Supreme Court rejects appeal from 3 GOP House members over $500 mask fines

FILE – Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., speaks at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 12, 2024. The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected appeals from three Republican members of the U.S. House challenging fines for failing to wear face coverings on the floor of the House of Representatives in 2021. The justices did not comment on the $500 fines imposed in May 2021 were imposed on U.S. Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Ralph Norman of South Carolina. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)