NEW (and very timely): The House Oversight Committee is settling a long-running, Obama-era subpoena fight with DOJ over docs re: Operation Fast and Furious. Both sides basically agreed to disagree and end the litigation
documentcloud.org/documents/5994…
documentcloud.org/documents/5994…
Why does this matter? By settling now, both sides avoid a DC Circuit ruling that would be binding in future subpoena fights between Congress and the executive branch -- like, say, the one the House Judiciary Committee was dealing with today (see: buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…)
Both Congress and the exec branch disagreed with parts of the judge's rulings about exec privilege and Congress' ability to go to court to enforce subpoenas. In the settlement, both sides agree these rulings aren't controlling in future cases (district judges don't set precedent)
That being said, judges are free to look at and be persuaded by what their colleagues have done, and the Trump admin and Republicans (when they still held the House) unsuccessfully tried to get these rulings vacated. For more on this: buzzfeed.com/zoetillman/rep…
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