The combined effect of the two rulings appears to set up further court proceedings in front of Goldsmith and the Michigan Republican Party has already filed for another federal hearing.
“The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled in our favor, determining that the petition for recount filed by Dr. Jill Stein should have been denied,” said Ronna Romney McDaniel, chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party. “Dr. Stein is not an aggrieved candidate as she has no chance of winning the election in Michigan.”
Attorney General Bill Schuette said: "I’m grateful, and I know Michigan taxpayers agree, that the Michigan Court of Appeals has adhered to the rule of law," given that estimates of the cost of the recount are as high as $5 million -- more than $4 million more than the fee Stein was required to pay.
Andrea Bitely, a spokeswoman for Schuette, said the Michigan Court of Appeals said that “there is no conflict between” its order and the federal district court’s temporary restraining order, so the recount should end immediately.
"To ensure clarity for Michigan taxpayers, (and as recommended in the Sixth Circuit’s opinion issued this evening), the Attorney General is now filing in the federal district court a motion to dissolve the temporary restraining order," Bitely said.
See my post above about them joking about going to jail for violating a fed judge order. So the recount continues.
Some think Goldsmith will just say oh sure, stop the recount. Let's just see if that happens. I hope I am wrong in thinking it will not be that easy.
Just a technical point.