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Thomas Massie, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Member of the United States House of Representatives, et al. v. Mike Johnson, in His Official Capacity as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 22-5058 · judgment June 30, 2023
Before the decision, about 7.4× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a federal-government petitioner, a D.C. Circuit decision below, and a circuit split argued in the petition.
Questions presented
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Whether Speech or Debate immunity precludes any and all claims by a Member of Congress against congressional administrative officials who administer pay, where such claims are pay claims?
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Whether reductions of Members’ compensation violate the Twenty-Seventh Amendment, where such reductions occur pursuant to rules that were enacted in the same session, and without an intervening election?
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Whether Article I, §§ 6 and 7 are violated where the compensation of Members of Congress is reduced pursuant to a House Rule, rather than through laws duly enacted and presented to the President?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Thomas B. Bruns
Bruns, Connell, Vollmar & Armstrong, LLC
For respondent
Matthew B. Berry
Office of General Counsel
Proceedings
- Feb 20 2024Petition DENIED.
- Jan 11 2024Reply of petitioners Hon. Thomas Massie, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Jan 10 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
- Dec 21 2023Brief of respondents Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, In His Official Capacity, et al. in opposition filed.
- Nov 21 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 27, 2023)
- Sep 01 2023Application (23A190) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until November 21, 2023.
- Aug 21 2023Application (23A190) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 28, 2023 to November 21, 2023, submitted to The Chief Justice.