Everyone’s asking the question: How can Democrats win again? Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow has a few ideas. She joins Preet to discuss how to beat Trump’s culture war politics, her strategy for connecting to Republican voters, and her new book Hate Won't Win. 

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Kate Shaw is a constitutional law professor at University of Pennsylvania Penn Carey Law School. Shaw joins Preet to discuss legal challenges to President Trump’s executive orders and the constitutionality of Elon Musk’s role in DOGE. They also discuss whether Justice Amy Coney Barrett is shifting away from the conservative majority and upcoming Supreme Court cases on birthright citizenship and transgender care. 

Plus, in a special excerpt from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet and Joyce Vance speak with First Amendment expert Erwin Chemerinksy about the constitutionality of Trump’s attempt to deport Mahmoud Khalil based on his involvement in pro-Palestine protests at Columbia University. Visit cafe.com/insider to subscribe and hear the full conversation.

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How is Trump’s approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war working out? Preet’s joined by Richard Haass, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Julia Ioffe, a journalist and co-founder of Puck News, to discuss Putin, Trump, Zelensky, and the future of Ukraine. 

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What are the real prospects for rebuilding Gaza? And what would it take to achieve lasting peace in the Middle East? Preet is joined by Dennis Ross, the former US Ambassador and peace negotiator; Karim Sadjadpour, an expert on Iran and the Arab world; and Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, a Gazan-American writer and analyst who grew up in Gaza City, and moved to the US as a teenager. 

Plus, Preet addresses President Trump’s controversial executive order targeting law firm Perkins Coie. 

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Has interim D.C. U.S. Attorney Ed Martin violated lawyer ethics rules? And could the allegations against Martin impact his chances of Senate confirmation for the permanent role? In an excerpt from the Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down the allegations against Martin in Senate Democrats’ misconduct complaint submitted to the D.C. Bar.

In the full episode, Preet and Joyce discuss: 

– How President Trump’s comments about Elon Musk’s role at DOGE might impact lawsuits challenging the department’s actions; and

– Trump’s executive order targeting prestigious law firm Perkins Coie.

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American democracy has never been a given—it has been tested, strained, and at times, nearly broken. Some of the greatest threats have come not from foreign adversaries but from within—from presidents who sought to expand their power beyond constitutional limits.

In his new book, The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It, political theorist and constitutional scholar Corey Brettschneider explores these moments of crisis and resistance, offering lessons for our own time.

At a live event recorded at the Robert H. Smith Auditorium at The New York Historical, Corey joined Preet to discuss the dangers of executive overreach, the resilience of democratic institutions, and the lessons history holds for today.

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President Trump just delivered the longest address to Congress in recent history. What did we learn? Preet is joined by Yale history professor Joanne Freeman, columnist Frank Bruni, and political commentator Jonah Goldberg to discuss the actual state of our union. 

Plus, what exactly is the “unitary executive theory”?

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In an excerpt from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down the legal challenges to DOGE’s controversial initiatives. Should DOGE’s actions be suspended while litigation continues? And how have federal judges questioned Elon Musk’s official role in DOGE?

In the full episode, Preet and Joyce discuss: 

– The resignation of New York’s top FBI official after he resisted President Trump’s effort to purge his office;

– DOJ’s pushback against the interim D.C. U.S. Attorney’s reported efforts to open an investigation into comments made by Senator Chuck Schumer about Supreme Court justices; and

– Concerns that the Trump administration might defy court orders.

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Did the Supreme Court lay the legal foundation for mass incarceration? CAFE Contributor & NYU criminal law professor Rachel Barkow joins Preet to discuss this very question which she explores in her new book, Justice Abandoned: How the Supreme Court Ignored the Constitution and Enabled Mass Incarceration.

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Mimi Rocah is the former District Attorney for Westchester County, and Preet’s former colleague at the Southern District of New York. She made national news when she announced her run for DA in 2019, and sent shockwaves through the legal community when she decided not to seek re-election last year. 

She joins Preet to discuss her remarkable choice to step away, the political circumstances surrounding her decision, and why DA-ships across the country may be structurally unsound.  

Then, Preet discusses the legacy—and threat—of patronage at the DOJ.

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In an excerpt from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down President Donald Trump’s controversial appointment of conservative podcaster and former Fox News host Dan Bongino as Deputy Director of the FBI. 

In the full episode, Preet and Joyce discuss: 

– Trump’s nomination of Ed Martin, a former defense lawyer for January 6 defendants, as D.C. U.S. Attorney; and

– DOGE initiatives causing uncertainty and confusion among federal employees, including an email requesting information about the work that staff completed the prior week.

Joyce also analyzes a federal judge’s decision to adjourn New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s criminal fraud trial and appoint an independent attorney to argue against dismissal of the charges. 

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