House Republicans Fined for Violating Former Speaker Pelosi’s 2021 Mask Mandate Appeal to Supreme Court

House Republicans who were fined for refusing to comply with the mask mandate in 2021 are petitioning the Supreme Court to hear their case after it was dismissed in the lower courts. Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), and Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) are arguing that the $500 pay cut imposed by former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for not adhering to her mask rule violates the 27th Amendment of the Constitution. The amendment prohibits adjustments in pay from taking effect for Congressional members until after the next election. In January 2021, the Democrat-run House voted to adopt a resolution to penalize members $500 for the first offense of not wearing a mask, then $2,500 for the following offenses....