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WASHINGTON A federal judge on Thursday tossed out a Republican-led lawsuit aiming to halt an unprecedented proxy voting system established by the House of Representatives due to the coronavirus pandemic, ruling that the House was immune from such a legal challenge.
The lawsuit, filed in federal district court in the District of Columbia by nearly two dozen House Republicans led by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. in late May, argued the proxy voting rules violated the U.S. Constitution because under the Constitution, a majority of lawmakers must be present to take up business and vote on legislation. The suit specifically targets House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., along with the House clerk and sergeant-at-arms.
U.S. District Judge Rudolph Cortreras wrote in an 18-page opinion dismissing the lawsuit that the House "unquestionably has the authority, under the Constitution, to 'determine the Rules of its Proceedings,' " even though proxy voting had never before been used in the chamber as it is now.
"The Court can conceive of few other actions, besides actually debating, speaking, or voting, that could more accurately be described as 'legislative' than the regulation of how votes may be cast," Cortreras wrote before concluding the defendants were "immune" from such lawsuits due to the Speech or Debate clause in the U.S. Constitution, which has been used to shield members of Congress from lawsuits over speeches, debates and legislative acts.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-dismisses-gop-lawsuit-over-000202178.html
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,790 posts)They are doing everything they can to be sure as many people as possible - including themselves - are exposed to covid19. It's inexplicably insane. They might as well order up a few gallons of cyanide-laced Kool-Aid and get it all overwith.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)They are incredibly disgusting!