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Support This Week’s Sponsor: Flamingo: Our listeners get the Flamingo Starter Set for just $7 at https://www.shopflamingo.com/SISTERS Get More From The #SistersInLaw Joyce Vance: Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:q3glmp5enr5gkuu2uaosjker) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/JoyceWhiteVance) | University of Alabama Law (https://www.law.ua.edu/directory/People/view/Joyce_Vance) | Civil Discourse Substack (https://joycevance.substack.com/) | MSNBC (https://www.msnbc.com/author/joyce-vance-ncpn1243130) | Author of “Giving Up Is Unforgiveable” (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/801635/giving-up-is-unforgivable-by-joyce-vance/) Jill Wine-Banks: Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5klap434eteydsxvdydtqkf2) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/JillWineBanks) | Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/JWineBanks/) | Website (https://www.jillwinebanks.com/) | Author of The Watergate Girl: My Fight For Truth & Justice Against A Criminal President (https://amzn.to/3IezePZ) | Just The Facts YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIMaYVqnSs6_o4D0XhfIYPMCUPXOnJ7JO) Kimberly Atkins Stohr: Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3c364tyj5mfmd476kswz6rzf) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/KimberlyEAtkins) | Boston Globe (https://www.bostonglobe.com/about/staff-list/staff/kimberly-atkins/) | WBUR (https://www.wbur.org/inside/staff/kimberly-atkins) | The Gavel Newsletter (https://bostonglobe.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=90f9e490a860897c7155feca1&id=8650129a48) | Justice By Design Podcast (https://www.politicon.com/podcast-title/justice-by-design/) Barb McQuade: barbaramcquade.com (http://barbaramcquade.com/) | Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jdjwmydknwnaljoxntmrt5lu) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/BarbMcQuade) | University of Michigan Law (https://www.law.umich.edu/FacultyBio/Pages/FacultyBio.aspx?FacID=bmcquade) | Just Security (https://www.justsecurity.org/author/mcquadebarbara/) | MSNBC (https://www.msnbc.com/author/barbara-mcquade-ncpn1048426) | Attack From Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America (https://www.barbaramcquade.com/) #SistersInLaw https://audioboom.com/channels/5043432-sistersinlaw Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/43860740/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8958567/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>