160 public is led to believe that its “mystique” is beyond the comprehension of normal individuals. This is far from the truth, and after sixteen years on the Court and several in retirement, I am prepared to say that its processes are more available to the public than those of the other branches of the government the Congress and the presidency.” (Ibid) In another landmark decision in United States V. Burr, June 13, 1807, J.M. Papers, 7:37-50, on the issue of withholding evidence, Burr demanded to see documents at the trial. The President had said the documents would prove Burr’s guilt but the prosecution and the President refused the demand for producing documents. Marshall, CJ declared: “The Uniform practice of this counting has been to permit any individual who was charged with any crime to prepare for his defense.... The genius and character of our laws and usages are friendly, not to