Shouldn’t this have been “drafted” by now? Can they be any slower to act?
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>Mayes told CNN on Thursday night that her team was already preparing litigation against the Republican speaker, claiming he is violating the law by denying a duly elected lawmaker the right to be sworn into office. Instead, Mayes argued that Johnson was delaying her swearing-in because Grijalva has committed to sign a discharge petition that would force a vote on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files in full.
>“The law is very clear that no speaker of the House has the right to deny a state the seating of a member of Congress. No speaker has the right to basically violate the Constitution,” Mayes told CNN’s Jake Tapper. “We are not messing around and the people of the state of Arizona hired me to be their lawyer and hired me to protect them.”
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*It will likely take a few days to draft and process any legal action against Johnson, meaning next week could be the earliest that litigation text is available. Specific charges are not yet known.*
*…Mayes sent the House a certificate of Grijalva’s electoral win after finalizing results on Tuesday, meeting the legal threshold for her to be sworn into office, demanding Johnson swear her in by Friday or else “prompt legal action would follow.”*
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The argument that the shutdown represents a permissible delay ignores the fact that Representatives can and have been sworn in during pro forma sessions (like, for instance, the one that was held today)
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Legal people: does she have a case? What can they actually accomplish in a lawsuit?
spotmuffin9986 on
stop talking about it and do it!
mtgfan1001 on
Slow walk to the end of everything
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“Your always preparing! Stop preparing, just go!”
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Americans should not ever tolerate, “Taxation without Representation “
It stands to reason that Arizonans withhold remittance of all tax until this matter is settled
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This will probably become a moot point, but Johnson would be happy to challenge Powell v. McCormack.
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Shouldn’t this have been “drafted” by now? Can they be any slower to act?
>Mayes told CNN on Thursday night that her team was already preparing litigation against the Republican speaker, claiming he is violating the law by denying a duly elected lawmaker the right to be sworn into office. Instead, Mayes argued that Johnson was delaying her swearing-in because Grijalva has committed to sign a discharge petition that would force a vote on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files in full.
>“The law is very clear that no speaker of the House has the right to deny a state the seating of a member of Congress. No speaker has the right to basically violate the Constitution,” Mayes told CNN’s Jake Tapper. “We are not messing around and the people of the state of Arizona hired me to be their lawyer and hired me to protect them.”
*It will likely take a few days to draft and process any legal action against Johnson, meaning next week could be the earliest that litigation text is available. Specific charges are not yet known.*
*…Mayes sent the House a certificate of Grijalva’s electoral win after finalizing results on Tuesday, meeting the legal threshold for her to be sworn into office, demanding Johnson swear her in by Friday or else “prompt legal action would follow.”*
The argument that the shutdown represents a permissible delay ignores the fact that Representatives can and have been sworn in during pro forma sessions (like, for instance, the one that was held today)
Legal people: does she have a case? What can they actually accomplish in a lawsuit?
stop talking about it and do it!
Slow walk to the end of everything
“Your always preparing! Stop preparing, just go!”
Americans should not ever tolerate, “Taxation without Representation “
It stands to reason that Arizonans withhold remittance of all tax until this matter is settled
This will probably become a moot point, but Johnson would be happy to challenge Powell v. McCormack.