Mar 17th, 2021 5 min read
COMMENTARY BY
Election Law Reform Initiative and Senior Legal Fellow
Hans von Spakovsky is an authority on a wide range of issues including civil rights, civil justice, the First Amendment, immigration. Elias represented Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and was responsible for the hiring of Fusion GPS. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP / Getty Images
Key Takeaways
Among the specific lawyers named in the March 11 order for “violat[ing] their duty of candor to the court” is Marc Elias.
Elias and the Democratic Party waited nearly three years to file a lawsuit claiming that eliminating straight-ticket voting was somehow unconstitutional.
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)
Commentary By
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.