1. May the D.C. Council impose the D.C. Anti-SLAPP Act's special-motion-to-dismiss procedures in Superior Court notwithstanding Congress's command (codified in D.C. Code § 11-946) that the court conduct its business under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Home Rule Act's bar on Council legislation "with respect to any provision of Title 11," D.C. Code § 1-206.02(a)(4)?

2. May anti-SLAPP special-motion procedures that stay discovery and require an early merits showing before discovery—thereby displacing Rules 12 and 56, including Rule 56(d)—operate in courts required to conduct their business under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure?

May the D.C. Council impose the D.C. Anti-SLAPP Act's special-motion-to-dismiss procedures in Superior Court notwithstanding Congressional mandates regarding federal rules of civil procedure?