Conyers v. Bush
| Conyers v. Bush | |
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| Court | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan |
| Full case name | Honorable John Conyers, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs v. George W. Bush, et al., Defendants |
| Citation | ED Mi No. 06-11972 |
| Court membership | |
| Judge sitting | Nancy Garlock Edmunds |
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.
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 a 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 (April 28, 2006). "11 House Members to Sue Over Budget Bill". USA Today. Retrieved January 18, 2008.
- ^ Conyers v. Bush, (unreported) (E.D. Mich. Nov. 6, 2006), archived from the original on 2007-06-30.