is little time left in this election year to repair the damage of discord. for meet the press, kelly o donnell, nbc news, washington. with me now in her first television appearance since stepping down from her roam as the president s lawyer, i m joined now by former white house council, kathly ruemmler. good to have you here. thank you. does the speak ver a point sore this just poll six in. well, david, look, obviously, this is just for show. the there is a concept in litigation called standing, which i ve heard some people talk about in connection with this proposed lawsuit. and what basically that means is you have to show some kind of concrete injury. and you know, speaker boehner i think knows that as well as anybody. i don t think the congress can show any injury here. congress has a lot of tools available to it to challenge the president, if, you know, disagrees with things he is doing. most importantly, the power of the purse. and but you know, a lawsuit is to say
break and with just 16 legislative days left until a five-week august recess, there is little time left in this election year to repair the damage of discord. for meet the press, kelly o donnell, nbc news, washington. with me now in her first television appearance since stepping down from her roam as the president s lawyer, i m joined now by former white house council, kathly ruemmler. good to have you here. thank you. does the speak ver a point sore this just poll six in. well, david, look, obviously, this is just for show. the there is a concept in litigation called standing, which i ve heard some people talk about in connection with this proposed lawsuit. and what basically that means is you have to show some kind of concrete injury. and you know, speaker boehner i think knows that as well as anybody. i don t think the congress can show any injury here. congress has a lot of tools available to it to challenge the president, if, you know, disagrees with things he is doing