The issue focused on whether House Republicans had failed to live up to their constitutional duty to legislate on federal laws and laws passed by the federal government.

The legal analysis was provided by legal counsel for the House Committee on Rules.

The legal analysis said that as the court considered the matter, it had three options: to rule on the legislation on the federal government's laws; to rule on the legislation on the federal government's laws; or to rule on the legislation on the federal government's laws.