Justice and made please the court, the issues here are unprecedented in every sense. Before these cases, no court had ever upheld the courts use of subpoena powers to the records of a sitting president with a broad swath of the president s personal papers to the let alone purpose of the a potential legislation. There is a reason this is the first time a set has attempted such a gambit. Because, grist has subpoena power, it is subordinate and when that power is deployed against the president , it must yield absent any longstanding tradition or compelling showing of need. The committees consent is neither condition and that should decide this case. The committees contend the subpoenas satisfy the limits this court has always applied to congressional subpoenas. But the arguments would render meaningless but the arguments would render those limits meaningless. They claim congress can you subpoenas to uncover individual wrongdoing simply because that the always informed efficiency of existi
Processes. Proceeding, there are federal rules of federal procedure. Intoal judges can take consideration things dealing with the president. This is a state proceeding. This is against the sitting president of the United States. Its the nature of the proceeding itself. We view a subpoena targeting the president and his records statuesou do with the limitations issues . They are decided under new york state law. There would be procedures that da work utilized if the starting a process like that. Thank you, counsel. Mr. Chief justice in may it please the court, local prosecutor should have to show he really needs the president s personal records to subpoena them. As the court suggested, state proceedings can give a threat to the presidency. Place moretors emphasis on local interests the national ones, special needs local neednsures the for information against national interests, including the presence need to do his job. Ordinary grand jury rules are not designed to protect article to in
Review of the first time in history the Supreme Court has broadcast arguments live here i am the president of the National Constitution center, and we have been beginning these meaningful sessions in Public Education by reciting together the inspiring mission, which comes from the u. S. Congress, so here we go. The National Constitution center is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the constitution on a nonpartisan basis in order to increase awareness and understanding of the constitution among the american people. That is just what we are trying to do in collaboration with cspan, as we have invited you to join us in a listening to these important oral arguments and then convening afterwards with some of americas most thoughtful scholars who have filed briefs and are taking positions on both sides of the case to help us unpack the arguments we just heard. Friends, this has been an extraordinary morning. We are three cases along the pre
The case then we will take a brief recess then hear the rest of the calendar. I will call the calendar as to the first case right now that i will call the calendar after the recess for the remaining cases per code donald j. Trump versus silas vance. Before i do that let me just read and you can stand there as a matter of housekeeping for all concerned, just to read into the record or the agreement that we understand is now in place. I am quoting from the joint letter to forbear enforcement of the subpoena between the oral argument in this matter october 23, 2019 and ten calendar days after the court issues its opinion on the following conditions. Number one and he certiorari in this matter will be filed in the Supreme Court within the forbearance. Any opposition will be filed within seven calendar days from the petition. Any reply will be filed within three calendar days from any opposition. Should any filing date specify fall on the weekend or the holiday federal rules of appellate pr
We will take a brief recess, and then we will hear the rest of the calendar. Calendar asall the for the first case right now and then i will call the calendar of the remaining cases after the recess. Vance. J. Trump v. Before i do that, let me just read into let me just, if i could, as a matter of housekeeping for all concerned , justt concerned, just to read into the record the agreement that we understand is now in place. From the joint says which agrees to forbear enforcement of the subpoena in this matter. October 20 3, 2019. 10 calendar days after the court issues its panel opinion, the forbearance period, in the following conditions. Petition will be filed in the Supreme Court within the forbearance period. Within the forbearance. Any opposition will be filed within seven calendar days from the petition. Any reply will be filed within three calendar days from any opposition. Should any filing date specify fall on the weekend or the holiday federal rules of appellate procedure sha