Jack Smith preparing legal kill shot for Aileen Cannon in Trump documents case, experts say

[FBaggins]

70. That wasn't "helping out"

Your understanding was incorrect. Both “time limit” and “deadline” imply that the prosecution controls things and the court has an obligation to “reply”

In reality - the defense might have an obligation to reply (usually ten days to two weeks, but it can vary). The judge doesn’t have a deadline (as evidenced by the fact that she has a bunch of motions older than that which are still pending)

Prosecution is supposed to confer with defense team prior to the motion (sometimes they’re unopposed and the motion should lay that out). In this case, the defense claims that this step did not properly occur… so it would be easy for her to give more than 14 days to respond. The motion is also usually attached to a motion hearing date that prosecution would get from the court clerk… usually six or more weeks after the motion. “30 days” is long gone by that point.

Put far more simply is my original point. Prosecutors don’t give judges deadlines.