Jack Smith supports his own legitimacy with receipts of Bill Barr's Bush-era appointments of special counsels

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3. She will be if she rules in favor of the arguments against Smith

These arguments have already been decided, most at the SCOTUS level, and so if Cannon rules for them, they will be appealed, and it will likely be “three strikes, you’re out”.

For that reason, unless she is truly a moron (and goes against the advice from her handlers), she will rule against these arguments. IMO, the only reason she granted these hearings is to continue the delays that are her raison d’être.