speech-or-debate-clause

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-755 Andrew S. Clyde, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, et al. v. William McFarland, in His Official Capacity as Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. House of Representatives, et al. District of Columbia 2024-01-12 Denied congressional-immunity congressional-rules constitutional-interpretation constitutional-violations judicial-review jurisdiction legislative-immunity legislative-procedure separation-of-powers speech-or-debate-clause twenty-seventh-amendment 1. Whether the Speech or Debate Clause creates a jurisdictional bar to judicial consideration of whether internal congressional rules or practices vio…
21-395 Kevin Owen McCarthy, et al. v. Nancy Pelosi, in Her Official Capacity as Speaker of the House, et al. District of Columbia 2021-09-13 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (4) congressional-powers constitutional-law constitutional-review judicial-review legislative-procedure legislative-process pandemic-governance proxy-voting separation-of-powers speech-and-debate-clause speech-or-debate-clause In May 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution to allow Members to cast floor votes by proxy. The unprecedented resolution permits…
18-406 Aaron J. Schock v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-10-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (4) appellate-jurisdiction collateral-order-doctrine immunity legislative-immunity non-justiciability pendent-appellate-jurisdiction rulemaking-clause separation-of-powers speech-or-debate-clause I. May a member of the Legislative Branch immediately appeal from the denial of his motion to dismiss an indictment on the ground that it violates the…