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Cite as:  591 U. S. ____ (2020) 

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invokes such protections, “[t]he high respect that is owed to the office 
of the Chief Executive . . . should inform the conduct of the entire pro-
ceeding,  including  the  timing  and  scope  of  discovery.”    Clinton,  520 
U. S., at 707.  In addition, a President can raise subpoena-specific con-
stitutional  challenges  in  either  a  state  or  a  federal  forum.    As noted 
above, he can challenge the subpoena as an attempt to influence the 
performance of his official duties, in violation of the Supremacy Clause.  
And he can argue that compliance with a particular subpoena would 
impede his constitutional duties.  Pp. 17–21.   

941 F. 3d 631, affirmed and remanded. 

  ROBERTS, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which GINSBURG, 
BREYER,  SOTOMAYOR,  and  KAGAN,  JJ.,  joined.    KAVANAUGH,  J.,  filed  an 
opinion  concurring  in  the  judgment,  in  which  GORSUCH,  J.,  joined. 
THOMAS, J., and ALITO, J., filed dissenting opinions.