Fred A. Risser and David M. Travis v. Tommy G. Thompson

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• observing that Seventeenth Amendment superseded Article I, section 3, clause 1 of U.S. Constitution
• describing Coleman 's limited holding as \state legislators do indeed have standing to challenge measures that diminish the effectiveness of their votes\
• District of Columbia city councilmen have standing to challenge law that violates their First Amendment right to vote
• “Legislators’ immunity is absolute . . . and extends to injunctive relief as well as to damages suits.” (citation omitted)
• “Legislators’ immunity is absolute . . . and extends to injunctive relief as well as to damages suits.” (citation omitted)
• discuss- ing the power of Wisconsin’s governor to veto words out of sentences and letters out of words—subject to override, which the FDIC does not propose to afford Ernst & Young

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