At the outset of the special session, House Republicans pushed through new rules permitting the body to temporarily silence any member who speaks "off-topic" more than once. They also banned members of the gallery from holding signs, but that restriction was blocked by a federal judge as unconstitutional.
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Defrocked cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the highest ranking Roman Catholic official in the United States to face criminal charges in the clergy sexual abuse scandal, appeared via Zoom in Dedham District Court on Wednesday where a judge ruled that he is not competent to stand trial.
Prosecutors moved to dismiss the case following the judge's ruling, saying there was no good faith basis to go forward. The dismissal motion was granted.
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