Top Democratic Election Lawyers Sanctioned for ‘Misleading’ Conduct
A federal appeals court has sanctioned Marc Elias and other Democratic election attorneys from the Perkins Coie law firm for
“violat[ing] their duty of candor to the court.”
Pictured: Elias speaks with reporters in Minnesota on March 3, 2009, amid a court battle over a contested Senate race there. (Photo: Bruce Bisping/Star Tribune/Getty Images)
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Hans von Spakovsky is a senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation, a former commissioner on the Federal Election Commission, and former counsel to the assistant attorney general for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Justice. He is a member of the board of the Public Interest Legal Foundation.
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