Adelita Grijalva was elected weeks ago to represent her late father’s Arizona district in Congress, but nearly a month later, the Democrat still hasn’t been sworn in as Republican Speaker Mike Johnson cites the ongoing shutdown as reason for the delay. Now, Grijalva and the state of Arizona are suing the Republican-led House of Representatives for refusing to seat her, allegedly beyond any lawful authority.

Arizona’s Democratic Attorney General Kristin Mayes followed through on threats of legal action last week and filed a 17-page complaint to the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, arguing that Johnson “has not identified any valid reason for refusing to promptly seat” Grijalva, who won the Sept. 23 special election for Arizona’s deep-blue 7th district after Rep. Raúl

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