Appeals Court Grants Request to Rehear McGahn Case

Appeals Court Grants Request to Rehear McGahn Case
Then-White House counsel Don McGahn listens to U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 27, 2018. Jim Bourg/Reuters
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A full federal appeals court on Oct. 15 granted a request to rehear former White House counsel Don McGahn’s subpoena case after a panel of judges dismissed the lawsuit.

The Democrat-led House Judiciary Committee in early September asked the full D.C. Court of Appeals to intervene in the case again, after a divided three-judge panel ruled the House can’t look to federal courts to enforce its subpoenas, because there’s no law that gives the chamber the power to do so.