U.S. Supreme Court Precedent from 1969 Ought to Require Immediate Seating of Adelita Grijalva

As of October 17, the Speaker of the U.S. House is still refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva, who was elected to Congress in a special Arizona election on September 23. In 1966 the U.S. House speaker had similarly refused to swear in Adam Clayton Powell, who had been re-elected from New York. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1969 that the House had been wrong to refuse to seat him. Here is a description of Powell v McCormack, 395 US 486.


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