Michael Bryan 
When I first ran for public office, I said that our public schools needed a relentless optimist. I’m proud to say at the end of this journey as Arizona’s Superintendent, that my optimism has only grown through the work we have accomplished together at ADE. I am truly grateful for your partnership and dedication to … Read more
The Judge who presided over Kari Lake’s election contest has denied sanctions against Kari Lake and her legal team, as I predicted in previous posts. (see final paragraphs) The Defendants (Hobbs and the MariCo BoS) were asking for over $700K in legal fees. Those attorney’s fees were not granted, but about $33K in expert witness … Read more
The Maricopa Judge who heard Lake’s election contest, issued his findings on the two-day trial earlier today (PDF of Ruling). He rejected Lake’s contest of the election and permitted the Defense to file a motion in support of Rule 11 sanctions against the Plaintiff and her attorneys. The Judge’s Ruling was cogently reasoned and gave … Read more
The Judge in Hamadeh’s election contest listened to about 3 hours of testimony from the parties and ruled from the bench that there was insufficient evidence to prove Hamadeh’s contest of the election result. This is the end of the line for Hamadeh’s efforts to overturn the will of the Arizona voters. Hamadeh’s attorney indicated … Read more
I watched most of the trial via live stream and followed a few local Twitter live-tweets of the trial (shout out to @Arizonaslaw and @Garrett_Archer for excellent blow-by-blows), and read the pleadings and motion practice. My conclusions as a retired trial attorney are that Lake utterly failed to meet the burden laid out clearly by … Read more