However, the 6th Circuit, in their decision, correctly noted that the District Court should review its decision if the state court ruled that the recount should not occur.
So at this point, the matter is back to the District Court for that judge to rule on whether or not his order should be modified in light of the state court ruling.
Put on another pot of popcorn.
The 6th Circuit said it expects the federal courts to follow the MI state court ruling. So, the GOP has a state appellate decision that says "no recount," and a 6th Circuit decision that says the feds will follow the state court deciion. Take both of those the the federal district court, and he will rescind or modify his order. If he has a lick of sense. And I'm not going to go out on a limb and believe he does.
Not quite true, actually.
Goldschmidt did not rule on the merits of the case originally. He merely ordered the recount to start so it could finish in time IF Stein/Clinton/Soros were abl to prevail in state court.
I say not quite true, because states have sole authority for setting their own election laws, even in Federal elections. The US Courts would only be "higher" if there is a US Constitutional violation in the MI laws. Nobody has argued that there is.