Richard Penner<p>On Monday, a judge ruled against Kari Lake's last claim in a misguided attempt to overturn the 2022 election for Governor. This follows a three-day trial which began with Lake's own eyewitness confirming that signature verifications were being performed, which kind of wrecked the whole case.</p><p>Today, defendants get to argue that Lake should pay for their costs to defend against this conspiracy-theory-fueled nonsense. Lake has only until 5 PM on Wednesday to argue against any such charges.</p><p>Interim Ruling (PDF) from "AZ Law": <a href="https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23821194/cv2022-095403-5222023-minute-entry-re-ruling.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">s3.documentcloud.org/documents</span><span class="invisible">/23821194/cv2022-095403-5222023-minute-entry-re-ruling.pdf</span></a></p><p>Other updates from May concerning Kari Lake from "AZ Law": <a href="https://arizonaslaw.blogspot.com/2023/05/update-kari-lake-tells-judge-she-may.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arizonaslaw.blogspot.com/2023/</span><span class="invisible">05/update-kari-lake-tells-judge-she-may.html</span></a></p><p>Coverage of day one of the trial gives a hint on the direction of the case: <a href="https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/takeaway-from-day-one-of-kari-lakes-second-trial-lakes-losing-streak-continues/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracydocket.com/news-alert</span><span class="invisible">s/takeaway-from-day-one-of-kari-lakes-second-trial-lakes-losing-streak-continues/</span></a></p><p>❝The court heard from other witnesses including two members of a fringe political action group ... they discussed a 24/7 livestream of the signature verification process, which Lake has to prove did not occur for her claims to be successful in court.</p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/KariLake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KariLake</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/KariLakeLost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KariLakeLost</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/AZGovernor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AZGovernor</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/AZGQP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AZGQP</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/AZGOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AZGOP</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a></p><p>Also, Arizona's GOP Senate leader, Sonny Borrelli, invented the authority to tell county election officials to ignore the law. <br> <a href="https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/arizona-attorney-general-issues-opinion-regarding-hand-counting-gop-leader-spreads-distrust/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracydocket.com/news-alert</span><span class="invisible">s/arizona-attorney-general-issues-opinion-regarding-hand-counting-gop-leader-spreads-distrust/</span></a></p><p>This is pinned to the text of <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/SCR1037" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCR1037</span></a> (which is not law according to the AZ Constitution): <a href="https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1R/laws/scr1037.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1R/law</span><span class="invisible">s/scr1037.pdf</span></a></p><p>This move was, generally, not well received except by fringe proponents of the so-called "independent state legislature" theory.</p><p>• <a href="https://twitter.com/JenAFifield/status/1660706293722800128" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">twitter.com/JenAFifield/status</span><span class="invisible">/1660706293722800128</span></a><br>• <a href="https://twitter.com/brahmresnik/status/1660699556856868864" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">twitter.com/brahmresnik/status</span><span class="invisible">/1660699556856868864</span></a><br>• <a href="https://twitter.com/tomryanlaw/status/1660723467015303168" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">twitter.com/tomryanlaw/status/</span><span class="invisible">1660723467015303168</span></a></p><p>❝Sonny Borrelli is just trying to [confuse with nonsense] the Counties into thinking this is a law. The Counties know better. What an embarrassment Borelli is.</p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/SonnyBorrelli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SonnyBorrelli</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Borrelli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Borrelli</span></a></p>