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Split Thread Trump Document indictment (as opposed to other indictments)

Resume said:
Maybe she thinks she's on the SCOTUS now.
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I'm sure she's auditioning for one of the spots that Justice Alito or Justice Thomas will vacate by retiring in a second Donald Trump term.

However, the Supreme Court isn't especially consistent on the scope of their own rulings. Bush v. Gore (2000) was postured as a decision in one specific case, not to be used as a precedent in any other case. Of course it's been cited in numerous petitions that try to get federal control over state election processes. Conversely, Trump v. United States (2024) tries to say, "We don't care about the immediate past or present circumstances; we only care about what might happen hypothetically in the future."
 
Paul Rosenzweig's opinion

At The Atlantic, senior Counsel in the investigation of Bill Clinton Paul Rosenzweig wrote, "On the merits, her opinion is a poor one, ignoring history and precedent. It will almost certainly be reversed on appeal. Even so, her actions will surely delay Trump’s trial and may even prevent it completely, should Trump return to power and dismiss the case before a verdict is reached." According to his biographical notes, "He is a Senior Editor of the Journal of National Security Law and Policy and as a member of the Advisory Committee to the ABA’s Standing Committee on Law and National Security. He also serves on the District of Columbia Bar’s ethics Rules Review Committee and has a private practice within the District."
 
Chris_Halkides said:
At The Atlantic, senior Counsel in the investigation of Bill Clinton Paul Rosenzweig wrote, "On the merits, her opinion is a poor one, ignoring history and precedent. It will almost certainly be reversed on appeal. Even so, her actions will surely delay Trump’s trial and may even prevent it completely, should Trump return to power and dismiss the case before a verdict is reached." According to his biographical notes, "He is a Senior Editor of the Journal of National Security Law and Policy and as a member of the Advisory Committee to the ABA’s Standing Committee on Law and National Security. He also serves on the District of Columbia Bar’s ethics Rules Review Committee and has a private practice within the District."
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I think that's been Cannon's objective all along.
 
Mo lasses

Stacyhs said:
I think that's been Cannon's objective all along.
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I think that she has been slow walking this case for a while. In May attorney Brian Greer wrote at the NYT, "Still, it is inexcusable that she is utterly failing to keep the case moving along in a fair but timely manner...Measured against these goals, Judge Cannon has made almost no progress over the past 11 months. That is shocking and indefensible...Outside of the unwarranted delays, Judge Cannon has shown a repeated willingness to entertain extreme arguments from the Trump legal team."
 
Chris_Halkides said:
I think that she has been slow walking this case for a while. In May attorney Brian Greer wrote at the NYT, "Still, it is inexcusable that she is utterly failing to keep the case moving along in a fair but timely manner...Measured against these goals, Judge Cannon has made almost no progress over the past 11 months. That is shocking and indefensible...Outside of the unwarranted delays, Judge Cannon has shown a repeated willingness to entertain extreme arguments from the Trump legal team."
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It's been obvious for a long time.
 
Trump has filed 100-million-dollar for damages during the Mar a Lago FBI search.

Lawyers for Donald Trump have filed a $100 million claim with the Justice Department, alleging that the federal search of Mar-a-Lago in August 2022 was inappropriate and hurt Trump’s reputation, an attempt to keep alive the narrative that the former president has been persecuted by a biased Biden administration.

The administrative claim for alleged damages is unlikely to gain steam given that the search was approved by a federal judge after months of investigation and negotiations with Trump’s lawyers. The claim has been filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act, which allows people wronged by government employees to seek compensation from federal agencies.
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Stacyhs said:
Trump has filed 100-million-dollar for damages during the Mar a Lago FBI search.
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Er, rather there is a claim made through OMB pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act. I haven't seen anything on PACER yet, so all we have is the memorandum attached to the OMB claim form.

The memorandum attempts to relitigate everything that was rejected when the search warrant was upheld on appeal. That's res judicata, open and shut. However, the memorandum then goes on to try to apply some of the more legally hilarious parts of Judge Cannon's dismissal order, which is not a final order and disposition of the case since Smith has an appeal pending as of right. Any actual federal court action Trump might want to bring would be unripe for adjudication on any grounds predicated on the dismissal order.
 
Like Justice Thomas, Cannon doesn't seem keen on following reporting rules:
Judge Aileen Cannon Failed to Disclose a Right-Wing Junket

Cannon, whose oversight of the Donald Trump classified documents case has garnered widespread criticism, has repeatedly violated a rule requiring that federal judges disclose their attendance at private seminars.
Federal Judge Aileen M. Cannon, the controversial jurist who tossed out the classified documents criminal case against Donald Trump in July, failed to disclose her attendance at a May 2023 banquet funded by a conservative law school.

Cannon went to an event in Arlington, Va. honoring the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, according to documents obtained from the Law and Economics Center at George Mason University. At a lecture and private dinner, she sat among members of Scalia’s family, fellow Federalist Society members and more than 30 conservative federal judges. Organizers billed the event as “an excellent opportunity to connect with judicial colleagues.”

A 2006 rule, intended to shine a light on judges’ attendance at paid seminars that could pose conflicts or influence decisions, requires them to file disclosure forms for such trips within 30 days and make them public on the court’s website. It’s not the first time she has failed to fully comply with the rule. In 2021 and 2022, Cannon took weeklong trips to the luxurious Sage Lodge in Pray, Montana, for legal colloquiums sponsored by George Mason, which named its law school for Scalia thanks to $30 million in gifts that conservative judicial kingmaker Leonard Leo helped organize.

Current rates for standard rooms at Sage Lodge can exceed $1,000 per night, depending on the season. With both Montana trips, Cannon’s required seminar disclosures were not posted until NPR reporters asked about the omissions this year as part of a broader national investigation of gaps in judicial disclosures.
Cannon did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
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Stacyhs said:
Like Justice Thomas, Cannon doesn't seem keen on following reporting rules:
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  • Nothing to see here, move along.
  • Rules are for little people.
  • Originalist interpretation.
  • [Bright light] Look over there!
  • Ruth Bader Ginsberg did the same.
  • That form was being revised.

That's enough for now, I'm beginning to tear up and I'm thinking maybe death is preferable.
 
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