'The people have spoken': Michigan judge rejects lawsuit from disavowed Trump attorney

[brooklynite]

Source: Detroit Free Press

A Michigan federal judge ruled against a sweeping legal bid to overturn election results in the state, determining the lawsuit brought by an ally of President Donald Trump was riddle with "theories, conjecture and speculation" but little evidence of wrongdoing.

U.S. District Judge Linda V. Parked ruled against a request from Sidney Powell — an attorney disavowed by the Trump campaign who still champions its causes — to force the state to award its electoral votes to Trump despite President-elect Joe Biden winning the state.

"In fact, this lawsuit seems to be less about achieving the relief Plaintiffs seek — as much of that relief is beyond the power of this Court — and more about the impact of their allegations on People’s faith in the democratic process and their trust in our government," reads a portion of the 36-page opinion.

"Plaintiffs ask this Court to ignore the orderly statutory scheme established to challenge elections and to ignore the will of millions of voters. This, the Court cannot, and will not, do. The people have spoken."

Read more: https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/12/07/michigan-judge-rejects-lawsuit-from-disavowed-trump-attorney/3855194001/

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[DownriverDem]

1. After the latest MI hearing

both our SOS Benson and State Rep Cynthia Johnson got death threats. When will this end?

[Happy Hoosier]

2. The cops and FBI need to be tracking those doing the threatening down...

... and arrest them. The wingnuts are cowards by-and-large.

[dware]

5. What leads you to think they aren't?

I'm quite sure the FBI, State Police, etc are already on this.

[Happy Hoosier]

6. Quite possibly..

But I don't really trust the police right now. Too many publicly support Trump.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. A Fair Concern

But, I'm not convinced that radical support applies to the FBI.
Local cops; i share your concern.

[beachbumbob]

3. this is the NEW paradigm of GOP politics and will grow worse. No band aid available

[orangecrush]

10. A full body cast

Might work.

[apnu]

4. They are going for the SCOTUS, the quote is in the article. Shown here in this post.

Gregory Rohl, a Michigan attorney working with Powell, said he needed to meet with his team before they would rule out an appeal.

"Again I believe that our projected path to resolution of this issue for Michigan and national voters always contemplated ultimate review by (the U.S. Supreme Court)," Rohl said in an email Monday morning.

"Since so many successful inroads have been made through the various filings on this voter fraud issue across the country, I need to meet with my team and decide whether our case needs to move forward on appeal. I'm prepared to do so and believe all voters deserve our continued commitment to the integrity of our Democratic Process."

These people are insane. "Since so many successful inroads have been made through the various filings on this voter fraud issue across the country" Idiot. being 1-40ish nationally isn't "many successful inroads" is not even a boar path in the woods.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. Now @ 1 - 47

Link to tweet

TEXT

Marc E. Elias
@marceelias
🚨
BREAKING: In a defeat for the Kraken conspiracy, Michigan federal court releases a scathing opinion DENYING motion to decertify election.
🐙


Trump and his allies are 1-47 in court.
https://democracydocket.com/cases/michigan-certification-challenge/
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8:58 AM · Dec 7, 2020

[apnu]

13. Now 1-48. The Kraken lost in GA today as well.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/07/judge-dismisses-sidney-powell-lawsuit-challenging-trump-georgia-loss.html

[BumRushDaShow]

15. ...

ETA - he corrected himself and noted that it stays at 1-47 (for now) -

Link to tweet

TEXT

Marc E. Elias
@marceelias
Got ahead of myself. It is still 1-47, for now.
Marc E. Elias
@marceelias
🚨
🚨
BREAKING: Georgia federal judge DISMISSES Kraken conspiracy case from the bench.
🐙


Rulings from the bench in federal court are rare. A strong message the judge thought it was clearly meritless.

Trump and his allies are now 1-48 in post-election litigation.
11:25 AM · Dec 7, 2020

[ProfessorGAC]

9. Successful Inroads?

Rohl needs to kick his meth habit asap.

[Crowman2009]

11. Kraken? More like Octopus thrown into the ice!

[BobTheSubgenius]

12. Goddammed right they've spoken.

On of the GOP's central complaints is that a large margin of victory MUST be fraudulent. Probably because they had a subpar fraud in place and are seething because it didn't work.

[bucolic_frolic]

14. Most importantly it sounds like they haven't learned a lot for next time

other than you need actual evidence to be seriously considered. And the courts didn't define what that evidence might look like, just that what was presented was insufficient - hearsay tales of woe, physical distances between observers and counts. I did not hear much mention of chain of custody of ballots issues, just the boatloads of ballots from N. Korea - but they never presented how these supposedly polluted the actual ballot pools.

So, hoping this nonsense gets buried for good. This is pure bunk, and vintage Trump, trying to create an alternate reality and making the world march to it.

[Authentically Adrian]

16. My opinion is

These lawsuits are not really for actually overturning the election but are a publicity stunt

[Roc2020]

17. Welcome to DU. You're absolutely right

These lawsuits are simply to give Trump some fleeting shadow of bunk hypothesis to feed his worshiping supporters. Pure propaganda bone.

[True Blue American]

19. Yes, Welcome to the board, Authentically Adrian.

[True Blue American]

18. Those are the exact words John Kasich

Said when he tried to kill the Teachers Union and people in the state collected 1.3 million signatures, carried them to the StateHouse in Columbus, put it on the ballot and rejected him overwhelmingly.”THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN!”

AIDS are now suggesting Trump will go to Mar A Lego for Christmas and never come back to the WhiteHouse! His legal fight is winding Down! CNN

[KY_EnviroGuy]

20. Finally, a judge officially exposes the GOP's true motive with this shitshow....

"more about the impact of their allegations on People’s faith in the democratic process and their trust in our government".

That's it in a nutshell and no need to say more.

Thank you, Judge Parked......... ......