The U.S. Justice Department has sought to stave off a challenge to its sweeping authority to dismiss whistleblower cases alleging fraud against the federal government, arguing at the U.S. Supreme Court that its decisions to toss complaints under the False Claims Act are largely “unreviewable.”

U.S. Solicitor General Noel Francisco urged the Supreme Court to reject a case that threatens to bring further judicial review to the Justice Department’s power to dismiss whistleblower lawsuits brought under the False Claims Act, a federal law prohibiting fraud against the government.

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