Marc Elias: We have moved to dismiss the GOP lawsuit in Georgia

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Marc E. Elias
@marceelias
🚨We have moved to dismiss the GOP lawsuit in Georgia seeking to to stop the certification of presidential election results from certain Democratic counties.

🚨ALERT: NEW LAWSUIT IN GEORGIA
Latest lawsuit filed in Georgia challenging 2020 election results.
democracydocket.com
9:28 AM · Nov 14, 2020

[Native]

1. Great excerpt from the motion to dismiss -

I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiffs’ Complaint asks this Court to selectively disenfranchise over two million Georgia voters living in several of the state’s most populous counties—counties that did not ultimately support Plaintiffs’ preferred presidential candidate—based on entirely unsupported voter fraudconspiracy theories. Plaintiffs’ implausible allegations are based exclusively on a few isolated, unsubstantiated calls to a voter hotline (the very definition of hearsay), citations to fringe news articles, disproven studies, and projected expert analysis that has not yet actually been prepared (and is itself contingent upon data that the Complaint acknowledges has yet to be finalized or obtained). Plaintiffs ask the Court to take them at their word that this speculation and imaginary expert analysis will, upon “information and belief,” eventually support their extraordinary and highly implausible allegations. None of this is sufficient to invoke this Court’s jurisdiction or stateany recognized or plausible federal cause of action.
This case presents neither a cogent nor cognizable legal theory. To the extent Plaintiffs allege any injury, it is not sufficient to support standing. It is political theatre, pure and simple, part of a broader and deeply troubling effort presently playing out on a national stage, to attempt to use the judiciary to cast doubt on the outcome of the presidential election. Every other court confronted with these efforts has properly rejected them. This Court should do the same and dismiss Plaintiffs’ Complaint.

[crickets]

2. Get over it, losers. GA is BLUE. Hahahaha! nt

[gratuitous]

3. And who would have thought that going in?

Stacy Abrams is a goddess.

[crickets]

4. She really did stand by our state after her stolen election.

Instead of fading into the background to perhaps plan another electoral run, Stacey Abrams rolled up her sleeves and got to work on GA's problems with voter suppression and turnout. She has done a fantastic job, and GA will benefit enormously from her efforts.