Hey folks, pre here.

As we head into the new year, I'm excited to announce that a new slate of contributors

will be joining the CAFE team.

Today we bring you, note from Asha.

Asha Rungappa is a lawyer, a former FBI special agent, and my colleague gets CNN.

As many of you know, Ellie Honegan, I already write and record weekly notes where we share

our thoughts and try to make sense of issues at the intersection of law and politics.

I am thrilled that Asha is joining us in this effort.

This is just the latest addition to the CAFE insider subscription, which also includes

the CAFE insider, United Security, and cyberspace podcasts.

You can try the membership free for two weeks at CAFE.com slash insider.

That's CAFE.com slash insider.

College students with a valid.edu email can head to CAFE.com slash student and sign up

at a lower rate.

Again that's CAFE.com slash student.

Asha will be joined by several other new contributors in 2021.

For more information on that, stay tuned.

In the meantime, here is a recording of the first note from Asha, rethinking states

rights.

As the presidential chaos unfolded over the past four years, I, like many Americans, kept

looking to who would save us from what looked like the inevitable destruction of our democracy.

Maybe it would be our institutions.

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