Charles Rangel v. John Boehner

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that a congressional disciplinary proceeding is a “legislative matter” that the Constitution places within the 8 MESNARD V. HON. CAMPAGNOLO/SHOOTER Opinion of the Court House’s jurisdiction (quoting Gravel, 408 U.S. at 625) (internal quotation marks omitted)
• concluding that a congressional disciplinary proceeding is a “legislative matter” that the Constitution places within the 8 MESNARD V. HON. CAMPAGNOLO/SHOOTER Opinion of the Court House’s jurisdiction (quoting Gravel, 408 U.S. at 625) (internal quotation marks omitted)
• noting that the Clause “provides absolute immunity from civil suit”
• addressing Speech and Debate immunity before Article III standing based on Sinochem’s command
• “The Supreme Court has consistently read the Speech or Debate Clause broadly to achieve its purposes.”
• “An act does not lose its legislative character simply because a plaintiff alleges that it violated the House Rules, or even the Constitution.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).