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...area where there are no judicial precedents." Never before has Congress subpoenaed a President. Only once has the Judiciary Branch issued a subpoena to a President. That was in 1807, when Chief Justice John Marshall, performing his collateral role as a district-court judge in Richmond, was trying Aaron Burr for treason. Burr wanted Thomas Jefferson to produce letters written to him by one of the prosecution witnesses...
Ervin is fond of citing a subpoena for certain papers and testimony issued to President Thomas Jefferson. But Jefferson's information was sought not by Congress but by a court for the criminal trial of Aaron Burr on treason charges. The situation is different when the Legislative Branch is locked in direct conflict with the Executive. Only last year Justice William O. Douglas argued that it is "no concern of the courts, as I see it whether a committee of Congress can obtain [an Executive Department document]. The federal courts do not sit as an ombudsman, refereeing the disputes...
...Trial of Aaron Burr, Justice Marshall confined the dictum of non-disclosure of communications that was set forth in Marbury v. Madison. The 1809 U.S. v. Burr decision cited...
...John Marshall had once ruled "that in proper circumstances a subpoena could be issued to the President." Upon closer examination, Chief Justice Marshall's opinion is not quite so clear. While he did subpoena President Thomas Jefferson to produce a letter he had received, for use by Aaron Burr in his treason trial, Marshall's language was elaborately conciliatory and courteous. As for Jefferson, he asserted that the court had no right to compel information, but he did voluntarily supply an edited version of the letter...
Beginning next year, Horner said, senior tutors in the Quadrangle Houses will become Allston Burr senior tutors and all references to Harvard and Radcliffe Houses in University publications will be changed. "The intent behind the agreement was to guarantee full and equal access to women. Clarifying the housing situation is a first step in that direction," Horner said...