Cannon strikes again.

[whitehall]

Another gag order on Trump and everyone forgets that the current president was deemed to be too senile to be prosecuted on the same charge. Orwell was right. The world is upside down.

 

[struth]

Will Cannon Even Rule On It?

This happened late Friday before the holiday weekend so I’m assuming many of you didn’t see it: In the Mar-a-Lago case, Special Counsel Jack Smith moved to modify the terms of Donald Trump’s release, asking the court to prohibit him from further attacks on federal law enforcement.

The latest parry arises from Trump’s blatantly false and highly incendiary claims that President Biden effectively ordered Trump’s assassination by dispatching a FBI kill team to do the Mar-a-Lago search. It’s batshit crazy stuff, and Smith is asking U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon … sigh … to order a stop to it.

It’s not a gag order per se; it’s a modification of Trump’s terms of release, which keeps him out of jail pending trial. So it doesn’t have the same First Amendment issues that might accompany any order against a non-criminal defendant.

Yesterday, Trump filed a big, over-the-top response, asking for Smith’s motion to be stricken and any DOJ lawyers associated with its filing be sanctioned.

In a normal case, this would be set up a big showdown in front of Cannon – and either side might end up appealing her ruling to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. This is of course not a normal case. Cannon’s M.O. so far has been simply not ruling on pending motions. Hard to have a showdown in front of the judge when the judge is a no show.
New Trouble Is Brewing In The Mar-a-Lago Case

Judge declines to bar Trump from making comments about law enforcement

WASHINGTON, May 28 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday refused a request by prosecutors to impose a gag order barring Donald Trump from making inflammatory comments about law enforcement, after Trump's campaign falsely claimed the FBI was authorized to assassinate him during its search of his Florida estate.
Special Counsel Jack Smith previously asked U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to modify the Republican presidential candidate's conditions of release, saying his "false and inflammatory" comments about the FBI could subject the bureau and trial witnesses to "threats, violence and harassment."
https://www.reuters.com/legal/judge...ng-comments-about-law-enforcement-2024-05-28/

Smith should have asked the 11th Circuit to remove Cannon months ago. This, after her second, highly prejudicial ruling in Trump's favor was slapped down. We are seeing what a rogue legal system hijacked by Trumpists looks like in real time.

How very fascist of the xiden admin, they raid a persons house they try to silence the man from event talking about it

Don’t worry the people will remove you all in November

 

[kyzr]

No news on Cannon dismissing Jack Smith for being appointed illegally?

That is the Grand Slam. The gag order is meh.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Will Cannon Even Rule On It?

This happened late Friday before the holiday weekend so I’m assuming many of you didn’t see it: In the Mar-a-Lago case, Special Counsel Jack Smith moved to modify the terms of Donald Trump’s release, asking the court to prohibit him from further attacks on federal law enforcement.

The latest parry arises from Trump’s blatantly false and highly incendiary claims that President Biden effectively ordered Trump’s assassination by dispatching a FBI kill team to do the Mar-a-Lago search. It’s batshit crazy stuff, and Smith is asking U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon … sigh … to order a stop to it.

It’s not a gag order per se; it’s a modification of Trump’s terms of release, which keeps him out of jail pending trial. So it doesn’t have the same First Amendment issues that might accompany any order against a non-criminal defendant.

Yesterday, Trump filed a big, over-the-top response, asking for Smith’s motion to be stricken and any DOJ lawyers associated with its filing be sanctioned.

In a normal case, this would be set up a big showdown in front of Cannon – and either side might end up appealing her ruling to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. This is of course not a normal case. Cannon’s M.O. so far has been simply not ruling on pending motions. Hard to have a showdown in front of the judge when the judge is a no show.
New Trouble Is Brewing In The Mar-a-Lago Case

Judge declines to bar Trump from making comments about law enforcement

WASHINGTON, May 28 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday refused a request by prosecutors to impose a gag order barring Donald Trump from making inflammatory comments about law enforcement, after Trump's campaign falsely claimed the FBI was authorized to assassinate him during its search of his Florida estate.
Special Counsel Jack Smith previously asked U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to modify the Republican presidential candidate's conditions of release, saying his "false and inflammatory" comments about the FBI could subject the bureau and trial witnesses to "threats, violence and harassment."
https://www.reuters.com/legal/judge...ng-comments-about-law-enforcement-2024-05-28/

Smith should have asked the 11th Circuit to remove Cannon months ago. This, after her second, highly prejudicial ruling in Trump's favor was slapped down. We are seeing what a rogue legal system hijacked by Trumpists looks like in real time.

Cannon should tell Smith to GTFO of her courtroom

 

[CrusaderFrank]

How very fascist of the xiden admin, they raid a persons house they try to silence the man from event talking about it

Don’t worry the people will remove you all in November

Trump and SCOTUS are standing in the way of the glorious 1,000 year democrat Reich

 

[berg80]

Florida federal Judge Aileen Cannon on Monday in a stunning decision dismissed the criminal classified documents case against former President Donald Trump and two co-defendants, ruling that the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith as prosecutor for the case violated the appointments clause of the U.S. Constitution.

A spokesman for Smith said the Department of Justice later Monday had authorized the special counsel to appeal Cannon’s decision tossing the case to the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.

“The dismissal of the case deviates from the uniform conclusion of all previous courts to have considered the issue that the Attorney General is statutorily authorized to appoint a Special Counsel,” said Smith’s spokesman Peter Carr.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/15/tru...y-judge-over-special-counsel-appointment.html

I expected there to be more spiking of the ball by the board's Trump fans over the ruling. Just speculation here, but I'm guessing the reason there hasn't been is even they are a bit taken aback by its audacity. It's one thing to repeat the baseless talking points about how Dear Leader has been mistreated and quite another to see one of his judges baselessly do exactly what he told her to do. Let him off the hook regarding a case he was sure to lose.

Could it be they are slightly uneasy with Trumpery making a mockery of precedent and the rule of law? Nah.

 

[berg80]

One of the more transparently servile aspects of her ruling is the carveout she makes for the SC in the Hunter Biden case, David Weiss.

 

[berg80]

In her zeal to protect her Dear Leader Aileen has opened up the possibility she will be removed from the case. But to paraphrase Kevin Bacon in "Diner," her work is done. That is, the case has successfully been delayed past the election if ever.

 

[berg80]

To some legal observers, Judge Aileen Cannon for the Southern District of Florida showed two qualities in deciding to rule that Special Counsel Jack Smith was unconstitutionally appointed and, in doing so, throw out the Mar-a-Lago records prosecution: cynicism and ambition.

“This opinion is a bit of an audition to, I don’t know, an audience of one, not just an audience of nine, if you will,” Jed Shugerman, a professor at Boston University School of Law, told TPM in a phone interview. “If I were looking to put myself on the short list of very rarefied judicial air in a Trump presidency, this is the opinion I would write.”

Cannon’s own judicial ambitions aside, several legal experts including Shugerman marveled to TPM at how much her ruling tossing the classified records retention case read like an appellate opinion, and not that of a district court judge. Going far beyond the typical role of a judge at her level, Cannon laid new legal ground, contravening decades of decisions across the country, including two at the D.C. Circuit, to the contrary. She also opened herself up to the possibility that Smith could both appeal the case — his office said Monday it would — and move for Cannon’s removal based on her handling of the matter.

Cannon’s Mar-a-Lago Dismissal Plays Hard To Trump And His SCOTUS

To some legal observers, Judge Aileen Cannon for the Southern District of Florida showed two qualities in deciding to rule that Special Counsel Jack Smith was unconstitutionally appointed and…

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I don't think she cares if she is thrown off the case. Her work, obstructing the application of justice, is done. Making her a perfect choice for the trump admin if he is elected.