This is Sarah Stewart Holland, and this is Beth Silver's, thank you for joining us for

Pantsuit Politics.

Hello, we are glad you're here for a new episode of Pantsuit Politics where we take

a different approach to the news. A little housekeeping before we begin, unlike

my children, Sarah's get an entire week of school off for fall break, so she is out traveling

with family this week. But don't worry, you'll hear her voice in just a few minutes, and

on Friday's episode. If you are a premium listener, you know that we make two paywalled podcasts,

so in addition to the two episodes Tuesday and Friday of Pantsuit Politics that appear for

free in your podcast feed, we make two other shows Monday through Thursday. Sarah's show,

Good Morning, is going to take this week off. But all of our premium listeners will receive

all four episodes of the show that I make more to say this week. And on more to say, we're going

to cover so much legal news, my head is spinning. So if you're looking to follow the former president's

journey through the justice system, I invite you to come along for the ride with me there on more

to say all the information to do that will be in the show notes. So luck going on this week. We've

had some major markers of time, especially over the past few days. Thursday evening Senator

Diane Feinstein passed away. She died at age 90, the longest serving woman senator in our country's

history. As Sean Hubler put it in a New York Times piece, Diane Feinstein had several lifetimes

worth of accomplishment. She has been a pioneer for women in leadership for stemming the tide of

gun violence for government transparency and accountability, especially following September 11th.

She sometimes asked very tough questions. She sometimes gave very tough answers.

She was overall unintimidated by public life and the pressure that accompanied it. And I know

that she will be missed. On Sunday, former president Jimmy Carter turned 99. He's the first

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