Recently, Congress established a committee within the Department of Defense to recommend areas where cuts could be made in the defense budget. According to the legislation, the committee—composed of individuals nominated by the President, the Speaker of the House, and the President of the Senate—makes recommendations, which then are subject to an up-or-down vote in Congress. No amendments are permitted to the recommendations. The goal is to make decisions unclouded by political considerations. After the first round of cuts were voted upon, a contractor whose project was cancelled on recommendation of the committee sued, claiming that the committee was unconstitutional. A reviewing court should:
(A) Find for the contractor, because the committee's composition violated the Appointments Clause.
(B) Find for the contractor, because the creation of the committee exceeded Congress's Article I powers.
(C) Dismiss the suit, because Congress has the authority to establish the military's budget.
(D) Dismiss the suit, because the suit was not ripe.