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are inherent in marbury versus madison are like delivering a seal when requested, because there is a separate statute, and the secretary of the state had two of the hats on and he was on one hand the direct agent of the president, and that could never be examinable by the courts, but on the other hand, the original statute had imposed all of the purely ministerial duties that had to do with the recordkeeping and delivering of documents and if you had a land deed that had a seal on it, ...

along with analysts chuck rosenberg and lisa rubin. what can we expect based on arguments put forward in advance by both sides? >> reporter: to set the scene, because donald trump is here in person the security has really been ramped up. theres a much greater police presence. in terms of in the courtroom, this is a long shot for donald trump, this idea that a former president cant be prosecuted for any acts whited while serving in offense, its belied by the fact that gerald ford pardon...

Ratification discussions, and there was nothing in that, and we have cited certain things in the brief from james wilson and edward pendleton, and justice story, and nothing from hamilton, and all that hamilton was describing is the undisputed point that a sitting president cannot be held for prosecution and removal of office and whether that removal is impeachment and conviction or simply the end of the term. now, a structural point as well that i want to make that the district court made is if...