Conyers v. Bush

Conyers v. Bush

Honorable John Conyers, Jr., et al. v. George W. Bush, et al., No. 2:06-CV-11972, 2006 WL 3834224 (E.D. Mich. 2006), is a lawsuit in which Rep. John Conyers Jr. and others alleged that President George W. Bush violated the United States Constitution by signing a bill that was not passed by the United States Congress.

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Nature of claim

John Conyers (a ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee), along with 10 other members of Congress, filed a lawsuit on April 28, 2006 at the district court in Detroit[1] seeking a restraining order (injunctive relief) preventing the execution of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, S. 1932. The plaintiffs also sought a declaration that the bill be declared unconstitutional and not valid law.

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Outcome

The case was dismissed on November 6, 2006 by federal judge Nancy G. Edmunds in Detroit, who cited the representatives' lack of standing.[2]

References

  1. ^ USA Today (2006-04-28). "11 House Members to Sue Over Budget Bill". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-04-28-budget-lawsuit_x.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-18. 
  2. ^ United States District Court Eastern District of Michigan Southern Division (2006-11-06). "Conyers v. Bush". United States District Court Eastern District of Michigan Southern Division. Archived from the original on 2007-06-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20070630224218/http://www.mied.uscourts.gov/eGov/edmundspdf/Conyers_v_Bush.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-19. 

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