• Survive '25

    Southern comfort

    My absolute favorite TV legal analyst is the inimitable Joyce Vance. When she speaks, people listen – including me. And then I realize just how much there is I don’t know about American history and the law. She’s a civics class, historical reference book and trusted legal mind all rolled up into one fine human being. A constitutional law professor at University of Alabama School of Law, Vance seems to be everywhere, including writing her daily chart-topping Substack newsletter, “Civil Discourse.” She ends every one of her posts with this tagline: “We’re in this together.” Vance also is part of the weekly “Sisters in Law” podcast. And she still has time to tend…