On Monday, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal filed by three Republican Congressmen who were fined $5,000 each by the House for bypassing security scanners installed after the Jan. 6 Capitol protest. This decision signals that congressional matters remain within the purview of Congress itself after SCOTUS similarly rejected a case brought by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and two other Republicans, who had their pay reduced in 2021 for flouting a mask mandate on the House floor during the COVID pandemic.
In the recent case, Reps. Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), and former Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) had sought the Supreme Court’s intervention regarding the “massive fines” imposed on them for ignoring magnetometers placed outside the House chamber following the Capitol riot. The metal detectors had been a source of contention, with the House rule…
