congressional-immunity

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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 Whether the Speech or Debate Clause creates a jurisdictional bar to judicial consideration of whether internal congressional rules or practices violat…
23-566 Thomas Massie, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Member of the United States House of Representatives, et al. v. Mike Johnson, in His Official Capacity as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, et al. District of Columbia 2023-11-27 Denied article-i article-i-sections-6-and-7 article-one-provisions congressional-compensation congressional-immunity constitutional-interpretation legislative-procedure pay-claims speech-or-debate speech-or-debate-immunity twenty-seventh-amendment Whether Speech or Debate immunity precludes claims against congressional officials over pay
20-1073 John Does 1-10 v. Debra Haaland, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-02-05 Denied Response Waived civil-rights congressional-immunity constitutional-law due-process federal-immunity free-speech legislative-immunity legislative-privilege libel speech-and-debate-clause Is election to Congress a license to libel anyone, anywhere, anytime, even when the libel is not in response to a press inquiry, does not concern pend…