{"id":1904019,"date":"2023-03-23T19:56:38","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T23:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kari-lake-vs-arizona-supreme-court\/"},"modified":"2023-03-23T19:58:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T23:58:43","slug":"kari-lake-vs-arizona-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kari-lake-vs-arizona-supreme-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Kari Lake vs. Arizona Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkari-lake-vs-arizona-supreme-court%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1904019&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Alex Wong via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN Brooke Mallory<br \/>UPDATED 4:50 PM \u2013 Thursday, March 23, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Arizona\u2019s highest court has declined to hear Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake\u2019s appeal of her election defeat to Katie Hobbs. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Arizona court kept the issue afloat by referencing one of Lake\u2019s arguments back to a county judge for consideration.<\/p>\n<p>After a Maricopa County judge and state appeals court rejected Lake\u2019s assertions that she was the legitimate governor and that a new election should be held, she petitioned the Arizona Supreme Court to hear her case.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the Arizona Supreme Court said in a memo that the justices are granting the review of only one of her seven claims.<\/p>\n<p>According to Chief Judge Robert Brutinel\u2019s statement published on Wednesday, the former news anchor filed seven legal claims regarding her case, six of which the state\u2019s highest court determined were correctly rejected by lower courts.<\/p>\n<p>These included allegations that \u201cthousands\u201d of people were denied the right to vote due to issues with the tabulation equipment, and that tens of thousands of votes were \u201cinjected\u201d into the election, which Lake called an \u201cundisputed truth\u201d in the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>The chief judge\u2019s opinion piece said that Lake\u2019s struggles were \u201cinsufficient to warrant the requested relief under Arizona or federal law.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, the court mandated that a county judge must take another look at the sixth legal issue, which relates to Lake\u2019s argument that Maricopa County did not follow signature verification protocols.<\/p>\n<p>The county and appeals courts rejected Lake\u2019s claim on the grounds that she filed her legal challenge too late, interpreting her signature-related objection as pertaining to the regulations themselves rather than how the policies were enforced in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, the Supreme Court noted that this was a mistake, saying \u201cLake could not have brought this challenge before the election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lake\u2019s allegation cites a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azleg.gov\/ars\/16\/00550.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">provision of Arizona law<\/a> that establishes the procedure and time frame for validating or \u201ccuring\u201d a ballot if the signature doesn\u2019t seem to match. It also mandates that signatures on early ballot envelopes be compared to those already in a voter\u2019s file.<\/p>\n<p>She stated that last year, the office of Maricopa County Registrar Stephen Richer accepted \u201ca considerable number\u201d of votes with mismatched signatures.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court solely considered the legal arguments put forward by earlier courts rather than considering the merits of Lake\u2019s claim. In accordance with the court\u2019s order, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson must reexamine that single aspect of Lake\u2019s claim to determine whether the claim was rightfully rejected in the past or if Lake can demonstrate that \u201cvotes (were) affected \u2018in sufficient numbers to alter the outcome of the election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the appeals court ruling, Lake must provide a \u201ccompetent mathematical basis to conclude that the outcome would plausibly have been different, not simply an untethered assertion of uncertainty.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll now proceed and win, again, for approximately the 30<sup>th<\/sup> time. I of course have the utmost regard for both the persons sitting on the court and the court as an institution,\u201d said Maricopa Country Reporter Stephen Richer (R-Ariz.).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In multiple lawsuits related to the November election, his office and the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors have defended their work. As a result, they have come under fire from defeated Republican candidates and their loyal supporters.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Supporter holds signs during an election night watch party for Republican gubernatorial candidate for Arizona Kari Lake in Scottsdale, Arizona, on November 8, 2022. (Photo by OLIVIER TOURON\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Governor Katie Hobbs (D-Ariz.), who is a defendant in the lawsuit, remained silent about the court\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p>Lake\u2019s spokesperson, Alex Nicoll, similarly declined to respond, pointing out that Lake has routinely refused to talk to The Arizona Republic.<\/p>\n<p>Some say that Lake misrepresented the court\u2019s decision by making a number of unsubstantiated assertions in a separate statement that was distributed to The Republic and other media sources.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HUGE: AZ Supreme Court Rules In Favor of Kari Lake, Forces Lower Court to Look at Signature Verification Issues<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kari Lake (@KariLake) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KariLake\/status\/1638745402748080130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>The signature issue, she claimed, \u201calone casts the veracity of Katie Hobb\u2019s victory in serious doubt.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Another outstanding matter in the case, in addition to further assessment of the signature verification component, is whether Lake should be punished for bringing what Hobbs\u2019 lawyers have described as a frivolous and bad-faith complaint.<\/p>\n<p>Hobbs\u2019 attorneys urged the court to force Lake to pay their costs and fees, and the attorneys for Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D-Ariz.) requested a variety of undefined sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court ruled that Lake, Hobbs, and Fontes were permitted to present legal arguments on the matter. However, only arguments supporting Lake\u2019s factual assertions, such as the notion that more than 35,000 ballots were \u201cadded\u201d to the election in order to influence the results.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe record does not reflect that 35,563 unaccounted ballots were added to the total count\u2026 The motions for sanctions will be considered in due course,\u201d\u00a0Brutinel said, dismissing the claim.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Since Lake\u2019s defeat in November, her political future has remained uncertain, and she has stated that she wants to conclude her court appeals before declaring her next move.<\/p>\n<p>However, since Lake gave a keynote speech earlier this month at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), and also criticized Senate candidate Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) over a story in The Arizona Republic, she has fueled rumors regarding a prospective 2024 bid.<\/p>\n<p>The Republic published information on Gallego\u2019s prior engagement in a dubious business endeavor to provide loans to Latino neighborhoods, maybe for his own financial gain.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cJust another corrupt politician looking to line his own pockets\u2026 I believe Arizonans are ready for a new generation of citizen leaders who are ready to work for the people,\u201d Lake said concerning Gallego.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.documentcloud.org\/documents\/23720623\/orderrepetitionforreview-4731530-0.pdf\">https:\/\/s3.documentcloud.org\/documents\/23720623\/orderrepetitionforreview-4731530-0.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stay informed! 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