Joyce Vance

Former U.S. attorney and legal analyst Joyce Vance appeared at the Progressive Forum to discuss her book, Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy. The event took place at Congregation Emanu El, Houston, Texas on November 13, 2025. 
SHORT: How can people fight for democracy? Fight in a group. It's overwhelming to do it alone. (3:02)

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SHORT: Our democracy has built-in protections through institutions. When things go wrong, we can come back. (5:58)
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SHORT: The rule of law, people rarely define it. How do we appreciate it more deeply? (4:04)
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SHORT: Midterm elections in 2026? Likely will be elections, free and fair is the challenge. How to meet that challenge. (6:09)

Background

Joyce Vance is a former a U.S. attorney who served the Northern District of Alabama during the Obama administration. She resigned on the eve of Donald Trump's first inauguration. Vance is a Distinguished Professor of the Practice of Law at the University of Alabama School of Law. She is a trusted legal analyst for NBC and MSNBC, and has guided readers through our unprecedented times in her Substack, Civil Discourse. She lives in Birmingham, Alabama, with her husband Bob, a retired judge, and a menagerie of children, chickens, cats, and dogs. 

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