ABOVE: US Democratic Senator from Arizona and former NASA astronaut, Mark Kelly (L), with his wife former US Representative from Arizona Gabby Giffords, is sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence (R) during a ceremonial event at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on December 2, 2020. CNN reports, Mark Kelly sworn in as US … Read more
A member of the ad-hoc panel of QAnon conspiracy cultists that heard 10 hours of unsubstantiated allegations of election fraud at a forum for Rudy Giluliani’s “elite strike force team” of bumbling lawyers on Monday now wants Arizona’s attorney general to investigate. Arizona GOP lawmaker asks attorney general to investigate election allegations: State Rep. Kelly … Read more
Last week I posted about the Libertarians to File Challenge To Invest In Ed, Prop. 208. The plaintiffs’ lawyer, Logan Elia, at one time worked at the Goldwater Institute and the American Legislative Exchange Council, and was a recipient of the prestigious Koch Fellowship. Now the “Kochtopus” Death Star, the Goldwater Institute, is getting directly … Read more
Quinta Jurecic, the managing editor of Lawfare blog, writes at The Atlantic, There Aren’t Serious-Enough Consequences for Those Trying to Break American Democracy (excerpt): [T]rump and his team are doing lasting damage to American democracy as the president struggles to come to grips with the reality of his loss. And yet, these lawyers and officials … Read more
This is disheartening. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Randall Warner knows better, but apparently was more concerned about the unlikely possibility of being overturned on appeal than in enforcing the rules of procedure and the rule of law. A plaintiff must present some evidence in support of their request for extraordinary relief and cannot rely on mere speculation … Read more