The Supreme Court dismissed the dispute after agreeing in May to consider the Biden administration's showdown with House Democrats.
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a court fight over whether House Democrats can sue to get information from a federal agency about its lease for the Old Post Office building in Washington, D.C., which was awarded to a company owned by former President Donald Trump.dismissing the case and throwing out a lower court decision in favor of the Democrats came weeks after it agreed to consider the dispute, known as Carnahan v. Maloney.
The law states that a request may be made by any seven members of the House Oversight Committee, and is viewed as an oversight tool for members of the minority party.AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images Still, Democratic lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee sued the GSA in federal district court, seeking a declaration that the agency violated the law and an order that the GSA hand over the records at issue.
"The decision also resolves exceptionally important questions of constitutional law and threatens serious harm to all three branches of the federal government," Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar told the court in aThe Justice Department warned that the harm allegedly suffered by the members of Congress — the denial of the information they sought — doesn't qualify as a cognizable injury under Article III of the Constitution.
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