No. 22-229

In Re Brian D. Swanson

Lower Court: N/A
Docketed: 2022-09-12
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: 17th-amendment administrative-law article-5 article-five 22-228" article-five-consent constitutional-interpretation constitutional-ratification equal-suffrage federal-question-jurisdiction georgia judicial-discretion patent-rights popular-elections senate-elections senate-representation seventeenth-amendment state-consent subject-matter-jurisdiction takings-claim Whether the District Court abused discretion in di
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Latest Conference: 2022-11-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Seventeenth Amendment deprive the State of Georgia of its equal suffrage in the Senate, requiring its consent under Article 5 of the Constitution, making popular elections for United States Senator unconstitutional in the State of Georgia because the State did not ratify the Amendment?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED 1. Does the Seventeenth Amendment deprive the State of Georgia of its equal suffrage in the Senate, requiring its consent under Article 5 of the Constitution, making popular elections for United States Senator unconstitutional in the ° State of Georgia because the State did not ratify the Amendment? | | : ; ii

Docket Entries

2022-11-14
Petition DENIED
2022-11-14
Petition DENIED.
2022-10-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/10/2022.
2022-09-12
Motion to expedite filed by petitioner.
2022-09-08
Petition for a writ of mandamus filed. (Response due October 12, 2022)

Attorneys

Brian D. Swanson
Brian D. Swanson — Petitioner
Brian D. Swanson — Petitioner