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 [edit]
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.
Parties [edit]
Plaintiffs [edit]
- John Conyers
- John Dingell
- George Miller
- Charles Rangel
- Collin Peterson
- Bennie Thompson
- Jim Oberstar
- Barney Frank
- Pete Stark
- Sherrod Brown
- Louise Slaughter
Defendants [edit]
- George W. Bush
- Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns
- Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez
- Education Secretary Margaret Spellings
- Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff
- Housing Secretary Alphonso Jackson
- Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta
- Treasury Secretary John W. Snow
Outcome [edit]
The case was dismissed on November 6, 2006 by federal judge Nancy Garlock Edmunds in Detroit, who cited the representatives' lack of standing to bring this suit.[2]
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ USA Today (2006-04-28). "11 House Members to Sue Over Budget Bill". USA Today. Retrieved 2008-01-18.
- ^ Conyers v. Bush, (unreported) (E.D. Mich. Nov. 6, 2006).
