When it comes to the election recount in Michigan, it is now the Federal court vs. the State court.
Yesterday, a Federal judge issued an order that the MI recount start immediately on Monday at noon and, importantly, "must continue until further order of this court." Tonight, the Michigan Court of Appeals directed the state's Board of Canvassers to deny a recount petition by Stein.
Back in Federal court tonight, the 6th Circuit, in a 2-1 split, declined to temporarily lift the order that required the recount to begin by noon Monday in order to meet a target next week for states to name Electoral College electors. Meaning they upheld the Federal district court order. Their reason:
"If the recount could not be completed by the federal deadline, the right to a recount provided under Michigan law would have been effectively worthless. Facing the potential that Plaintiffs’ state recount right may have been deprived entirely by the waiting period law, we cannot say that the district court abused its discretion in determining that Plaintiffs would suffer irreparable harm without a TRO [temporary restraining order — which required an immediate recount].
The Michigan GOP has already petitioned for the case to be taken up by the full 15-judge bench of the 6th Circuit.
So … they’re still recounting, at least until a Federal court says otherwise. The recount order was based on federal constitutional law — which still controls … at least while the US Supreme Court has 8 members!