Arizona Supreme Court Intervenes in Recorder’s Defamation Case Against Kari Lake – IOTW Report

Arizona Supreme Court Intervenes in Recorder’s Defamation Case Against Kari Lake

AZ Sun Times: The Arizona Supreme Court has placed a defamation lawsuit that Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer filed against Kari Lake on hold. The court said no more proceedings in the lawsuit can take place in the trial court until Richer responds to Lake’s Petition for Review she filed with the higher court. While higher courts don’t usually intervene until a case has made its way through trial court proceedings, Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law  First Amendment Clinic joined Lake in her defense requesting that the lawsuit be dismissed, a sign the clinic may believe Richer’s lawsuit is without merit. more

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