The federal appeals court opinion that upheld the constitutionality of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board was a disastrous decision that undermines the president’s ability to supervise federal officers, say Jones Day lawyers who want the Supreme Court to review the case.
The lawyers, Michael Carvin, Noel Francisco and Christian Vergonis, who are representing the Free Enterprise Fund and the accounting firm Beckstead and Watts, filed a petition for certiorari this week. The lawyers are urging the Court to review a split decision in August in which a U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit panel rejected a challenge of the PCAOB. Judge Brett Kavanaugh dissented from Judges Judith Rogers and Janice Rogers Brown.
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