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MORGAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 85-6053.

801 F.2d 445 (1986)

Stephen L. MORGAN, et al., Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

September 9, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen L. Morgan, pro se, was on the Response to Court's Order to Show Cause, for appellants.

Leonard Schaitman and William G. Cole, Attys., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the Reply to Appellants' Response to Court's Order to Show Cause, for appellees.

Before SCALIA and BUCKLEY, Circuit Judges, and McGOWAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SCALIA.

SCALIA, Circuit Judge:

This case presents the question whether we have jurisdiction to review the substance or procedure of a determination by the House of Representatives that one of two contestants was lawfully elected to that body. Jurisdiction is contested on the basis of the Elections Clause of the Constitution, Article I, section 5, clause 1, which provides that "[e]ach House shall be the

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