A federal judge has rejected a last-minute push by Michigan Republicans who sought an emergency order to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the state, saying the effort aimed to “ignore the will of millions of voters.”
The suit seemed “less about achieving the relief” the GOP plaintiffs sought and “more about the impact of their allegations on people’s faith in the democratic process and their trust in our government,” wrote Detroit U.S. District Court Judge Linda Parker of Michigan’s Eastern District.
“The People have spoken,” wrote Parker, who issued the ruling in the early morning hours of Monday, a week before the nation’s presidential electors will meet.
Trump lost Michigan 51%-48% or by 154,000 votes to President-elect Joe Biden, and the Board of State Canvassers certified the tally on Nov. 23.
On Nov. 25, six Michigan Republicans, represented by conservative attorney Sidney Powell, filed their lawsuit asking for “emergency relief,” including a court order requiring Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to sign off on certified election results that state “President Donald Trump is the winner of the election.”
The suit also asked the federal judge to impound “all voting machines and software in Michigan for expert inspection.” The defendants in Powell’s suit are Whitmer, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and the Board of State Canvassers.
Powell is a Trump supporter who has previously appeared with his legal team and is filing similar challenges in multiple states. Her suits have relied heavily on conspiracy theories and debunked claims of voter fraud.
In Michigan, the challenge focused on murky claims about election tabulation software and data “analyses” that attempted to call into question Michigan’s results.
But the plaintiffs presented only “speculation and conjecture” that votes for Trump were destroyed, discarded or switched to votes for Biden, wrote Parker, who was nominated by President Barack Obama.
“The closest plaintiffs get to alleging that election machines and software changed votes for President Trump to Vice President Biden in Wayne County is an amalgamation of theories, conjecture, and speculation that such alterations were possible,” she said.
Parker wrote that Powell’s plaintiffs were seeking judicial action that was “stunning in its scope and breathtaking in its reach.”
“If granted, the relief would disenfranchise the votes of the more than 5.5 million Michigan citizens who, with dignity, hope, and a promise of a voice, participated in the 2020 general Election,” the judge said.
Parker’s ruling came a day before the so-called “safe harbor” deadline for states to resolve “any controversy or contest concerning the appointment of all or any of the electors.” The 16 Biden electors in Michigan are set to meet in Lansing on Dec. 14.
The plaintiffs in the case — three Trump electors and three local Republican officials — had already missed other deadlines for challenging an election, Parker said.
“This case represents well the phrase: ‘this ship has sailed,'” the judge wrote. “The time has passed to provide most of the relief plaintiffs request in their amended complaint; the remaining relief is beyond the power of any court. For those reasons, this matter is moot.”
Granting the plaintiffs’ request would “greatly harm the public interest,” Parker added.
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“The People have spoken,”?? NO HELL THEY HAVE NOT!!
The corrupt, dishonorable, dishonest, unethical, traitorous, Democrat Party has spoken. 👿
NOT the citizens of the U.S.A.. 🙁 🙁 🙁
Activists judges need to be removed… by any means necessary.
FROM THE nation, not just the bench.
Times like this, i would REALLY love for thanos and the infinity gauntlet/stones to be real, SO I COULD SNAP EVERY DAMN one of these traitors, and election thieves, out of existence… PERMANENTLY
The whole thing is going to the Supreme Court and that is where the President wanted it. It’s not over yet. And if that doesn’t do it then there is Insurrection and I hope he calls it because the Democrats have committed many crimes.
PITY i fear, the scotus WON’T do a damn thing, to stop this steal.
No doubt an Obama judge decided wrongly this case. Wonder how much he was paid for this decision, and you can guarantee he was paid off by “someone”. I watched a stunning video of he CCP on Tucker Carlson last evening and it was stunning. The Communist man who was talking said that Trump was a problem. Trump couldn’t be bought. He went on to say that they had access to the INNER CIRCLE of WA D. C. and therefore because of those in that inner circle you can see what is happening to our country now and what they have done to our President Trump.
If you can access Tucker Carlson’s show from Monday December 7, 2020, it would be well worth your viewing and it is absolutely astonishing. We watch Newsmax all of the time now, but tune in to Tucker when he is on.
We are watching this sham, of election fraud and crooked judges, unfold before our eyes. Media indoctrination defies even those who have the least amount of common sense. We are begging those we put in charge to do the right thing and they ignore us. I give credit to Venezuelan and Hong Kong citizens for mass demonstrations against tyranny. When will America wake up? BLM and ANTIFA aren’t silent and they are the minority.
If Harris gets in, we will have a one party rule and China will laugh their a$$ off.
IMO Too many, have been Too pussified…
This useless corrupt judge need to be the first.
The first, to get hung, drawn and quartered i hope!
Judge Linda Parker, you have disenfranchised those of us that are honest. The corrupt judiciary. Need I say more. No Republican will ever be President again. The elites have destroyed our freedoms and our Country. The indoctrination / concentration camps are coming.
EVERY damn one of these judges, who’ve literally CONDONED this theft of our election, need to not just be permanently disbarred, BUT STRIPPED OF THEIR citizenship, and exiled from this nation!
WHO said that “The People have spoken” ? The OBAMA Judge may have “Spoken”, but the “People”have NOT ! The people clearly want Donald Trump to be reelected, but Democrat FRAUD has TAKEN over this election !
The judge refused to hear the case the people have against election fraud, thus preventing the people from speaking.
The dominion voting machines must be confiscated before hilldawg sends in her experienced wrecking crew to “wipe” them clean!!
With all the constitutionalist judges president Trump appointed, can’t Republicans even get one of them to try these challenges to voter fraud?
According to one news article i saw, THOSE MACHINES already got “Accidently wiped”…
This is just another reason to go to the Supreme Court without delay. These so called phony judges, appointed by phony so called presidents do not belong on the bench. The SCOTUS should easily be able to reverse this dork’s wacky decision.
How Do Cases Reach the Supreme Court?
https://www.thoughtco.com/how-do-cases-reach-supreme-court-4113827
How Does a Case Get to the Supreme Court?
https://blogs.findlaw.com/law_and_life/2018/08/how-does-a-case-get-to-the-supreme-court.html
AND if/when the scotus DOES its job, and overturns this theft (More and more, my faith that they will do just that is diminishing).. EVERY DAMN ONE of these judges, who ruled in favor of it, need to get SWIFTLY punished by the scotus.
activist judges think they are gods!
When, for decades, they’ve been PROVEN TIME AND TIME again they, can do what ever the hell they want, and get away with it, WHY WOULDN’T they think they are god like?
Here are some Smartmatics software ‘Features’ documented in the Dominion User Guide that I would like to know more about:
6. Once a Contest Result object has been created and selected from the list below the user can enter data on the right side of the contest result list. The following items can be edited: • Turnout statistics including: Total Voters Cast, Total Cards Cast, DRE Voters Cast and DRE Cards Cast. • Contest level statistics including: overvotes, undervotes, blanks, double votes, invalid votes, write-in overrides. • Votes per candidates and party affiliation • Write-in resolution is also possible for manually entered write-in votes in the same way as for regular result files.
In a civil, not criminal, suit, the judge is required to assume the plaintiff’s allegations are true, and then decide, if true, whether the plaintiff would deserve relief. Then the judge is expected to order discovery. That’s when allegations turn into evidence (or not). At the end of discovery, evidence (or not) is presented. Only then is the court in a position to make a decision.
“The People have spoken…”
OBJECTION: Facts not in evidence!
Facts?? THey don’t need no facts.
The people have spoken? Yeah, some of them 2, 3, 4 or more times, under fake names or the names of those who died 120 years ago. Total fraud!
IF NONE of these traitors, who worked to steal this election, DON’T get sent to prison, WHY SHOULD ANYONE ELSE ever bother adhering to ANY LAW anymore??