The Constitutional Clash on a Conference Call

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 13 May 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court debated the nature of presidential power in two sets of cases regarding demands for President Trump’s personal records: one about his taxes, the other about claims that during his campaign he paid to silence women with whom he previously had affairs. This is what a constitutional clash on a conference call sounded like. Guest: Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading: Based on the court’s questions, our reporter thinks the two sets of cases may well be decided in different ways. Here are the full arguments, if you want to listen in.Aimee Stephens, the transgender plaintiff in another Supreme Court case who we spoke with on the show in November, has died of complications related to kidney failure. She was 59.

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0:25.6	From The New York Times, I'm Michael Babaro.
0:32.6	This is The Daily.
0:35.6	Today, in two historic cases on Tuesday, the Supreme Court debated the nature of presidential
0:49.4	power and who is entitled to Donald Trump's personal records.
0:56.4	My colleague, Adam Livdeck, listened in.
1:03.2	It's Wednesday, May 13th.
1:06.7	Hello, Michael.
1:11.0	Adam in a t-shirt.
1:12.7	Good Lord.
1:13.7	What is the pandemic, Rod?
1:17.3	If I went to court, I'd be wearing a suit.
1:19.5	Of course, of course, but like the justices themselves, you're wearing God knows what.
1:24.6	I have the distinct suspicion that there were no robes on the justices today.
1:36.9	Adam set the scene for us on Tuesday at the Supreme Court.
1:41.1	I'm not even sure it was at the Supreme Court, but set the scene.
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