Posted on 12/05/2016 2:12:21 PM PST by MarMema
LANSING, MI -- Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette told FOX News on Monday that a federal court intervening in Michigan's recount amounted to a "takeover."
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein requested the recount, and requested action from the United States District Court Eastern District of Michigan. The court held a rare weekend hearing and ruled just after Midnight on Sunday that Michigan's recount proceed. It began in two counties at noon on Monday.
But Schuette is arguing that Michigan courts should handle the matter.
"Michigan law needs to govern, not some federal takeover," Schuette said on FOX News just after 4:30 p.m. on Monday.
Schuette has filed a lawsuit in the Michigan Court of Appeals seeking to stop the recount. It argues that Stein is not an "aggrieved party" able to ask for a recount. President-elect Donald Trump, who won Michigan's election by more than 10,00 votes, also filed a lawsuit in the same venue.
A hearing on both cases before Court of Appeals case is set for Tuesday at 4 p.m.
Schuette hit on the cost angle on national television, saying that the "reckless and irresponsible" recount could cost $4-6 million, and Stein's campaign would pay for less than $1 million of that.
The Michigan Republican Party is also arguing that state-level courts, and not federal ones, should decide on Michigan's recount. The party is appealing the midnight ruling ordering a recount to commence, and plans to argue that state courts should handle the issue.
"This is a Michigan issue, and should be handled by the Michigan court system," Michigan Republican Party Chairman Ronna Romney McDaniel said in a statement. "Michigan courts should decide Michigan election law."
How well did that excuse work for Florida in 2000 ?
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette is correct.
God bless him.
The reason for the left MURDERING SCOTUS Justice Antonin Scalia is starting to become clear..
The Fed has no authority to obligate state funds.
An appeal has also been filed with the Federal 6th Circuit too which is 11 GOP and 6 Dem. Stein is going to get pummeled from both the state and federal level and this will be over.
Have the Michigan Highway Patrol and National Guard put a stop to actions decreed by a federal judge. Republicans are such cucks!
love this man. We hear he is considering a governor run and I will run, not walk, to sign up to help.
She'll just keep appealing until it goes to the S.C.
Not sure what will happen then... could wind up letting her have her way.
God I hope you’re right. I’m looking forward to having a real justice department and court system again.
AMEN!!! This crap will NOT be tolerated unless this Fed judge wants to see what really riots look like.
A tie in the Supremes will leave the lower court order in place.
The State should Refuse the court order. It is well settled that elections are state matters and this intrusion is anti-federalist. Make Stein go higher. Get it to the SCOTUS eventually, by next year maybe. Stein has no chance of proving exigent circumstances sufficient to get US Court of Appeals or SCOTUS to waive the regular process. She has no civil rights violations to allege. This is pure bs.
Don’t fund it. No Federal unfunded mandates.
Time to tell the black-robe fascists to stuff it.
The founding fathers were FEDERALISTS which means about the opposite of what you think it means..they wanted LESS federal involvement..
and elections should be the purvey of local election boards...and states..keep the feds the hell out!
-PJ
Recount Lawsuits
This round May to over but the left will claim Trump stole the election for the next 4..8 years. Probably some Republicans will agree.
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