congressional-oversight

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-6844 In Re Gayle George 2025-03-25 Denied IFP administrative-law appellate-procedure congressional-oversight constitutional-authority dc-home-rule judicial-review Whether the Superior Court of the District of Columbia is an agency subject to congressional oversight under the DC Home Rule Act, and whether the DC …
22-425 Robin Carnahan, Administrator of the General Services Administration v. Carolyn Maloney, et al. District of Columbia 2022-11-07 Judgment Issued Relisted (7) 5-usc-2954 article-iii-standing civil-procedure congress-members congressional-oversight disclosure-request executive-agency information-disclosure separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation Whether individual Members of Congress have Article III standing to sue an executive agency to compel it to disclose information that the Members have…
21-1417 Vaughn Hoeflin Standley v. Department of Energy Federal Circuit 2022-05-04 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-deference agency-interpretation congressional-budget congressional-oversight evidence evidentiary-standard legislative-intent statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Should not an agency's Congressional budget justifications be considered compelling evidence of the agency's belief?
21-932 Donald J. Trump, former President of the United States v. Bennie G. Thompson, in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the United States House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, et al. District of Columbia 2021-12-23 Denied Amici (7) congressional-oversight constitutional-law executive-privilege preliminary-injunction presidential-records-act records-request separation-of-powers Whether the Committee's records request violates the Constitution or laws of the United States entitling President Trump to a preliminary injunction p…
21-6401 Sherry L. Dow v. Debbie Stabenow, United States Senator, et al. District of Columbia 2021-11-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights congressional-oversight constitutional-rights due-process federal-torts foreign-intelligence-surveillance government-oversight human-experimentation pro-se-complaint Whether the United States District Court and the United States Court of Appeal's erred in violating the petitioner's constitutional rights
21-6365 Anthony A. Patel v. Patricia Miller, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights congress-executive congressional-oversight due-process executive-branch judicial-authority judicial-discretion separation-of-powers standing vexatious-litigants vexatious-litigation Does a judge have the authority to deem the interests of Congress and the Executive Branch to be vexatious?
19-1004 Robert James Jaffe v. Brad Sherman, United States Congressman Ninth Circuit 2020-02-12 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2) certiorari-review checks-and-balances civil-rights congressional-oversight due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-fraud judicial-misconduct summary-dismissal supervisory-power supreme-court-discretion void-judgment Whether US Supreme Court justices may refuse to enforce FRCP rules and precedent
19-715 Donald J. Trump, et al. v. Mazars USA, LLP, et al. District of Columbia 2019-12-05 Judgment Issued Amici (1) civil-rights congressional-oversight constitutional-authority due-process executive-privilege legislative-purpose separation-of-powers standing statutory-authority subpoena subpoena-power Whether the Committee has the constitutional and statutory authority to issue this subpoena
19-6018 Joey Little v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-authority congressional-oversight criminal-law judicial-review magazine-based-enhancement regulatory-interpretation sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-2k2.1 statutory-construction statutory-interpretation u.s-sentencing-commission unlawful-exercise Whether Application Note 2 of the commentary to U.S. Sentencing Guideline § 2K2.1 represents an unlawful exercise of agency authority by the U.S. Sent…
18-307 State National Bank of Big Spring, et al. v. Steven T. Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. District of Columbia 2018-09-10 Denied Amici (4) appropriations-clause bureau-of-consumer-financial-protection civil-rights congressional-oversight constitutional-structure dodd-frank due-process executive-authority independent-agency power-of-the-purse removal-power removal-restrictions separation-of-powers Whether the CFPB violates separation-of-powers