Is it within the bounds of the Appeals Court's authority to remove Judge Cannon from the case given the extremely creative nature of her rulings?
Her phone logs, emails and social media postings beginning the day before she heard the Special Master request that should have gone to Judge Reinhardt become more interesting by the day. One w…
Is it within the bounds of the Appeals Court's authority to remove Judge Cannon from the case given the extremely creative nature of her rulings?
Her phone logs, emails and social media postings beginning the day before she heard the Special Master request that should have gone to Judge Reinhardt become more interesting by the day. One wonders if we'll find out that she, like the Secret Service, changed her phone routinely sometime in the past couple of weeks.
Andrew Weissman (former Assistant US Attorney) on Lawrence O'Donnell's, The Last Word, tonight said Cannon's rulings don't amount to a hill beans -- slowing the process down a bit and shameful in her lack of respect for Dearie -- but no material harm.
Weissmann doesn't speak of Cannon without being contemptuous, but emphatic that, although there will be some time lost, her recent moves were meaningless. McDonnell admitted that he had rehearsed ahead of the interview with Andrew, so it was a very thorough grilling. I don't think that I missed a thing.
It's more the irritation of having the whole affair drawn out even more when the actions of Judge Dearie and the Appeals Court suggested we might finally be approaching a point where we could see an end to it.
Other people have commented on the question whether delay will hurt Trump more than it hinders the DOJ's case. IANAL, but it does seem unlikely to me that it will help Trump in the long run, especially if he keeps admitting guilt in public statements. I do note that in their response to DOJ's initial 11CCA appeal--to free access to the docs marked classified--the unanimous panel found persuasive DOJ's larger contention that Cannon had no standing to hear and allow a (an alleged) suit in equity. Whether or not there are any sub rosa communications, they could well respond to DOJ's new expedited appeal by simply taking the case out of her court.
Is it within the bounds of the Appeals Court's authority to remove Judge Cannon from the case given the extremely creative nature of her rulings?
Her phone logs, emails and social media postings beginning the day before she heard the Special Master request that should have gone to Judge Reinhardt become more interesting by the day. One wonders if we'll find out that she, like the Secret Service, changed her phone routinely sometime in the past couple of weeks.
Andrew Weissman (former Assistant US Attorney) on Lawrence O'Donnell's, The Last Word, tonight said Cannon's rulings don't amount to a hill beans -- slowing the process down a bit and shameful in her lack of respect for Dearie -- but no material harm.
If he says so, that's good news.
Weissmann doesn't speak of Cannon without being contemptuous, but emphatic that, although there will be some time lost, her recent moves were meaningless. McDonnell admitted that he had rehearsed ahead of the interview with Andrew, so it was a very thorough grilling. I don't think that I missed a thing.
Yes, it was a good informative interview.
Ah, glad you saw it, and you can trust me, she wrote with a wink and a smile.
It's more the irritation of having the whole affair drawn out even more when the actions of Judge Dearie and the Appeals Court suggested we might finally be approaching a point where we could see an end to it.
Oh yeah - you, me, and everyone else. Get it done last week!
David--
Other people have commented on the question whether delay will hurt Trump more than it hinders the DOJ's case. IANAL, but it does seem unlikely to me that it will help Trump in the long run, especially if he keeps admitting guilt in public statements. I do note that in their response to DOJ's initial 11CCA appeal--to free access to the docs marked classified--the unanimous panel found persuasive DOJ's larger contention that Cannon had no standing to hear and allow a (an alleged) suit in equity. Whether or not there are any sub rosa communications, they could well respond to DOJ's new expedited appeal by simply taking the case out of her court.
It will be interesting to see how it plays out.