subpoena

Examples of subpoena in the following topics:

• Executive Privilege

  • Executive privilege is the power claimed by the President to resist subpoenas and other interventions by other branches of government.
  • In the United States government, executive privilege is the power claimed by the President of the United States and other members of the executive branch to resist certain subpoenas and other interventions by the legislative and judicial branches of government.
  • On August 1, 2007, Bush invoked the privilege for the fourth time in little over a month, this time rejecting a subpoena for Karl Rove.
  • The subpoena would have required the President's Senior Advisor to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in a probe over fired federal prosecutors.

• The Burr Conspiracy

  • Burr's lawyers, including John Wickham, asked Chief Justice John Marshall to subpoena Jefferson, claiming that they needed documents from Jefferson to accurately present their case.
  • Chief Justice Marshall decided that the subpoena could be issued despite Jefferson's presidency.
  • Though Marshall vowed to consider Jefferson's office and avoid "vexatious and unnecessary subpoenas," his ruling was significant because it suggested that, like all citizens, the president was subject to the law.

• Ratification of the Constitution

  • Amendment 6: Establishes rights to a fair and speedy public trial, to a notice of accusations, to confront the accuser, to subpoenas, and to counsel.

• Executive Orders

  • Air Force's facility in the vicinity of Groom Lake, Nevada (commonly called Area 51) from environmental disclosure laws, in response to subpoenas from a lawsuit brought by Area 51 workers alleging illegal hazardous waste disposal which resulted in injury and death.
  • Air Force's facility in the vicinity of Groom Lake, Nevada (commonly called Area 51) from environmental disclosure laws, in response to subpoenas from a lawsuit brought by Area 51 workers alleging illegal hazardous waste disposal which resulted in injury and death.

• The Oversight Function

  • The government's charter does not explicitly grant Congress the authority to conduct inquiries or investigations of the executive, to have access to records or materials held by the executive, or to issue subpoenas for documents or testimony from the executive.

• Watergate

  • The President’s most intimate conversations had been caught on tape, and they were subpoenaed by the Senate.
  • Nixon refused to hand the tapes over and cited executive privilege, the right of the president to refuse certain subpoenas.

• The Legislative Branch

  • Congressional oversight is usually delegated to committees and is facilitated by Congress's subpoena power.
  • Congressional oversight is usually delegated to committees and is facilitated by Congress' subpoena power.

• The Cover-Up and the Unraveling

• Investigation

  • The government's charter does not explicitly grant Congress the authority to conduct inquiries or investigations of the executive, have access to records or materials held by the executive, or to issue subpoenas for documents or testimony from the executive.

• The Legislative Function

  • Congressional oversight is usually delegated to committees and is facilitated by Congress's subpoena power.