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Dulcinea

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Wed Apr 17, 2024, 08:17 AM Apr 17

Supreme Court snubs House Republicans who dodged metal detectors in Congress after Jan. 6

(USA Today) What happens in Congress stays in Congress, the Supreme Court signaled on Monday, as it turned away an appeal by three Republican congressmen who were fined $5,000 each by the House for dodging security scanners installed after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

The court’s decision comes months after justices snubbed the case of three other GOP members of Congress who had their pay docked in 2021 for flouting a mask mandate on the House floor during the COVID pandemic.

In the current case, Reps. Andrew Clyde, R-Georgia, Lloyd Smucker, R-Penn., and former Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas had asked the high court to intervene over the “massive fines” they incurred for ignoring magnetometers set up outside the House chamber after rioters assaulted the Capitol in a violent attempt at thwarting certification of President Joe Biden’s election.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/supreme-court-snubs-house-republicans-134306876.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=0_00

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