defended by the justice department and its lawyers. quote, stated simply, the primary takeaway from the past 250 years recorded in american history is that presidents are not kings. so that's one avenue. also tonight the supreme court stepped in and issued a stay on a subpoena from congress for eight years of the president's financial records. this comes amid another case percolating through the supreme court where trump's lawyers are asking the court to look at a ruling in which the president has been directed to hand over his tax returns to the manhattan district attorney cy vance. to talk through these i want to bring in mimi rocah and nick akerman. let's start with judge jackson's ruling in this district court. it's a long ruling and it's quite -- goes right to the point. she writes however busy or essential a presidential aide might be and whatever their proximity to sensitive domestic the president doesn't have the power to excuse him or her from taking action that the law