The fight over the state Senate committee’s election-review subpoenas could set the tone for how courts outside of Pennsylvania examine these matters after they sparked frustration from the presiding judges and lawyers alike during arguments before the Commonwealth Court on Monday.

Attorneys for opponents and proponents of the Pennsylvania Senate intergovernmental operations committee’s subpoenas spoke at length on what the court should do about the committee’s demand that the Department of State hand over sensitive voter information as part of a GOP-backed review of the 2020 Pennsylvania general election.