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Stay Tuned with Preet

Voting Rights & Wrongs, According to SCOTUS (with Steve Vladeck)

Stay Tuned with Preet

Vox Media Podcast Network

Politics, Government, News, Society & Culture

4.832.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Do ballots need to be mailed and received by Election Day? In an excerpt from this week’s Insider episode, constitutional law professor and Supreme Court expert Steve Vladeck joins Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance to break down oral arguments in Watson v. RNC, an election case which has the potential to reshape the way ballots are counted. In the full episode, Preet, Joyce, and Steve preview next week’s oral arguments in the birthright citizenship case. Plus, Preet and Joyce pay tribute to former FBI Director and special counsel Robert Mueller, who passed last week at age 81. CAFE Insiders click HERE to listen to the full analysis.  Not an Insider? Now more than ever, it’s critical to stay tuned. To join a community of reasoned voices in unreasonable times, become an Insider today. You’ll get access to full episodes of the podcast and other exclusive content. Head to cafe.com/insider or staytuned.substack.com/subscribe.  Subscribe to our YouTube channel. This podcast is brought to you by CAFE and Vox Media Podcast Network.  Executive Producer: Tamara Sepper; Supervising Producer: Jake Kaplan; Associate Producer: Claudia Hernández; Senior Audio Producer: Matthew Billy; CAFE Team: Celine Rohr, Nat Weiner, Jennifer Indig, and Liana Greenway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey folks, Preet here. Joyce Vance and I are out with a new episode of The Insider Podcast,

0:06.3

and we're sharing an excerpt with listeners of Stay Tuned.

0:09.0

This week, we're joined by our friend, constitutional law scholar, and one of the sharpest observers of the Supreme Court, Steve Vladick.

0:16.3

We cover an election case involving a basic question with major implications for how votes are counted,

0:22.0

specifically whether ballots must be mailed and received by Election Day.

0:26.5

Then we preview next week's oral arguments in a case that could do away with birthright citizenship.

0:32.4

If you're a cafe insider, you can hear the full conversation now in the insider feed.

0:37.0

And if you're not yet a member,

0:38.5

we hope you'll join our community of reasonable people

0:41.2

living in unreasonable times.

0:43.8

Insiders help support our work

0:45.3

and get access to complete episodes

0:46.9

and other subscriber benefits.

0:48.7

Head to cafe.com slash insider

0:50.8

or stay tuned.substack.com.

0:53.3

Now, on to the show.

0:57.9

You know, Steve, I had been waiting for the oral argument in Watson versus RNC, the late

1:04.4

arrived mail-in ballot counting case from Mississippi, really since the start of the term. And I was stunned, I have to say

1:13.8

stunned, to hear that within about two minutes of the Solicitor General of Mississippi, Scott

1:21.1

Stewart, beginning to speak with the justices, that it sounded like they were more concerned

1:27.4

about what conservatives

1:28.9

called ballot harvesting than they were about mail-in ballots per se. So what did you make of

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