuses the Supreme Court majority of "rewarding lawlessness" in deportation cases
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June 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“Either everyone gets due process rights or none of us do.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social on the Supreme Court’s recent deportation decision on a new Insider episode w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/A2YF_n
Does a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors violate the Equal Protection Clause?
Read my latest case brief for @cafedotcom.bsky.social on today’s SCOTUS decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti: staytuned.substack.com/p/case-brief...
Read my latest case brief for @cafedotcom.bsky.social on today’s SCOTUS decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti: staytuned.substack.com/p/case-brief...
Case Brief: SCOTUS Upholds Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Minors — United States v. Skrmetti
Does a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors violate the Equal Protection Clause?
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June 19, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Does a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors violate the Equal Protection Clause?
Read my latest case brief for @cafedotcom.bsky.social on today’s SCOTUS decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti: staytuned.substack.com/p/case-brief...
Read my latest case brief for @cafedotcom.bsky.social on today’s SCOTUS decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti: staytuned.substack.com/p/case-brief...
“The president made a decision and it’s been countermanded. How did that happen?” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social reacts to Trump’s immigration policy flip-flop on a new Insider episode w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/7VzAbS
Minnesota Killings, LA Protests & ICE Raids
Listen now | New Insider Podcast
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June 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“The president made a decision and it’s been countermanded. How did that happen?” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social reacts to Trump’s immigration policy flip-flop on a new Insider episode w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/7VzAbS
“It is a fundamental, basic cornerstone of American democracy that our military doesn’t…get involved in domestic criminal law enforcement.” - @preetbharara.bsky.social on Trump’s deployment of troops to LA. Listen to new podcast w/ @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/8hqZFT
Trump Deploys Troops to LA
California sues Trump and Kilmar Abrego Garcia indicted
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June 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
“It is a fundamental, basic cornerstone of American democracy that our military doesn’t…get involved in domestic criminal law enforcement.” - @preetbharara.bsky.social on Trump’s deployment of troops to LA. Listen to new podcast w/ @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/8hqZFT
Does a ban on semiautomatic rifles violate the Second Amendment?
Read my latest case brief to learn more: staytuned.substack.com/p/scotus-rej...
Read my latest case brief to learn more: staytuned.substack.com/p/scotus-rej...
SCOTUS Rejects Gun Case — Case Brief: Snope v. Brown
Does a ban on semiautomatic rifles violate the Second Amendment?
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June 4, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Does a ban on semiautomatic rifles violate the Second Amendment?
Read my latest case brief to learn more: staytuned.substack.com/p/scotus-rej...
Read my latest case brief to learn more: staytuned.substack.com/p/scotus-rej...
Does using government funds to run a religious charter school violate the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause?
Read my latest case brief for @cafedotcom.bsky.social on the SCOTUS (non)decision in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond: staytuned.substack.com/p/case-brief...
Read my latest case brief for @cafedotcom.bsky.social on the SCOTUS (non)decision in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond: staytuned.substack.com/p/case-brief...
May 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Does using government funds to run a religious charter school violate the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause?
Read my latest case brief for @cafedotcom.bsky.social on the SCOTUS (non)decision in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond: staytuned.substack.com/p/case-brief...
Read my latest case brief for @cafedotcom.bsky.social on the SCOTUS (non)decision in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond: staytuned.substack.com/p/case-brief...
“Cruelty and fear are the point of what he's trying to do.” - @aclu.org’s Cecillia Wang on Trump’s immigration agenda. Listen to a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider w/ @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: staytuned.substack.com/p/aclu-v-tru...
ACLU v. Trump’s Immigration Agenda (with Cecillia Wang)
Listen now | Litigating against Trump's controversial immigration policies
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May 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“Cruelty and fear are the point of what he's trying to do.” - @aclu.org’s Cecillia Wang on Trump’s immigration agenda. Listen to a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider w/ @joycewhitevance.bsky.social: staytuned.substack.com/p/aclu-v-tru...
“What a sad day it is in America where SCOTUS has to say people are entitled to due process in case you've forgotten, Mr. President.” [email protected] on SCOTUS Alien Enemies Act ruling. Listen to new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/1bO7e0
May 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
“What a sad day it is in America where SCOTUS has to say people are entitled to due process in case you've forgotten, Mr. President.” [email protected] on SCOTUS Alien Enemies Act ruling. Listen to new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/1bO7e0
Why are we so sad on our birthdays?
I wrote about the emotions I’m feeling after recently turning 30. Plus, I reflected on the moments and lessons that got me here. Check it out: jakestakes5.substack.com/p/on-turning...
I wrote about the emotions I’m feeling after recently turning 30. Plus, I reflected on the moments and lessons that got me here. Check it out: jakestakes5.substack.com/p/on-turning...
May 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Why are we so sad on our birthdays?
I wrote about the emotions I’m feeling after recently turning 30. Plus, I reflected on the moments and lessons that got me here. Check it out: jakestakes5.substack.com/p/on-turning...
I wrote about the emotions I’m feeling after recently turning 30. Plus, I reflected on the moments and lessons that got me here. Check it out: jakestakes5.substack.com/p/on-turning...
“It literally means that the executive branch, the presidency, can turn into a complete and total tyrannical fascist regime.” - @rachelbarkow.bsky.social on the Trump admin. considering suspending habeas corpus. @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/Ljwiud
May 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
“It literally means that the executive branch, the presidency, can turn into a complete and total tyrannical fascist regime.” - @rachelbarkow.bsky.social on the Trump admin. considering suspending habeas corpus. @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/Ljwiud
“[We're] at a kind of crossroads about what next step the executive branch might take and what next step the courts might take.” [email protected] Dean Emeritus @twmorrison.bsky.social on Kilmar Abrego Garcia case. Listen to a new Insider pod w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/GGnWLS
May 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
“[We're] at a kind of crossroads about what next step the executive branch might take and what next step the courts might take.” [email protected] Dean Emeritus @twmorrison.bsky.social on Kilmar Abrego Garcia case. Listen to a new Insider pod w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/GGnWLS
“The hallmark of the 100 hundred days is creating this environment of fear.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social on the first 100 days of Trump’s second administration. Listen to a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/QOyRSw
April 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“The hallmark of the 100 hundred days is creating this environment of fear.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social on the first 100 days of Trump’s second administration. Listen to a new @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/QOyRSw
In a piece for @cafedotcom.bsky.social, @maryrziegler.bsky.social explains how President Trump's executive order declaring that there are only two genders is planting the seeds for codifying fetal personhood, "the anti-abortion movement's holy grail." cafe.com/article/abor...
Mary Ziegler: The Anti-Abortion Movement's Holy Grail
Trump's Executive Order declaring only two genders includes a nod to fetal personhood – the idea that life, and constitutional rights, begin at conception.
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April 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
In a piece for @cafedotcom.bsky.social, @maryrziegler.bsky.social explains how President Trump's executive order declaring that there are only two genders is planting the seeds for codifying fetal personhood, "the anti-abortion movement's holy grail." cafe.com/article/abor...
“It doesn't matter if he's a saint or if he's a criminal—he gets due process regardless.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social reacts to the latest on Kilmar Abrego García’s deportation case. Listen to a new episode of @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/trBtPL
April 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
“It doesn't matter if he's a saint or if he's a criminal—he gets due process regardless.” - @joycewhitevance.bsky.social reacts to the latest on Kilmar Abrego García’s deportation case. Listen to a new episode of @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider w/ @preetbharara.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/trBtPL
“...An agenda and an intent to not only do things that are unlawful & unconstitutional but un-American.” - @preetbharara.bsky.social reacts to Trump’s latest acts, including Abrego Garcia deportation. Listen to
@cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider
@joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/sPX350
@cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider
@joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/sPX350
Insider Sample 4/15: What the Abrego Garcia Case Means for You - CAFE
Will the Trump administration facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States or defy the Supreme Court's order?
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April 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“...An agenda and an intent to not only do things that are unlawful & unconstitutional but un-American.” - @preetbharara.bsky.social reacts to Trump’s latest acts, including Abrego Garcia deportation. Listen to
@cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider
@joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/sPX350
@cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider
@joycewhitevance.bsky.social: cafe.visitlink.me/sPX350