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Term Talk: Trump v. Mazars, Trump v. Vance

The nation's top legal scholars discuss what federal judges need to know about the U.S. Supreme Court's most impactful decisions. 

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Erwin Chemerinsky, Evan Lee, Elizabeth C. Wiggins
December 9, 2020

Separation of Powers. Experts discuss how subpoenas issued to third parties for the personal records of a sitting President impact the Separation of Powers doctrine, as well as the Court’s rejection of Executive claims of absolute immunity.

Participants. Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, Berkeley Law; Evan Lee, Professor, University of California Hastings Law; and Elizabeth Wiggins, Director, Research Division, Federal Judicial Center.

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