When Supreme Court attrition created a vacancy during the Obama [D] administration the president chose Merrick Garland. BUT !
Though the Constitution designates the senate's advise & consent role in such presidential appointments, Majority Leader McConnell [R-KY] simply refused to fulfill his Constitutional obligation, altering the ideological balance of the court.
That's not just a once in a century fluke.
Now Speaker Johnson [R] is resisting the swearing in of Arizona's Adelita Grijalva [D].

House Speaker Mike Johnson has been threatened with legal action if he does not swear in an Arizona Democrat who could be key to forcing a vote on the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes warned Johnson that she will take him to court if Adelita Grijalva is not officially sworn in as the representative for Arizona’s 7th Congressional District following her special election victory in September.
Grijalva, who won the seat previously held by her father, Rep. Raúl Grijalva, who died in March, has pledged to be the 218th and final signature needed on a discharge petition to force a vote on releasing files related to Epstein, the billionaire pedophile who died in prison in 2019.
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Does Speaker Johnson [R] know something about the content of these Epstein files he's battling to suppress, that Johnson doesn't want you to know about?
Like what?
Though the Constitution designates the senate's advise & consent role in such presidential appointments, Majority Leader McConnell [R-KY] simply refused to fulfill his Constitutional obligation, altering the ideological balance of the court.
That's not just a once in a century fluke.
Now Speaker Johnson [R] is resisting the swearing in of Arizona's Adelita Grijalva [D].
Mike Johnson Hit With Legal Threat in Epstein Vote Drama
Ewan Palmer / Wed, October 15, 2025 at 4:32 AM GMT-5House Speaker Mike Johnson has been threatened with legal action if he does not swear in an Arizona Democrat who could be key to forcing a vote on the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes warned Johnson that she will take him to court if Adelita Grijalva is not officially sworn in as the representative for Arizona’s 7th Congressional District following her special election victory in September.
Grijalva, who won the seat previously held by her father, Rep. Raúl Grijalva, who died in March, has pledged to be the 218th and final signature needed on a discharge petition to force a vote on releasing files related to Epstein, the billionaire pedophile who died in prison in 2019.
Mike Johnson Hit With Legal Threat in Epstein Vote Drama
House Speaker Mike Johnson has been threatened with legal action if he does not swear in an Arizona Democrat who could be key to forcing a vote on the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes warned Johnson that she will take him to court if Adelita Grijalva is...
Does Speaker Johnson [R] know something about the content of these Epstein files he's battling to suppress, that Johnson doesn't want you to know about?
Like what?