Grijalva Sues Congress as Johnson Delays Her House Swearing-In

[Miles Archer]

Grijalva Sues Congress as Johnson Delays Her House Swearing-In

https://news.bgov.com/bloomberg-government-news/grijalva-sues-congress-as-johnson-delays-her-house-swearing-in

Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva and the state of Arizona filed a lawsuit against the House Tuesday, as Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to allow her to be sworn in almost a month after she was elected to represent the state’s seventh district.

The suit was filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.

Grijalva won a special election to replace her late father on Sept. 23, but won’t become a member of Congress until Johnson officially seats her. Grijalva will narrow the GOP’s House advantage to 219-214. She’ll also be the deciding 218th signature, forcing a vote to release files related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, which Republican leadership and President Donald Trump oppose.

As Johnson keeps the House out of Washington amid a 21-day — and counting — government shutdown, he has refused to swear Grijalva in until the chamber returns to session. Grijalva and other Democrats say this denies Southern Arizonans the full congressional representation they’re entitled to.

[MagickMuffin]

1. The "speaker" is playing games with our Duly Elected Representatives

He certainly didn’t have a problem swearing in his party members.

[Deuxcents]

2. Can the judge swear her in?

[GoCubsGo]

3. It's about time.

[Cha]

4. Good On Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva!

[no_hypocrisy]

5. Asking for "declaratory relief". That's interesting.

I've used that cause of action once where an embezzler "misappropriated" $19,000+ from my client (an organization) and claimed it belonged to him. We were going to the court to do a King Solomon, i.e., to whom did the money legally belong. (We got it without going to court as the embezzler folded.)

As for Grijalva, I would have gone with Writ of Mandamus, the basis of the famous SC case Marbury v Madison.

I'm sure they'll get the same result.