New: A federal judge has dismissed Sidney Powell's election challenge in Arizona
http://scribd.com/document/487565633/12-9-20-Bowyer-v-Ducey-Order

"...the Complaint’s allegations are sorely wanting of relevant or reliable evidence, and Plaintiffs’ invocation of this Court’s limited jurisdiction is severely strained."
Powell's Arizona federal election failed for many of the same reasons judges elsewhere have rejected her cases:
- no standing to sue
- claims should be in state court
- state officials immune per 11th Amend.
- laches (unreasonable delay in filing)
- moot (already certified)
The judge was extremely unimpressed by Powell's evidence:

"The allegations they put forth to support their claims of fraud fail in their particularity and plausibility. Plaintiffs append over three hundred pages of attachments, which are only impressive for their volume."
Judge Humetewa: "The various affidavits and expert reports are largely based on anonymous witnesses, hearsay, and irrelevant analysis of unrelated elections. Because the Complaint is grounded in these fraud allegations, the Complaint shall be dismissed."
A good example of the common practice of judges throwing shade in footnotes
Re: the conspiracy theory of a scheme to hack/manipulate ballots through Dominion voting systems, the judge writes: "Rather, what is present is a lengthy collection of phrases beginning with the words 'could have, possibly, might,' and 'may have.'"
The judge is over it: "Allegations that find favor in the public sphere of gossip and innuendo cannot be a substitute for earnest pleadings and procedure in federal court. They most certainly cannot be the basis for upending Arizona’s 2020 General Election."
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