A federal appeals court dismissed the House of Representatives' lawsuit seeking to force former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify, in a major win for the White House in its attempts to block officials from testifying to Congress
In a 2-1 decision, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled it wouldn't police the standoff between the House Judiciary Committee and the White House."If federal courts were to swoop in to rescue Congress whenever its constitutional tools failed, it would not just supplement the political process; it would replace that process with one in which unelected judges become the perpetual 'overseer[s]' of our elected officials.
Read MoreREAD: Appeals court rules former White House counsel Don McGahn doesn't have to testify before CongressThe case was one of the most consequential to proceed through the courts during the President's impeachment inquiry and trial. But a decision coming weeks after the impeachment trial ended -- after the Senate refused to call any witnesses -- gives the opinion much less immediate impact.
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