Sidney Powell has had two cases dismissed today, one in Michigan and one in Georgia.
First up, Michigan:
A Michigan federal judge has 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. Parker 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.”
I should note that Judge Parker is an Obama appointee and you might expect a ruling like this.
However the case dismissed in Georgia was by a George W. Bush appointee:
Judge Batten dismissed the ‘kraken’ suit saying plaintiffs have no standing, waited too late to file and called their request “the most extraordinary relief ever sought in any federal court pertaining to an election”
Powell told me she plans to file an emergency appeal. #gapol
— Emma Hurt (@Emma_Hurt) December 7, 2020
That isn’t to say that her case doesn’t have merit. The Obama judge certainly thought so, but I don’t believe that Judge Batten discounted her evidence in the same way.
According to Hurt, Powell will appeal and perhaps she’ll have more luck. If her cases truly have merit, she should at some point.