The headline from Law & Crime really says it all: In ‘Stunning’ 2-1 Decision, Appeals Court Says Congress Can’t Enforce Subpoena Against Ex-WH Counsel Don McGahn: A federal appeals court panel in Washington, D.C. on Monday ruled that the U.S. House of Representatives does not have any legal authority to enforce its own subpoena against … Read more
The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit sitting en banc, in a 7-2 decision on Friday, said that Congress has standing to seek enforcement of subpoenas issued to former White House counsel Don McGahn. D.C. Circuit Hands Trump White House a Loss: Congress Has Standing to Seek Enforcement of McGahn … Read more
This morning the Supreme Court issued orders from the justices’ private conference on Wednesday. Five cases were granted cert for the next term beginning in October, but the one grant of notable interest is the appeal to decide whether the Department of Justice must disclose secret grand jury materials from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation to … Read more
The New York Times teases passages from John Bolton’s tell-all book today. Bolton Says Trump Impeachment Inquiry Missed Other Troubling Actions (excerpts): Mr. Bolton describes several episodes where the president expressed willingness to halt criminal investigations “to, in effect, give personal favors to dictators he liked,” citing cases involving major firms in China and Turkey. … Read more
Remember back just a few short weeks ago when Congress passed the CARES Act and we were told that the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) – “the largest distribution of taxpayer money in human history” – would be transparent and accountable to the public? It was even written into the law, and is clearly disclosed on … Read more