No. 24-219
Tags: constitutional-challenge high-ranking-officials legislative-intervention legislative-privilege morgan-doctrine state-law
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2024-11-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether legislative leaders waive legislative privilege and Morgan doctrine protections when intervening to defend a state law in a private civil constitutional challenge
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED (1) Whether, in a private civil action challenging the constitutionality of a state law, the leaders of a state legislature waive the legislative privilege’s protections, including for legislative motives, when they exercise their statutory right to intervene to defend the law. (2) Whether, in a private civil action challenging the constitutionality of a state law, the leaders of a state legislature waive the Morgan doctrine’s protections for high-ranking officials when they exercise their statutory right to intervene to defend the law.
Docket Entries
2024-11-04
Petition DENIED.
2024-10-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2024.
2024-09-27
Waiver of right of respondents Jane Doe, by her next friends and parents Helen Doe and James Doe; Megan Roe, by her next friends and parents Kate Roe and Robert Roe to respond filed.
2024-09-03
Application (24A218) denied by Justice Kagan.
2024-08-30
Amicus brief of State of Texas, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia submitted.
2024-08-30
Brief amici curiae of State of Texas, et al. filed.
2024-08-30
Brief amici curiae of Texas, et al. filed.
2024-08-20
Petition for a writ of mandamus filed. (Response due September 27, 2024)
2024-08-20
Application (24A218) for a stay pending disposition of the petition for a writ of mandamus, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Attorneys
Jane Doe, by her next friends and parents Helen Doe and James Doe; Megan Roe, by her next friends and parents Kate Roe and Robert Roe
Justin Richard Rassi — Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Respondent
Justin Richard Rassi — Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Respondent
State of Texas, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia
Warren Petersen, et al.
D. John Sauer — James Otis Law Group, LLC, Petitioner
D. John Sauer — James Otis Law Group, LLC, Petitioner