Artwork

What Happens When the House Refuses to Swear in a New Member?

Opening Arguments

31 subscribers

published

Play Playing
iconShare
 
MP3•Episode home
Manage episode 517490068 series 3560578
Content provided by Opening Arguments Media LLC. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Opening Arguments Media LLC or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://staging.podcastplayer.com/legal.

OA1204 - As House Speaker Mike Johnson continues to pretend that he doesn't have to seat Democrat Adelita Grijalva well over a month after she was elected to represent Arizona's 7th Congressional district, we take a closer look at the last time that Congress refused to swear someone in and what the Warren Court had to say about it. Who was Harlem Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, why was the House so intent on excluding him in 1966, and how precedential might Powell v. McCormack be for the lawsuit which Arizona has filed on Grijalva's behalf?

  1. Powell v. McCormack, 395 U.S. 486 (1969)

  2. Adam by Adam; the autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr , Adam Clayton, Powell Jr. (1972) (Internet Archive)

  3. 2 USC Sec 25

  4. Complaint in Arizona v. House of Representatives (filed 10/21/25)

Check out the OA Linktree for all the places to go and things to do!

…   continue reading

1155 episodes

#Politics #News #Opening Arguments Media LLC #Law #Legal #Atheist #Harvard #Liberal #Supremecourt #Opinions