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Court for the laugh-out-loud trump lawsuit they brought last november, demanding that michigan should be forced to give their electoral votes to donald trump even though biden won the michigan election. the judge dismissed the actual lawsuit months ago, but now that same judge is deciding whether there ought to be consequences for these lawyers for using her courtroom to push lies and conspiracy theories with only made-up evidence to base it all on. and i say it's made-up evidence because of the judge's ascertainment. the judge called the pieces of evidence they presented for this lawsuit, quo...

>> reporter: don, texas republicans have backed away from a view voting measures but not many. and these are still on the table. as for voting places, no drive-through voting or dropboxes would be permitted if this legislation is finalized. republicans tried to stop drive-through voting during the 2020 election with a real eye on largely democratic houston where the sites were very popular. the court said no. but this new legislation says enough, republicans want people voting only inside solid buildings. so no standalone tents or movable structures can be used either except as part of a build...

Because of the judge's ascertainment. the judge called the pieces of evidence they presented for this lawsuit, quote, fantastical and, quote, obviously questionable if not false on their face. in one of the affidavits they tried to submit as part of this case, a poll watcher said he felt the way ballots were being handled was, quote, perplexing. in the hearing on monday, the judge asks the potted plant lawyer, quote, and you think being perplexed by an observation is sufficient enough to get into court? it's sufficient to support an affidavit? do you feel that that constitutes evidentiary supp...

From a few voting measures but not many, and these are still on the table. as for voting places, no drive-through voting or drop boxes would be permitted if this legislation is finalized. republicans tried to stop drive-through voting during the 2020 election with a real eye on largely democratic houston where the sites were very popular. the court said no, but this new legislation says enough republicans want people voting only inside solid buildings. so no stand-alone tents or moveable structures can be used either except as part of a building or in an emergency. and no 24-hour voting. in ge...

>> reporter: boris, they're trying to achieve what they couldn't achieve during the regular session because democrats did that dramatic walk-out in the final hours of the regular session. and denied quorum thus preventing them from passing any kind of election legislation that would add new restrictions. that is essentially why the governor said he was calling this special session, that should be getting underway any moment now. the house republicans dropped a bill last night. it is hb-3, that has a lot of similarities to the regular session bill sb-7, including items like banning drive-thru a...