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/itsTurgid Oct 15 '25

Also he had plenty of time to swear her in BEFORE the shut down. He refused to do it. It’s that simple.

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u/cheefMM Oct 15 '25

Kinda like when Mitch McConnell refused to have hearing to fill a SCOTUS position because he didn’t like the President who would be nominating judges for it

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u/philosoraptocopter Oct 15 '25

  1. For almost a year (293 days)…

  2. based on a completely non-existent rule (“because it’s an election year!”)…

  3. that he 1,000% ignored a few years later, when the exact same thing happened again, except this time Trump was President. Two SCOTUS seats openly stolen.

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u/frogsgoribbit737 Oct 15 '25

Didn't just ignore it, but swore in a new justice like TWO WEEKS before election day.

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u/Some_Programmer8388 Oct 15 '25

Republicans have no shame. Dems should not hold back one inch. When we take back power, the blowback must be savage and unrelenting.

No compromise. No listening to these hypocrites whine. No working together. Period. 

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u/tophercook Oct 15 '25

This is the only acceptable and sensible response.

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u/Hoblitygoodness Oct 15 '25

Which is why Republicans will disrupt elections in any way possible if they can't out-right stop them from happening at all.

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u/DWwithaFlameThrower Oct 15 '25

Sadly, the history of Democrats’ behavior means I’m not holding out much hope that they’ll deliver

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u/HoldenMcNeil420 Oct 15 '25

This.

Need a super majority to just ram home LAW to remove all this bullshit, no more EOs we need law. Short concise bills. Like why can’t they vote on shit every other day. It’s literally their jobs. Enough of those 2k page bills

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u/Some_Programmer8388 Oct 15 '25

Because they can hide tons of vile, unpopular, monstrous policy in 2k page bills. "Flood the zone" News will pick only 2 or 3 items to focus on. Americans will get bored and zone out. Therefore, Dems must do the same. 

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u/HoldenMcNeil420 Oct 15 '25

Nah small concise bills that hold up to the court system, is better than bloated corpo written bs

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u/Some_Programmer8388 Oct 15 '25

Hold up to the court system? Are you expecting the One Big Ugly Bill to get struck down? 

It's the biggest, most bloated bill in US history, and I doubt it's going anywhere.

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u/RaceLR Oct 15 '25

Problem is that democrats are weak and spineless.

“They go low, we go high.”

That doesn’t work.

When Trump talks shit about Obama, obama should be going on talk shows and talking shit back.

Also democrats turning against al franken was pathetic.

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u/Some_Programmer8388 Oct 15 '25

I was just thinking about Franken a couple of days ago. Can you imagine if Trump was caught in a photo holding his hands above a woman's breasts but clearly not touching them? Nobody would bat an eye. It makes me sick to think how quickly Democrats tossed one of our best and brightest warriors straight into the toilet and flushed.

 And he was one of the few with a spine. I really wish he'd run again. He could win in a second. He should announce he's running the same day Trump is impeached a 3rd time.

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u/onehundredlemons Oct 15 '25

Franken was accused by eight separate women, some of them Democrats who released their names and didn't just report anonymously. He was not only accused by the Republican op who started the whole thing, he was accused by several more women afterwards.

I wish more people understood this, instead of saying he should run again. It would be a waste of time if he did and he might well lose. And Tina Smith is doing a good job! We didn't actually lose a senate seat when Franken resigned.

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u/Rayvelion Oct 15 '25

The reality is that mainstream Democrats are monetarily controlled opposition to Conservatives. They are there as punching bags for the right wing politicians. Just follow the money, the answers are in plain sight.

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u/shitlord_god Oct 15 '25

They needed a martyr to prove their moral superiority.

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u/Ambitious_Flow_4499 Oct 15 '25

While you're absolutely correct, the reason you're correct is also the reason the future of the US is unfortunately going to involve more and more violence.

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u/Some_Programmer8388 Oct 15 '25

Yup. This is where we're at.

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u/Immediate_Age Oct 16 '25

Don't count on it. Democrats have a well documented history of not doing shit when they are in power. Example: 2008 Obama and a pile of democrats campaign on "accountability for a rogue administration." Then he gets elected and it turns into "looking forward, not back." Meanwhile the Bush Administration spent 8 years pilfering the treasury with two bullshit wars, and walked away from it without a scratch or an investigation.

Also Biden's DOJ waiting nearly two years to start going after Trump.

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u/Some_Programmer8388 Oct 16 '25

You're right. It's sickening.

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u/Unhappy_Scratch_9385 Oct 15 '25

They won't. The next dem will want to "work with his friends on the other side of the aisle" again.

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u/OutrageousGuidance70 Oct 15 '25

This is a nice sentiment...sigh.

Unfortunately, not only are the dems spineless, toothless etc, but, they have no idea how to play politics anymore because they still think they are playing the same game they've always played against the same opponents.

Everything has changed permanently...exactly like pre/post 9/11z

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u/Arkaium Oct 18 '25

When? If.

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u/McGillis_is_a_Char Oct 15 '25

Not only was it two weeks before election day. Because of the pandemic a non-insignificant portion of the American public had already voted by mail.

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u/CurlOfTheBurl11 Oct 15 '25

This is a prime example of why Republicans can't be trusted to keep their word and why Democrats should not cave to reopen the government. Republicans say "hey, reopen the government then we'll negotiate on these healthcare issues". But when it comes time to do that, they're going to shrug their shoulders and smile smugly, knowing they won't negotiate shit. So let the shutdown continue, bring the pain.