Supreme Court turns away Kari Lake lawyer’s challenge to sanctions in Arizona voting machine lawsuit
The justices declined to review the case after lower courts found the voting-machine claims baseless and upheld penalties against Andrew Parker and his firm.
- On Tuesday, The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by attorney Andrew Parker, leaving intact $122,000 in sanctions against him and his Minneapolis-based firm, Parker Daniels Kibort.
- District Judge John Tuchi imposed the penalty after finding the 2022 Arizona voting-machine lawsuit brought for Kari Lake and Mark Finchem relied on "false, misleading, and unsupported factual assertions."
- In his petition, Parker argued that sanctions could "chill lawyers' ability to assert unpopular or difficult claims," warning they deter attorneys from bringing "creative, aggressive or novel claims."
- The San Francisco-based Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the sanctions in March 2025, while separately overturning related penalties against retired Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz due to his limited role.
- This final denial concludes a legal battle dating back to the 2022 midterms, cementing the penalty after The Supreme Court previously declined to take up the underlying case in April 2024.
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Supreme Court Rejects Appeal, Upholds $122,000 Sanctions Against Kari Lake’s Election Lawyers
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review financial penalties imposed on attorneys who represented Kari Lake in a 2022 lawsuit challenging Arizona's electronic voting ... The post Supreme Court Rejects Appeal, Upholds $122,000 Sanctions Against Kari Lake’s Election Lawyers first appeared on [your]NEWS.
SCOTUS: Kari Lake Lawyer Has to Pay Up
The Supreme Court has shut down a bid by one of Kari Lake's lawyers to escape six-figure sanctions based to her failed challenge of Arizona's voting machines. In an order Tuesday with no explanation, the justices let stand a lower-court ruling that umpeld penalties against attorney Andrew Parker, who was...
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Rose Law Group ReporterAttorneys for Lake, Finchem lose bid to avoid paying legal penalties
The U.S. Supreme Court won’t overturn penalties against attorneys for Kari Lake and Mark Finchem attorneys for filing what lower courts called a “frivolous” challenge to using voting machines. The post Attorneys for Lake, Finchem lose bid to avoid paying legal penalties first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times.
Kari Lake's attorney must pay sanctions for 'frivolous' election lawsuit
The U.S. Supreme Court won't overturn $122,200 in penalties against an attorney for Republican politicians Kari Lake and Mark Finchem for filing what lower court judges called a "frivolous'' challenge to the use of voting machines in Arizona.
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