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no bull and the aftermath.

Our courts going to resolve disputes between the executive and the legislative branch.

Our courts going to involve themselves in the internal rulemaking processes of Congress.

I'm Benjamin Widis and this is the LawFair podcast August 11, 2020.

Last week, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington handed down a major unbanked

decision in the case of Don McGann.

You remember that case?

It's the question of whether the president's former White House counsel even needs to

show up in response to a congressional subpoena or whether he has absolute immunity from

testifying before Congress.

A strong seven judge majority of the DC Circuit overturned a panel opinion that had held

that a congressional committee had no standing to sue to enforce its subpoena.

Yes, the full DC Circuit ruled it does have standing.

In a separate case, a lower court ruled on an inter-nessing dispute within the House

of Representatives over proxy voting instituted by Speaker Nancy Pelosi in response to the

COVID crisis.

The court ruled that Republicans could not challenge the proxy voting rule because of the

speech and debate clause, joining me to talk over the action in federal courts.

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