[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 121 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 121

 To direct the Senate Legal Counsel to appear as amicus curiae in the 
name of the Senate in support of the appellee in Office of Senator Mark 
                         Dayton v. Brad Hanson.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 23, 2007

   Mr. Reid (for himself and Mr. McConnell) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 To direct the Senate Legal Counsel to appear as amicus curiae in the 
name of the Senate in support of the appellee in Office of Senator Mark 
                         Dayton v. Brad Hanson.

Whereas, in the case of Office of Senator Mark Dayton v. Brad Hanson, No. 06-
        618, pending in the Supreme Court of the United States, the application 
        of the Speech or Debate Clause, Article I, section 6, clause 1 of the 
        Constitution to suits brought under the Congressional Accountability 
        Act, Pub. L. No. 104-1, 109 Stat. 3 (1995), has been placed in issue; 
        and
Whereas, pursuant to sections 703(c), 706(a), and 713(a) of the Ethics in 
        Government Act of 1978, 2 U.S.C. 288b(c), 288e(a), and 288l(a), the 
        Senate may direct its counsel to appear as amicus curiae in the name of 
        the Senate in any legal action in which the powers and responsibilities 
        of Congress under the Constitution are placed in issue: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved, That the Senate Legal Counsel is directed to appear as 
amicus curiae on behalf of the Senate in support of Appellee Brad 
Hanson in Office of Senator Mark Dayton v. Brad Hanson, to protect the 
Senate's interest in the proper application of the Speech or Debate 
Clause to civil actions brought under the Congressional Accountability 
Act.
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