Absolute Legislative Immunity Bars Federal Action Against N.H. State Legislature to Institute Procedures for Remote Voting During COVID Pandemic

In Cushing v. Packard, No. 21-1177 (1st Cir. Mar. 25, 2022), the en banc First Circuit – dividing 3-2 – holds that federal common-law legislative immunity bars an Americans with Disability Act (ADA) and Rehabilitation Act action to order the New Hampshire House of Representatives (House) to institute remote voting for medically vulnerable state representativesContinue reading “Absolute Legislative Immunity Bars Federal Action Against N.H. State Legislature to Institute Procedures for Remote Voting During COVID Pandemic”