Overview

• The Supreme Court rejected appeals from Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Thomas Massie, and Ralph Norman, who were fined for violating the House's mask mandate during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Lower courts had ruled that they lacked jurisdiction to review the mask policy, a stance supported by the current House Speaker Mike Johnson's legal team.
• The mask mandate, which was in place even after CDC guidance for vaccinated individuals, was lifted in June 2021.
• Greene accumulated over $100,000 in fines for her repeated violations of the mask mandate.
• The lawmakers had argued that the fines violated the 27th Amendment, which prohibits salary adjustments for members of Congress until after the next election, but their appeal was ultimately dismissed.