No. 18-1189

Mitch Carmichael, President of the West Virginia Senate, et al. v. West Virginia, ex rel. Margaret L. Workman

Lower Court: West Virginia
Docketed: 2019-03-13
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: civil-rights due-process federalism guarantee-clause impeachment-process judicial-cognizability justiciability political-question-doctrine republican-form-of-government separation-of-powers state-impeachment-proceedings state-judiciary
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01 (distributed 2 times)
Related Cases: 18-893 (Vide)
Question Presented (from Petition)

1) Whether Guarantee Clause claims are judicially cognizable?

2) Whether a state judiciary's intrusion into the impeachment process represents so grave a violation of the doctrine of separation of powers as to undermine the essential components of a republican form of government?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Guarantee Clause claims are judicially cognizable?

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-06-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-06-10
Reply of petitioners Mitch Carmichael, President of the West Virginia Senate, et al. filed.
2019-04-24
Response Requested. (Due May 24, 2019)
2019-04-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2019.
2019-04-11
Waiver of right of respondents West Virginia, ex. rel. Margaret Workman to respond filed.
2019-03-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 12, 2019)
2019-01-04
Application (18A677) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until March 10, 2019.
2018-12-17
Application (18A677) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 9, 2019 to March 10, 2019, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Mitch Carmichael, President of the West Virginia Senate, et al.
Lindsay Sara SeeOffice of the West Virginia Attorney General, Petitioner
West Virginia, ex. rel. Margaret Workman
Marc Ellis WilliamsNelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Respondent