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Supreme Court leaves sanctions in place against Sidney Powell and others over 2020 election suit in Michigan (www.cbsnews.com)

submitted 9 months ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up a bid by a group of Trump-allied lawyers who faced monetary and professional sanctions in Michigan as a result of their baseless claims raised in a lawsuit that the 2020 presidential election was rife with fraud.

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[–] NovaPrime@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Misleading title. The SC didn't leave anything in place, they just refused to take up the appeal. Big difference legally. One comes with a holding, clarification on law, potentially new legal standards/tests...etc. The other is equivalent of a null value.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I hear you. But I have to say, most titles are misleading, especially when dealing with SCOTUS and Biden right now. There are pubs that used to be good that are absolute trash now. Poltico and Aljazeera are at the bottom. Huffington has National Enquirer styled font, Newsweek is 50/50 on even being truthful. It's a weird time right now.

[–] NovaPrime@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

That's why I rely solely on post thumbnails now as the source of truth. :P

But real talk, you're not wrong. Most of the shit I run across is nothing but slams, clapbacks, and random Twitter screenshots for some reason.

[–] Whiskey_iicarus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Too bad, so sad :(

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago

Tiny violins everywhere. They thought trump would stand by them, but now know he thinks they're losers.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 9 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up a bid by a group of Trump-allied lawyers who faced monetary and professional sanctions in Michigan as a result of their baseless claims raised in a lawsuit that the 2020 presidential election was rife with fraud.

Powell and Wood were among a group of lawyers allied with former President Donald Trump who pushed unfounded claims about the 2020 election in courts in key battleground states.

Powell famously pledged to "release the Kraken" after the 2020 election, likening the mythical sea monster to the legal challenge she was pursuing as part of an effort to overturn President Biden's win and keep Trump in power for a second term.

A district court ordered them to pay more than $175,000 to cover the legal fees that the city of Detroit and state incurred to defend the lawsuit.

The district court said the sanctions were intended to deter future suits "designed primarily to spread the narrative that our election processes are rigged."

Beyond the sanctions in Michigan, Powell was charged in the sprawling racketeering case brought by the Fulton County District Attorney in August.

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