The Arizona Justice department will sue Mike Johnson if he doesn't seat Adelita Grijalva.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

This will be fun to watch

Link to tweet

[GoCubsGo]

1. It's about time.

Her constituents need slap a suit on Speaker God Warrior, as well. He is denying them the representation that is entitled to them by the Constitution. Apparently, he has wiped his ass with it so much that it has become illegible.

[sheshe2]

2. Good on Arizona!

[UTUSN]

3. K&R for, hip hip hooray!

[republianmushroom]

4. Oh, damn, mikey time is up.

[Hekate]

5. Excellent news!

[maspaha]

6. I love Kris Mayes and I'm so grateful she represents me!

[malaise]

7. Rec. Rec. Rec

Important

[Cha]

8. TY & AZ DOJ!! nt

[Tribetime]

9. Love it sign the petition. Someone posted here a week or so ago

There were other judges that could swear here in as ling as the results were certified

[LuvLoogie]

10. FUCK! DON'T TALK ABOUT IT & THREATEN! JUST DO IT!

JFC!

[rubbersole]

15. Yesterday.

[melm00se]

19. The AG

is doing it by the numbers to avoid being accused of playing political games but jumping straight to legal action.

[Irish_Dem]

27. Deems have to follow every tiny rule. MAGAs do whatever the hell they want.

Seems fair. NOT.

[SheltieLover]

11. Go AZ!

[Wednesdays]

12. Speaker Smarmy Smile to Mayes:

"Oh yeah? You and what army?"

As if court orders mean anything to them.

[C Moon]

13. He needs to be sent to federal prison.

The Democratic party needs to take action on these criminals, even if we have become the party in control. We tend to forgive and forget—and that's why the republicans keep pushing further and further into breaking the laws.

[Paladin]

14. GOOD!

Excellent job by the Arizona AG.

[volfan]

16. About time

Dont delay! Do it!

[Trueblue1968]

17. Sue Widdle Mikie 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄

[ffr]

18. Fuck yeah!

Anti-American Mike Johnson needs to feel the heat of aligning himself with sexual predators.

[pfitz59]

20. Weird Little Mikey

wiuld probably like a good slapping. I'm sure the porn app he shares with his son would buzz.

[ecstatic]

21. love it.

He's trying to be the House version of mcconnell (Moscow's bitch). mcconnell wanted to protect putin & billionaires and now maga-downlow-mike wants to protect pedophiles. Lock his ass up.

[vapor2]

22. Mikey playing games and not serious about his effn job

[dickthegrouch]

23. That's exactly how lower court decisions need to be written too.

Take away all the bullshit excuses, all the possible posturing, all the predictable prevarications.
Watch SCROTUS try to pretzel themselves further with utter futility.
Excellent job by the AZ AG.

[progressoid]

24. OK, so...

howz that going to work? Judicial relief?

[Hotler]

25. Stop threatening and just do it. nt

[elleng]

26. FUN!!!

[D_Master81]

28. This is where we are

As Dems we have to threaten legal action to even have our representatives seated. What a world we live in.

[allegorical oracle]

29. This crazy delay makes Repugs look like they're scared to death of "the" files

being released. They must know there's bad stuff that could be opened up.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

30. The Arizona Justice department will sue Mike Johnson if he doesn't seat Adelita Grijalva.

Link to tweet

[avebury]

31. I thought that, based upon the Consitution, it is not a requirement

that members of the Federal Legislature (including the House) be sworn in by the Speaker of the House (for the Representatives). I thought that any official with legal authority to swear people in (Federal Judges, State Judges, Notaries, and so on) can swear someone in. If true, Jeffries should have made arrangement to find an authorized person and have her sworn in. Then fight it in court if necessary;. If Johnson is, in fact, not the only person who can swear her in, why on earth are they letting him get away with this shit?

[leftstreet]

33. +1

Where is Democratic leadership?

[NotHardly]

32. Don't threaten, just f*cking DO IT!

[Picaro]

34. Just file the suit

Threats don’t work with these people.

[PortTack]

35. Bout time!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

36. Maddowblog-With a certified victory in hand, Arizona's Grijalva demands to be seated on Capitol Hill

When it comes to seating the Democratic representative-elect, House Speaker Mike Johnson is running out of excuses — and facing a possible court fight.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/certified-victory-hand-arizonas-grijalva-demands-seated-capitol-hill-rcna237823

The Arizona secretary of state’s office formally certified Grijalva’s election victory this week, and with this in mind, the Arizona Democrat is making fresh demands. The New York Times reported:

On Wednesday morning, a group of Arizona lawmakers gathered in front of the Capitol and accused Mr. Johnson of protecting pedophiles, obstructing the will of voters and taking an unprecedented political action in refusing to perform the simple ministerial duty of swearing in an elected member of Congress. ‘This delay is not procedural, it is intentional,’ said Ms. Grijalva. ... ‘He is doing everything in his power to shield this administration from accountability. That is not leadership, that is obstruction.’

.....Mayes, a Democrat, also warned Johnson that she’s prepared to take the matter to court if he continues to resist.....

That might seem like a compelling excuse, were it not for the fact that Johnson, earlier this year, swore in two Florida Republicans — Reps. Jimmy Patronis and Randy Fine — when the House wasn’t formally in session, just one day after their respective special election victories.

All of which makes it that much easier to believe that the House speaker is principally concerned about the discharge petition on the Epstein files, his protestations notwithstanding.