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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDamn, Bannon lucked out and got a Trump judge
U.S. Federal District Court Judge Carl J. Nichols drew Steve Bannon's case. He's a 2019;Trump appointee.
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Damn, Bannon lucked out and got a Trump judge (Original Post)
Locutusofborg
Nov 2021
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CentralMass
(16,909 posts)1. Go figure.
quaint
(4,810 posts)2. He clerked for Clarence Thomas
RussBLib
(10,464 posts)3. no guarantee he will suck
lots of T**** judges said NO to recount bullshit.
applegrove
(131,099 posts)4. He may not be for Jan 6th. He may be not pleased with the destruction
of the constitution and governing norms.
OilemFirchen
(7,288 posts)5. What do you suppose Bannon's defense will be?
"I'M in contempt? I'M in contempt? This whole COURT is in contempt!"
Trump judge or not, I don't see this working well for Oozy Oozbourne.
Chainfire
(17,757 posts)6. Why would you think that it was luck?
rsdsharp
(11,873 posts)7. Because Federal judges are assigned cases in a rotational basis.
When a case comes up in the district, the next judge up on the wheel gets the case.
Locutusofborg
(576 posts)8. Because I know how federal judges are chosen.
Its the luck of the draw as to who is up next for a trial. The Chief Judge of the district court oversees the process and she (Beryl A. Howell) is an appointee of President Obama.
Jose Garcia
(3,450 posts)9. All 3 Trump judges on the SCOTUS rejected the Texas election lawsuit
Locutusofborg
(576 posts)10. This is not a SCOTUS case
And those three Trump judges have also ruled on scores of other issues that advance the right wing agenda.
