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Trump Lawyers Who Fought Election Results Saw Thomas as Key

"We want to frame things so that [Justice Clarence] Thomas could be the one to issue some sort of stay or other circuit justice opinion saying Georgia is in legitimate doubt," Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro wrote in an email. "Realistically, our only chance to get a favorable judicial opinion by Jan. 6, which might hold up the Georgia count in Congress, is from Thomas."
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Daily Business Review

5 Florida Senate Races to Watch Out for Next Week

Republicans have controlled the Florida Senate since the 1990s, but Democrats hope to pick up a couple of seats.
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New York Law Journal

Seven Days Ahead of Election, Albany Appeals Court Allows Canvassing of Absentee Ballots

A panel from the state's Appellate Division, Third Department wasted little time rendering judgment in Amedure v. New York, issuing a 10-page ruling the same day it heard arguments in the case.
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New York Law Journal

Lawyers Wrangle Over Counting Absentee Ballots as Election Looms

By enacting the absentee voting law, the legislature tried to create parity between the treatment of votes by absentee and votes in person on Election Day, a lawyer said.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

Supreme Court Won't Block Sen. Graham's Testimony Before Georgia Grand Jury

The unsigned order said a stay or injunction is not necessary to safeguard the senator's immunity under the Constitution's speech and debate clause.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

How a 2013 U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Enabled States to Enact Election Laws Without Federal Approval

The pattern of favoring GOP voters and discriminating against people of color, especially against Blacks, has been so obvious that, in a brief filed in federal court on Aug. 17, federal prosecutors argued that Republicans lawmakers targeted Black voters when they enacted the new election law in Florida, a charge denied by lawyers defending the state.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Decision Pa.: Election Coverage 2022

There is one week to go before the 2022 mid-term vote, but, if recent cycles are any indication, when it comes to the legal fight, Election Day will likely be just the beginning.
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National Law Journal

17 Ex-Defendants Including Hillary Clinton, DNC Seek Total of $1 Million in Fees, Costs Over Trump's Scuttled RICO Lawsuit

"Plaintiff's pleadings and theories were obviously and fatally defective from the very inception of this action," wrote an attorney in the request for sanctions filed in South Florida federal court.
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Daily Report Online

Judge Won't Dismiss Ga. Election Workers' Suit Against Giuliani

"As election workers across the state worked long hours carefully ensuring the accuracy of the election, the Trump Campaign and its allies, including Giuliani, engaged in a media offensive that at best questioned, and at worse condemned, their work," U.S. District Court Chief Judge Beryl Howell wrote.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Lawmakers, DeSantis Aide Can Face Redistricting Questions

A judge ordered the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis to provide documents sought by plaintiffs challenging the redistricting plan, though he will privately review the documents to determine whether they should be shielded.
5 minute read

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