Health Records (Policy Example — medical/investigatory files)

An aggregate category of patient and investigatory files invoked verbally rather than shown: electronic medical records, clinical charts, memoranda, interview notes, and probe logs. No single physical packet appears in the deposition; characters reference these discreet, privacy‑sensitive datasets as documentary proof or as intentionally absent, and their claimed nonexistence shapes testimony and tension.

3 appearances

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments

S1E9 · The Short List

When Textualism Snaps: Harrison's Exit and the Mendoza Pivot

Health records are spoken of as a concrete example of privacy-sensitive data that a future Court will adjudicate, giving emotional weight and immediacy to Sam's argument about unenumerated rights and the consequences of a textualist bench.

Before: Cited verbally as a hypothetical example of future privacy conflicts.

After: Retained as a persuasive example in the staff's recalibrated confirmation strategy.

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S1E9 · The Short List

Damage Control Becomes a Mendoza Pivot

Health records are invoked as an emblematic, privacy-sensitive dataset — Sam cites them to dramatize how judicial philosophy will directly govern intimate personal data in coming decades.

Before: Theoretically known but not rhetorically foregrounded in the Oval's deliberations.

After: Now enlisted as evidence that the stakes of the nomination extend beyond abortion to technological and medical privacy.

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S1E11 · Lord John Marbury

Josh on the Defensive: Stonewalling and a Furious Outburst

Health records — invoked verbally as the central documentary issue. Claypool frames the deposition as a search for records of Josh's probe; Josh's categorical denial that any records exist is the pivotal evidentiary claim that shapes the legal stakes and implies intentional non‑documentation.

Before: Allegedly non-existent or not produced; the plaintiff expects records under FOIA and is seeking them through deposition.

After: Remains 'no records' per Josh's testimony, but the issue is preserved as litigable and politically dangerous given the allegation that an inquiry occurred.

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