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Obama-Appointed Judge Smacks Down Marc Elias' 'Absurd' Election Lawfare

2024-05-17

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’ favorite lawfare artist — who was also the attorney behind the Russia-collusion hoax — was all but laughed out of court in a recent Wisconsin election integrity case.

D.C.-based Elias Law Group, founded by former Clinton campaign and Democrat National Committee lawyer Marc Elias, brought a "novel" absentee ballot complaint against the state that an Obama-appointed judge called "head-scratching."

In dismissing the lawsuit against the Wisconsin Elections Commission, U.S District Court Chief Judge James D. Peterson summarily rejected the leftist law group’s outlandish claim that a state law requiring a U.S. citizen witness and sign an absentee voter’s ballot is a violation of voting and civil rights.

’ABSURD’ INTERPRETATION
In a 37-page ruling, Peterson railed against the complaint’s core argument, concluding that "the most obvious problem with plaintiffs’ interpretation is that it simply does not make any sense."

"The absurd results to which plaintiffs’ interpretation would lead are reason enough to reject that interpretation. But the text, purpose, and history of [Wisconsin Statute] § 6.87 also support an interpretation that a witness is required to certify only the statements about the process of preparing the ballot," Peterson wrote of the lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.

"It is plaintiffs’ interpretation that leads to head-scratching results," the federal judge wrote.

The Elias Law Group, practitioners of unbridled leftist lawfare, represent four Wisconsin residents who "wish to vote by absentee ballot in the 2024 election, but they do not want to comply with the witness requirement," according to the lawsuit. They insist the process of asking any U.S. citizen to witness them vote and to sign their absentee ballots "is difficult or inconvenient for them."

"They contend that the requirement violates two federal statutes, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and they seek to permanently enjoin enforcement of the requirement," Peterson writes in his ruling.

Posted by:Fred

#4 Is there no recourse against these practioneers of lawfare?

Posted by: JohnQC 2024-05-17 11:49

#3 See if Elias appeals. He ran into a judge that is all about that law thing. He may be banging on higher level hacks.

Posted by: Super Hose 2024-05-17 10:12

#2

So now they have to forge a witness signature?

As scary as it sounds, it seems Voter ID's may be the only way to put a stop to LSD election fraud.

Plus a mandatory 5-year sentence PER Illegal Vote filed and or knowingly counted.

Posted by: NN2N1 2024-05-17 08:17

#1 Was it absurd enough to impose a fine, or reimburse the state for attorney's fees (AKA lose pays), or refer Elias to the WI or DC bars for sanctions? You're supposed to do that with frivolous lawsuits in order to discourage that shit. It's just further erosion of our legal system.

Posted by: Raj 2024-05-17 00:45

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