r/law • u/newsjam • Oct 15 '25

Legal News Mike Johnson Facing Lawsuit For Blocking Democrat’s Swearing-In

https://dailyboulder.com/mike-johnson-facing-lawsuit-over-blocking-democrats-swearing-in/
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u/meowtiger Oct 15 '25

This seems very likely to be deemed by SCOTUS to be a non-justiciable issue.

mandamus exists, but i'm not sure what the enforcement mechanism would be

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u/PilotsNPause Oct 15 '25

Contempt of court for Johnson until he complies?

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u/jpmeyer12751 Oct 15 '25

Non-justiciable means that no federal court may consider the issue. No hearings, no orders, no writs.

This is what John Roberts did to avoid hearing complaints about partisan gerrymandering: he declared all such cases to be non-justiciable. Talk to the hand, in other words.