Supreme Court Rejects House Republicans’ Appeal Over Refusal to Follow Mask Mandate

Published on February 20, 2024

The Supreme Court has refused to take up an appeal of a group of House Republicans regarding the pay that was docked because they did not follow the COVID-19 mask mandate in the House of Representatives between 2021 and 2o22. The lawsuit—filed by Reps. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.)—was rejected by the lower courts. Ms. Greene reportedly incurred more than $100,000 in fines for violating the rule that masks had to be worn on the House floor due to the COVID pandemic. That amount was deducted from her $174,000 salary. Each violation resulted in $500 being deducted from their congressional pay. The lawmakers maintain that the pay deductions violate the 27th Amendment, which prohibits congressional salary adjustments from going into effect until after “an intervening election.”...

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