Power of the Purse: Does the US House Have Standing to Sue? Judge says "Yes"

[Obiwan]

I agree that the House has standing. Of all the branches of government the house is SUPPOSED to be the strongest.

Whaaaaaaa? Where the hell do you get that?

The Constitution is set up on a system of checks and balances, and Congress holds the reigns....

 

[Care4all]

“The California Democrat says an appeals court "will not want to be an arbiter" in a dispute between the legislative and executive branches.”

Correct, as was explained to John Boehner a year ago this July:

'We write as law professors who specialize in constitutional law and federal courts to express our view that the members of the House of Representatives lack the ability to sue the President of the United States in federal court for his alleged failure to enforce a federal statute, even if an Act of Congress were to authorize such a suit and especially without such legislative authorization. Never in American history has such a suit been allowed. In fact, in many cases, the United States Supreme Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit have held that members of Congress lack standing to sue in federal court. An entire House of Congress is in no stronger a position to sue. Moreover, this is exactly the type of political dispute which courts have found to pose a non-justiciable political question and that should be resolved in the political process rather than by judges.

[…T]he House of Representatives as a body, like its members individually, lacks standing to sue. The claim that the President has not fully enforced provisions of the Affordable Care Act, or other laws, does not amount to a “disenfranchisement, a complete nullification, or withdrawal of a voting opportunity.” Congress retains countless mechanisms to ensure enforcement of a law, ranging from use of its spending power to assigning the task to an independent agency.'

http://democrats.judiciary.house.gov/sites/democrats.judiciary.house.gov/files/LawProfs140730.pdf

Actually, the House has more power than you think, including bringing impeachment proceedings against SCOTUS Justices...
Frequently Asked Questions - Supreme Court of the United States

yes, the house can charge the president / impeachment....

but only the senate can convict or acquit him of the impeachment accusations/charges

 

[Care4all]

and only the senate can approve treaties, and only the senate can consent or reject judicial choices, and cabinet choices of the president....

and, the senate has the filibuster, which has stopped near all house legislation from getting passed.

i don't think the house has more power than the senate, just different, responsibilities.