{"id":662,"date":"2020-02-28T15:08:35","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T23:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=662"},"modified":"2020-02-28T15:08:35","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T23:08:35","slug":"d-c-circuit-ruling-on-house-subpoena-and-executive-privilege","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=662","title":{"rendered":"D.C. Circuit Ruling on House Subpoena and Executive Privilege"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cadc.uscourts.gov\/internet\/opinions.nsf\/29F7900862BA6CD68525851C00784758\/$file\/19-5331-1831001.pdf\">declined<\/a> to force former White House Counsel Don McGahn to testify in a congressional investigation. Brent Kendall <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/appeals-court-wont-force-ex-trump-counsel-to-comply-with-house-subpoena-11582928018?shareToken=sta403b3b5b6034d7493397d03cd0ed3fc\">reports<\/a> for the WSJ:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A divided federal appeals court took a hands-off approach to a subpoena battle between Congress and the White House, ruling it wasn\u2019t the judiciary\u2019s place to decide whether former White House counsel Don McGahn must testify in a congressional investigation of President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLetting political fights play out in the political branches might seem messy or impractical, but democracy can be a messy business, and federal courts are ill-equipped to micromanage sprawling and evolving interbranch information disputes,\u201d Judge Thomas Griffith wrote for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.<\/p>\n<p>The decision came on a 2-to-1 vote. The ruling comes amid an array of ongoing clashes between the White House and House Democrats leading an array of investigations into the Trump administration. It could set a new marker suggesting the courts won\u2019t be willing to resolve those showdowns, at least in some circumstances.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Personally, I doubt that a divided panel decision will be the last word on a dispute of this magnitude. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit declined to force former White House Counsel Don McGahn to testify in a congressional investigation. 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