Interpreting Judge Canon's latest nonsense

[edhopper]

"I wasn't qualified for this position in the first place. And this case is way beyond anything I an capable of dealing with. Please somebody, remove me from this case. What more do I need to do to show you?"

[Walleye]

1. Or, when does Trump appoint me to the Supreme Court?

[Kingofalldems]

2. Wouldn't be surprised if they were communicating in some form.

[FSogol]

4. Most likely through the Federalist Society. I'm sure her judicial clerks were hired by them. n/t

[Silent3]

5. Perhaps, but not really needed

She knows what Trump wants: delay, delay, delay, plus any excuse to simply throw the whole case out.

It’s easy enough for her to handle on her own without coordinating with anyone else.

[Walleye]

9. I would bet money on it

[kiri]

19. Judge is being coached by pro-trump experts

Cannon is not that bright and very inexperienced; she surely has not been able to come up with all these clever strategies and arguments on her own.

There can be little doubt that Leonard Leo and minions at the Federalists, Fitton at Heritage, and magas have been coaching her. Her team has slyly thwarted Jack Smith by avoiding appealable orders. He has not filed motions to remove her because of fear that he will lose in Appeals.

I fear it is score 1 for team Federalist and 0 for Smith.

[aggiesal]

20. I believe, someone is actually coaching her. ...

Someone from the Federalist Society is advising her on how to respond to each issue, when to respond and sometimes why that response was made.

[yankee87]

3. 100% true

She’s hoping for 45 to get reellected and put her on SCOTUS.
She may as well be sitting on 45’s lap.

[yorkster]

6. Gawd I wish Jack Smith woud go to 11th circuit.

to get her replaced. Don't know if it's feasible or if Cannon has been too egregious or just cautious enough.

Infuriating.

[Shipwack]

8. I think he had a good reason for not going to the 11th.

I wonder if he was worried that getting her taken off the case would have delayed things past November. He might have miscalculated* how much stalling she would actually do.

Now that it appears that the case won't be decided until after the elections, he might go ahead to try to get her removed anyway. Or maybe not. I have no doubt that he is doing the best he can with the hand he's been dealt.

*I honestly doubt this, though. I think he is super competent. Still, he's only human and can make a mistake now and then.

[machoneman]

10. He needs to trash her MAGA butt right off the case, STAT!. Come what may, any other judge would be far better.

She's overplayed her hand here for sure.

[yorkster]

12. You may be right about his reasoning.

He's certainly impressive and I would love to see him able to push this damn case ahead.

[-misanthroptimist]

7. She either knows what she's doing or doesn't

In either case she should be removed from the case.

[Mr.Bill]

11. She wouldn't have to be removed from the case.

She can recuse herself. It's all on her.

[triron]

23. Yeah, right. Her what?

[spanone]

13. trmp probably bought her with a supreme court seat promise.

[peppertree]

18. Among other things

Her middle name, after all, is Mercedes.

[AdamGG]

14. What is the processing for Jack Smith to try to have Cannon removed?

She's tried to squash the case from the very beginning when she ruled that the case had to be assigned to a "special master" and then was strongly overruled.

Jack Smith is smart and knows the ins and outs of the system, I assume that the fact that he hasn't already tried to have her removed means that whoever would make that decision is not favorably disposed and it probably wouldn't work.

But, this case is going nowhere along as long as Cannon is assigned to it, which is frustrating as hell because it's the evidence is a complete slam dunk. Trump would already be convicted of these charges if not for Cannon.

[onenote]

16. You answered your own question

Jack Smith knows that it would be a waste of time and effort to seek Cannon's removal.

[Bev54]

15. I think it is more like:

I don’t know what I am doing or how to handle a CIPA case, so I am taking all advise from Leonard Leo of the Federalist Society.

[madamesilverspurs]

17. or . . .

[HarryM]

21. Send her to traffic court

Where she belongs

[lees1975]

22. The question is, how do they get rid of her?

This is the flaw of our federal judiciary appointments. There are no qualifications except that the President decides if it is politically expedient for him. And if you have a partisan congress, everyone gets in who they think they can use.

I'm for setting a specific list of qualifications and thresholds that candidates must meet to get on a list of potential appointees from which the president must use to choose.

We're stuck with this one, a waste of taxpayer money for an incompetent political appointee who can't run a courtroom and doesn't know the law.