Constitutional Questions After the Raid on Mar-a-Lago

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🗓️ 18 August 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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On August 8, the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump’s home in Palm Beach, Florida. They seized 11 sets of documents, some of which were labeled “top secret.” Later in the week, a federal judge unsealed the search warrant, which stated that Trump was being investigated for possibly violating the Espionage Act and two other criminal statutes. John Yoo of the University of California at Berkeley and Steve Vladeck of the University of Texas Law School join host Jeffrey Rosen to talk about the raid, the investigation, and the constitutional questions that arise out of it. Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org. Continue today’s conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr. Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at bit.ly/constitutionweekly.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center,
0:10.0	and welcome to We The We The People, the weekly show of constitutional debate.
0:13.6	The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit chartered by Congress to increase awareness
0:19.5	and understanding of the They seized 11 set of documents, and today we're going to talk about the raid, the investigation, and the constitutional questions that arise out of it.
0:40.0	Joining me are two of America's leading scholars on executive power,
0:43.7	national security and federal courts, and two great friends of
0:46.9	We The People.
0:47.9	John Yu is the Emmanuel Heller professor of law at the University of California
0:52.2	Berkeley and author of defender in chief. Professor of Law at the University of California at Berkeley,
0:53.0	and author of Defender in Chief Donald Trump's
0:55.8	fight for presidential power.
0:57.5	John, welcome back to We The People.
0:59.5	Thanks, Jeff, and I wish I was with you in Philadelphia,
1:02.0	in my hometown.
1:03.0	It is always great to talk to you from Philadelphia or anywhere in the world.
1:07.0	And Steve Laddock holds the Charles Allen Wright chair in federal courts at the University of Texas Law School and his co-host to the National Security
1:14.7	Law Podcast.
1:15.7	He's co-authored case books on counterterrorism law and national security law.
1:19.7	Steve, it is wonderful to have you back on We The People.
1:22.6	Thanks for having to Jeff, and I would also like to be in Philadelphia, if only because it's
1:25.8	103 in Austin today.
1:27.6	Ah, well, it is always sunny in Philadelphia, and it's great to be talking to you both here in cyberspace.
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