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onenote

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16. Nope.

Reply to Attilatheblond (Reply #14)

Wed Oct 8, 2025, 09:40 PM

Oct 8

And its unlikely the courts would take the case, at least not under the current facts.

I'm not in any way defending Johnson, who is plainly avoiding swearing her in for partisan reasons. But its just a fact that there is no specific requirement for when a new member gets sworn in. There are examples where the swearing in has not occurred until a month after a special election and two weeks is pretty common. And those facts make court intervention, at least at this point in time, unlikely.

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Rep. Grijalva does NOT need to be sworn in by the Speaker ..... others can do the job, and have done so in the past. [View all] eppur_se_muova Oct 8 OP

Just effin malaise Oct 8 #1

So the House has to approve letting a judge do the swearing-in? Qutzupalotl Oct 8 #2

K&R UTUSN Oct 8 #3

Johnson is not going to do it, so get on with it. GoodRaisin Oct 8 #4

So how do we get around that? calimary Oct 8 #5

Taxation Without Representation.... we all know the next line Attilatheblond Oct 8 #6

Not likely onenote Oct 8 #13

Being forced to pay taxes but not allowed representation isn't enough to have standing? Attilatheblond Oct 8 #14

Nope. onenote Oct 8 #16

Ha. That's funny. Like rules and laws matter any more. progressoid Oct 8 #7

Perhaps Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson could be called-upon to remedy this Constitutional aberration. BurnDoubt Oct 8 #8

That's my thought. IrishAfricanAmerican Oct 8 #9

Only if specifically authorized by House resolution onenote Oct 8 #10

Aw, hell, I'd much rather be sworn in by Hakeem Jeffries Warpy Oct 8 #11

For the Epsteinth time, release the files surfered Oct 8 #12

Squeaker of the House is absent and unaccounted for MerryBlooms Oct 8 #15