Mar 03, 2021 · A lawyer representing the Republican National Committee argued in front of the Supreme Court on Tuesday that Republicans need voter suppression in order to have a competitive edge against the Democrats, and he suggested that Republicans couldn’t win without suppression. This is something Republicans have accidentally admitted in recent years, but …
Jan 04, 2021 · The first to step out forcefully to embrace a futile objection to the election’s electoral vote tally was Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.). In a …
Mar 02, 2021 · March 2, 2021, 10:21 AM PST. By Jane C. Timm. An attorney for Arizona's Republican Party offered a blunt reason for his presence defending the state's voting restrictions before the Supreme Court ...
Nov 15, 2018 · When President Trump twice last week mentioned Marc Elias, the Democratic lawyer heading the party’s legal strategy in a contentious Florida recount, he gave voice to fears many Republicans s…
In late November, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit that included the constitutionality question, with the court’s chief justice, Thomas Saylor, specifically stating that the state’s vote tally should stand despite any such questions.
After scores of House Republicans made clear their willingness to side with President Trump’s efforts to seize a second consecutive term despite losing the 2020 election, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) tried to lock down his own caucus to prevent similar endorsements. But given that Trump and conservative media were still roiling ...
He’s the chief counselor on election-facing legal issues for Democrats," said Ron Klain, a former chief of staff to former Vice Presidents Al Gore.
One of Elias's first jobs involved producing documents from the Democratic National Committee during the Clinton administration, when the party was under scrutiny by a special counsel for its fundraising practices. Elias could not be reached for comment Wednesday, as he shuttled between courtrooms in Florida.
twice last week mentioned Marc Elias, the Democratic lawyer heading the party's legal strategy in a contentious Florida recount, he gave voice to fears many Republicans secretly harbor: That any time Elias gets involved in a recount, he tends to win. Elias is behind a flurry of legal activity that represents a last-ditch effort to save Sen.
But he found a mentor in Robert Bauer, the Democratic Party's top election lawyer. One of Elias's first jobs involved producing documents from the Democratic National Committee during the Clinton administration, when the party was under scrutiny by ...
5 alleging “criminal voter fraud” in Nevada. But lawyers representing Trump never made that allegation in court filings. Instead, as in many of the other Trump campaign election cases, the Nevada filings focus on much smaller claims, including questions about the use of a scanning machine to verify signatures and whether observers had proper access to observe vote counting.
Rudy Giuliani, lawyer for President Donald Trump, speaks during a news conference about lawsuits related to the presidential election results in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 19, 2020. N early two weeks after the election was called for President-elect Joe Biden, Donald Trump and his legal team continue to advance spurious and dangerous claims ...
In a recent Pennsylvania federal case, Giuliani alleged “widespread, nationwide voter fraud” in his opening remarks. But under questioning from the judge, he retreated. “This is not a fraud case,” Giuliani later admitted. In the same case, Trump lawyer Linda Kearns said explicitly that she is “not proceeding” on allegations of fraud.