"Supreme Court Denies GOP Lawmakers' Appeal for Mask Mandate Fine Enforcement"

The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Republican lawmakers Marjorie Taylor Greene, Tom Massie, and Ralph Norman, who had their pay docked for flouting a mask mandate in the House of Representatives during the COVID-19 pandemic. The lawmakers had sued former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over the fines, but lower courts ruled that Pelosi could not be sued due to lack of jurisdiction over Congress' internal rules. The current House speaker's lawyers also agreed with this decision, emphasizing that the case was not about the wisdom of the rule but rather about contesting the fines in court.