Aileen Cannon has taken the sledgehammer to the rule of law

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Laurence H Tribe and Dennis Aftergut​

The federal judge’s ruling in the Trump document case is a travesty



If Trump v United States, the US supreme court majority’s shocking immunity decision on 1 July, left anyone unconvinced that America’s courts are on the ballot, federal judge Aileen Cannon just sealed the deal, dropping a sledgehammer on the rule of law. Just two weeks after the disgraceful immunity decision, she tossed out Trump’s prosecution for stealing national security documents after losing re-election, smashing the longstanding and vital authority of special counsels in the bargain.

This election, our constitutional republic is at stake, along with its first principle: no one, including the most powerful, is above the law. Only We, the People, can preserve the freedom and security our laws safeguard.

Cannon’s opinion makes a mockery of justice under law. Reduced to its essentials, she accepted the complaint of Trump’s lawyers that special counsel Jack Smith wields power too independent of the president and attorney general to fit within the statutes Congress enacted to authorize appointment of special federal prosecutors – while Trump himself was publicly saying the very opposite: that Smith is persecuting him as Biden’s puppet.

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Aileen Cannon has taken a sledgehammer to the rule of law | Laurence H Tribe and Dennis Aftergut

The federal judge’s ruling in the Trump document case is a travesty
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if only someone in this forum predicted this very thing long ago.

Maybe you should break from form the echo chamber and see what people like Thomas Massie have long been warning you about
 
Inexperience alone cannot explain Cannon’s bizarre decision. Perhaps she is showing gratitude to the president who appointed her. Or perhaps, as a Maga-vetted judge of Hispanic heritage in her early 40s, she is vying, if Trump wins re-election, for a supreme court seat when an elderly justice retires. Might virtue, in Shakespeare’s words, have been “chok’d with foul ambition?”
 
Hume said:
Inexperience alone cannot explain Cannon’s bizarre decision. Perhaps she is showing gratitude to the president who appointed her. Or perhaps, as a Maga-vetted judge of Hispanic heritage in her early 40s, she is vying, if Trump wins re-election, for a supreme court seat when an elderly justice retires. Might virtue, in Shakespeare’s words, have been “chok’d with foul ambition?”
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derp derp

you chose to troll your own thread. so fuck off sock. nobody likes you are cares about your concerns
 
Hume said:

Laurence H Tribe and Dennis Aftergut​

The federal judge’s ruling in the Trump document case is a travesty



If Trump v United States, the US supreme court majority’s shocking immunity decision on 1 July, left anyone unconvinced that America’s courts are on the ballot, federal judge Aileen Cannon just sealed the deal, dropping a sledgehammer on the rule of law. Just two weeks after the disgraceful immunity decision, she tossed out Trump’s prosecution for stealing national security documents after losing re-election, smashing the longstanding and vital authority of special counsels in the bargain.

This election, our constitutional republic is at stake, along with its first principle: no one, including the most powerful, is above the law. Only We, the People, can preserve the freedom and security our laws safeguard.

Cannon’s opinion makes a mockery of justice under law. Reduced to its essentials, she accepted the complaint of Trump’s lawyers that special counsel Jack Smith wields power too independent of the president and attorney general to fit within the statutes Congress enacted to authorize appointment of special federal prosecutors – while Trump himself was publicly saying the very opposite: that Smith is persecuting him as Biden’s puppet.

www.theguardian.com

Aileen Cannon has taken a sledgehammer to the rule of law | Laurence H Tribe and Dennis Aftergut

The federal judge’s ruling in the Trump document case is a travesty
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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zymurgy said:
derp derp

you chose to troll your own thread. so fuck off sock. nobody likes you are cares about your concerns
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That word that tricked you is "or". How many somebodies do you suppose like you or care about yours?

Cannon bucked existing Supreme Court law in her ruling. She's been reversed twice already in the case. She's relying on her suspicion that at least five members of the SC will prove to be hacks with her.
 
martin said:
That word that tricked you is "or". How many somebodies do you suppose like you or care about yours?

Cannon bucked existing Supreme Court law in her ruling. She's been reversed twice already in the case. She's relying on her suspicion that at least five members of the SC will prove to be hacks with her.
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I seem to get quite a few likes

are you the sock troll of Hume - he is a laughingstock. sorry to break it to you

but way to go with the mistake on or. that is a huge find.
 
According to this law professor, you can expect Cannon's decision to be overturned. https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/07/1...should-not-have-been-dismissed-says-law-prof/ But it delayed the trial longer and that is what Cannon was working toward from the beginning.
Thomas fed the idea to her and she jumped. The idea that a special prosecutor has to be approved by the Senate has been around since the 1990s, but nobody thought it was worth the trouble. It has to address whether the appointed prosecutor
is an inferior officer or not. If not, no Senate approval is needed.
 
Nordberg said:
According to this law professor, you can expect Cannon's decision to be overturned. https://news.syr.edu/blog/2024/07/1...should-not-have-been-dismissed-says-law-prof/ But it delayed the trial longer and that is what Cannon was working toward from the beginning.
Thomas fed the idea to her and she jumped. The idea that a special prosecutor has to be approved by the Senate has been around since the 1990s, but nobody thought it was worth the trouble. It has to address whether the appointed prosecutor
is an inferior officer or not. If not, no Senate approval is needed.
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is being a shit stain liar just in your DNA?

the article says nothing of the sort - in fact it says that it will eventually stay just as she ruled

There are good arguments on both sides, and the issues are clouded by vague language and a long and inconsistent practice history.

However, there is good reason to suspect that the current Supreme Court will affirm Judge Cannon’s conclusion
 
Hume said:

Laurence H Tribe and Dennis Aftergut​

The federal judge’s ruling in the Trump document case is a travesty



If Trump v United States, the US supreme court majority’s shocking immunity decision on 1 July, left anyone unconvinced that America’s courts are on the ballot, federal judge Aileen Cannon just sealed the deal, dropping a sledgehammer on the rule of law. Just two weeks after the disgraceful immunity decision, she tossed out Trump’s prosecution for stealing national security documents after losing re-election, smashing the longstanding and vital authority of special counsels in the bargain.

This election, our constitutional republic is at stake, along with its first principle: no one, including the most powerful, is above the law. Only We, the People, can preserve the freedom and security our laws safeguard.

Cannon’s opinion makes a mockery of justice under law. Reduced to its essentials, she accepted the complaint of Trump’s lawyers that special counsel Jack Smith wields power too independent of the president and attorney general to fit within the statutes Congress enacted to authorize appointment of special federal prosecutors – while Trump himself was publicly saying the very opposite: that Smith is persecuting him as Biden’s puppet.

www.theguardian.com

Aileen Cannon has taken a sledgehammer to the rule of law | Laurence H Tribe and Dennis Aftergut

The federal judge’s ruling in the Trump document case is a travesty
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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