Citation(s) ED Mi No. 06-11972 | Judge sitting Nancy Garlock Edmunds | |
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Full case name Honorable John Conyers, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs
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George W. Bush, et al., Defendants Ruling court United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | ||
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 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 Garlock Edmunds in Detroit, who cited the representatives' lack of standing to bring this suit.