Supreme Court throws out Kevin McCarthy's lawsuit against Nancy Pelosi over Covid-19 voting rules

[L. Coyote]

Source: Raw Story

The Supreme Court of the United States on Monday rejected a lawsuit that House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA) brought against Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

McCarthy and House Republicans sued Pelosi last year over a proxy voting system that was put in place due to Covid-19.

The court said that the lawsuit was rejected because it is an internal legislative matter that can’t be challenged in court.

Republicans, including Rep. Elise Stefanik (NY), have used the proxy voting system.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/kevin-mccarthy-proxy-voting-lawsuit/

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[George II]

1. ....

[The Unmitigated Gall]

29. "NEVER to old for this s..."

[question everything]

2. SCOTUS actually does something right?

[GB_RN]

3. Hard To Believe That They Actually Thought This Had A Chance...

Internal House/Senate rules have always been held as non-judiciable. Why would this be any different?

If the Repukes win in the Fall, they're free to change the rules next Congress. Which of course, you know they will...regardless of whether the threat of COVID-19 has subsided. They'll put people's (for them, meaning Democratic) lives at risk, just because the've made the pandemic a political issue, and can't back off of their stupid position.

[PatSeg]

4. Apparently, most republicans

really don't have any idea how government works. They're just making it all up as they go.

[LiberalFighter]

17. Most people don't.

[maxsolomon]

23. It's not most people's job to know the rules. It is a GQP Congressmember's job.

McCarthy didn't file out of ignorance; he filed to make a scene, to gum up the works. He filed in bad faith.

[LiberalFighter]

26. Most people don't even know the basics.

[PatSeg]

30. I agree

The average person does not know everything about everything. We hire mechanics to fix our cars, doctors to perform operations, and lawyers to handle legal matters. We also hire (elect) people to run our government and pass legislation. Of course, a large percentage of people should know more about government than they do, but we would hope that at least our elected officials know.

McCarthy has been in congress for sixteen years. You'd think he'd have learned by now. It is his full-time job.

[PatSeg]

31. Probably

And to get some press attention. Still the appearance of ignorance is unsettling.

[no_hypocrisy]

5. The classic Politician Question.

Separation of Powers

[riversedge]

6. Kevin loves to get stomped on by Pelosi's heals.

[PatSeg]

32. Ha, ha, ha!!!

It sure does seem that way, doesn't it?

[Traildogbob]

7. Two words

Womp womp! Nobody deserves a good womp more than this trump anal leech. Don’t feel bad about trump with an infestation of anal leeches, it’s a symbiotic parasitic relationship. These parasites would die without the host species. Science!!!!!!

[llmart]

8. Why did this get all the way to the Supreme Court?

Seems like a silly-ass issue for the Supreme Court to waste their time on.

Also, McCarthy is a silly ass.

[L. Coyote]

9. Because McCarthy appealed the case there (and they laughed at him).

No doubt the justices see this as a waste of some law clerk's time. The Supreme Court simply is NOT going to meddle in House rules.

[Zambero]

10. Other than "Obvious Thomas", how many others were willing to go along with this scheme?

[L. Coyote]

11. None. Not even Thomas.

They sent him a rejection.

[Zambero]

14. Oooh... Hoping that Ginny doesn't find out!

[BumRushDaShow]

22. As literalist and original intent as he is, he can't suddenly blind himself to this

Article I

(snip)

Section 5.

(snip)

Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member.

(snip)

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articlei

[mgardener]

12. Elise Stefanik R-NY 21

Recently used the proxy vote citing Covid concern..
Yet she went to Mar A Largo that same night.
Trump had a fund raiser for her.

Nary a mask was seen.

She is a deplorable Rep.

[Zambero]

15. As with one Susan Collins

this unprincipled impostor was once dubbed as being a "moderate".

[Ford_Prefect]

13. No wiggle room for the man who would be king? Awww, Kevin has a sad...

[geardaddy]

16. I thought Repugs were for tort reform

and fewer lawsuits?

[Justice matters.]

33. They were for Law and Order too.

Also for equal Justice for all.

Not anymore (since after Lincoln).

[geardaddy]

37. Yep, it was really a rhetorical question.

[CaptainTruth]

18. He doesn't understand how the US government works.

WTF is he doing in Congress?

[inthewind21]

35. Simple answer

A bunch of people who also do not understand government elected him. It's mind-numbing how little people actually know about how their government works. Or who/what it is that makes up the government. The one that makes me literally want to hit myself in the head with a hammer, and I've heard it right here on DU as well, "Dems now control all three branches of government".

[Auggie]

19. But now he can say he sued Nancy Pelosi. He did it for the Fox News sound bite and his deplorables.

[AllaN01Bear]

20. id love to say," get out of this court room.: but i bet there is decorum for that.

[Escurumbele]

21. They should stop calling McCarthy "leader", what a joke of a clown he is

He is not even a good clown, clowns make people laugh, this clown makes people want to puke.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

24. What a shame

[L. Coyote]

25. 'Knock, knock." "Who's there?" "McCarthy." "McCarthy who?"

[ificandream]

27. Love it ...

... when their supposedly rigged Supreme Court slaps them down.

[link:|]

[The Unmitigated Gall]

28. Another shoe Nancy has left up inside Kevin's butt.

I suspect Nancy can afford a lot of shoes.

[Cha]

36. Poor Stupid Vicious McCarthyism..

[dickthegrouch]

38. I hope Nancy makes the point that

HER Proxy system expands voting rights for All congress critters, unlike the deplorables who want to take them away. And that it's more likely to be a deplorable who needs the expanded rights than a DEM because the deplorable is too F'ing invested in contrarian behavior to be capable of rational thought.