Arizona Supreme Court Reverses Sanctions on State GOP Over 2020 Post-Election Lawsuits

Arizona Supreme Court Justices (L–R) William G. Montgomery, John R. Lopez IV, Vice Chief Justice Ann A. Scott Timmer, Chief Justice Robert M. Brutinel, Clint Bolick, and James Beene listen to oral arguments in Phoenix, on April 20, 2021. Matt York, File/AP Photo

The Arizona Supreme Court on May 2 overturned two lower court rulings that imposed sanctions against the state’s Republican Party for a 2020 election lawsuit against Maricopa County that a lower court called “meritless.”

The Arizona GOP filed suit against Maricopa County challenging its hand-count auditing process during the 2020 general election days after the election.