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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Joyce White Vance  ## Joyce White Vance Vance is distinguished professor of the practice of law at the University of Alabama, a former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama and an NBC News and MSNBC legal analyst.  ## Joyce White Vance *  Jan 6, 2022 ### [Merrick Garland Must Follow Through With His Commitment to Hold All January 6 Perpetrators Accountable](https://time.com/6137243/merrick-garland-january-6-investigation/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 9, 2021 ### [How Domestic Terrorism Can Be Prosecuted](https://time.com/5928270/capitol-domestic-terrorism/) Even though the FBI tracks domestic terrorism, there isn’t one law that makes it a crime [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 21, 2020 ### [RBG Saw the Future on Voting Rights](https://time.com/5890983/ruth-bader-ginsburg-voting-rights/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 24, 2020 ### [What Exactly Is Trump Doing in Portland?](https://time.com/5871294/donald-trump-portland-intervention/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 7, 2020 ### [Prosecutors' Role in Criminal Justice Reform](https://time.com/5863783/prosecutors-criminal-justice-reform/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 22, 2020 ### [Congress Should Subpoena Both Berman and Barr](https://time.com/5857466/geoffrey-berman-william-barr/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 22, 2020 ### [COVID-19 Is Hitting Prisons and Jails Hard](https://time.com/5825388/coronavirus-prisons-jails/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 16, 2020 ### [Barr Should Resign if Trump Tweet Stands](https://time.com/5784932/william-barr-resign-rule-of-law/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 12, 2020 ### [If Trump Is Allowed to Turn the Justice Department Into a Political Weapon, No One Is Safe](https://time.com/5783007/donald-trump-doj-resignations/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 29, 2020 ### [If the Senate Doesn't Hold Trump Accountable, the Damage Will Go Far Beyond This Presidency](https://time.com/5773796/donald-trump-impeachment-accountability/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 23, 2019 ### [An Unfair Senate Impeachment Trial Won't Exonerate Trump](https://time.com/5754646/impeachment-senate-trial/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 11, 2019 ### [Why Trump's Impeachment Defenses Will Fail](https://time.com/5724220/donald-trump-impeachment-defense/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 24, 2019 ### [Trump Is Leaving Congress No Choice But to Impeach](https://time.com/5684605/trump-impeach-whistleblower-complaint/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 14, 2019 ### [William Barr Is the Wrong Person to Lead the Jeffrey Epstein Investigation](https://time.com/5650974/william-barr-jeffrey-epstein/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 25, 2019 ### [This Might Be the Most Important Exchange in the Mueller Testimony](https://time.com/5635276/mueller-testimony-obstruction-conspiracy-analysis/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/joyce-white-vance/","name":"Joyce White Vance"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/joyce-white-vance/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/joyce-white-vance/"},"name":"Joyce White Vance","jobTitle":null,"description":"Vance is distinguished professor of the practice of law at the University of Alabama, a former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama and an NBC News and MSNBC legal analyst.","image":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc50b41cf76f5ab6a/698a16044ee26216d431847d/Joyce-VanceBW-copy.jpg?branch=production","url":"https://time.com/author/joyce-white-vance/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```