{"id":2221410,"date":"2024-04-15T14:43:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T18:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-rejects-house-republicans-lawsuit-over-post-jan-6-metal-detectors\/"},"modified":"2024-04-15T14:45:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T18:45:03","slug":"supreme-court-rejects-house-republicans-lawsuit-over-post-jan-6-metal-detectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-rejects-house-republicans-lawsuit-over-post-jan-6-metal-detectors\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court dismisses House Republicans&#8217; post-Jan. 6 metal detector lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsupreme-court-rejects-house-republicans-lawsuit-over-post-jan-6-metal-detectors%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2221410&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u200cSupreme Court declined to hear a lawsuit from House \u2063Republicans \u200cchallenging <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-says-impeachment-and-25th-amendment-resolutions-will-be-brought-to-the-house-floor-starting-monday\/\" title=\"Pelosi Says Impeachment and 25th Amendment Resolutions Will Be Brought to the House Floor Starting Monday\">metal detectors<\/a> in the House \u2064after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Reps. Clyde, Smucker, and former Rep. Gohmert appealed against fines for \u2063bypassing the detectors. Your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pushes-for-federal-gov-to-pay-for-entire-cost-of-rebuilding-baltimore-bridge-but-says-it-will-take-some-time\/\" title=\"Biden advocates for federal government to cover full Baltimore Bridge reconstruction expenses, acknowledges it will be a lengthy process\">summary effectively captures<\/a> the key points regarding the Supreme\u200d Court&#8217;s\u2063 decision on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawyers-who-sued-tesla-board-for-excess-pay-want-10000-an-hour\/\" title=\"Lawyers suing Tesla board demand k per hour.\">lawsuit\u2062 brought<\/a> by House Republicans relating to post-January \u20636 Capitol riot metal\u2063 detectors. It mentions the involvement of\u2063 Representatives Clyde, Smucker, and former Representative Gohmert appealing against fines for circumventing the metal detectors. This brief overview \u200dhighlights the core \u2064details of the\u200d case in \u2063a concise manner.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Supreme Court<\/a> declined to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1337232\/house-republicans-file-lawsuit-over-metal-detector-fines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>take up a lawsuit<\/a> filed by a group of House Republicans challenging the establishment of metal detectors in the House of Representatives following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/january-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Jan. 6 Capitol riot.\">Jan. 6 Capitol riot.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The rejection comes after three House Republicans, Reps. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) and Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) and former Rep. Louie Gohmert\u00a0(R-TX), appealed to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-celebs-rage-in-defeat-after-barrett-confirmation-revolting-disgraceful-unconscionable\/\" title=\"Hollywood Celebs Rage in Defeat After Barrett Confirmation: 'Revolting. Disgraceful. Unconscionable'\">high court<\/a> to weigh in on \u201cmassive fines\u201d they received for ignoring metal detectors that were put in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2333122\/house-removes-post-jan-6-metal-detectors-as-republicans-take-over-majority\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>place outside the House chamber.<\/a> The detectors were established as a security measure after the Jan. 6 riot, during which protesters breached the Capitol building in an effort to stop the certification of the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>The detectors were put in place under then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who said at the time it was \u201cbeyond comprehension\u201d why any lawmaker \u201cwould refuse to adhere to these simple, commonsense steps to keep this body safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All three GOP House members attempted to appeal their violations to the House Ethics Committee, which was later denied, and the Republicans were then fined. After the lawmakers refused to pay those fines, they were deducted $5,000 from their congressional salaries.<\/p>\n<p>The GOP lawmakers later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/23\/23-755\/295424\/20240110155242710_Peition%20for%20Writ.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>sued the House sergeant-at-arms<\/a>, arguing the salary reduction violated the 27th Amendment \u2014 saying in their lawsuit that payroll falls outside Congress\u2019s legislative function. However, judges ruled that congressional matters must be handled only by Congress rather than by the judicial branch.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers appealed that decision, which was later upheld by a federal appeals panel. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>House members no longer must contend with the metal detectors just outside the chamber, as Republicans did away with that rule when they took the majority last year.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>contacted spokespeople for Clyde and Smucker but did not receive a response to the Supreme Court\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit from House Republicans contesting the installation of metal detectors in the House after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The appeal was made by Reps. Clyde, Smucker, and former Rep. 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