Jack Smith's Smackdown of Judge Cannon
Added 2024-04-05 08:54:39 +0000 UTCIt's time for a round of Trump updates, starting in Florida with the responses to Judge Aileen Cannon's weird request that the parties try making up new law that she could try out on a jury if this case ever finally makes it to one. Is Jack Smith's response to this nonsense everything we'd wanted? And what happens when you actually try to sit down read anything that the Trump defense team has filed as if it were a serious legal document? We then turn to recent legal developments in New York, where a subprime auto lender has totally failed to post Trump's bond and Judge Merchan finally had to get around to putting in writing that the world's most famous criminal defendant isn't allowed to go after his family.
1. Trump's response to Judge Cannon's order
2. Jack Smith's response to Judge Cannon's order
3. 18 USC Sec 793 (Espionage Act)
4. Presidential Records Act
5. Trump's opposition to motion to clarify gag order
6. Judge Marchan's order expanding gag order
7. Judge MacAfee's denial of motion to dismiss Fulton County charges on 1st Amendment grounds
Comments
It's genuinely so exciting to hear Matt developing his podcast persona and on-air confidence. First came an embarrassed side comment about fonts, and now we're onto theories about the appropriate "pairings" to law briefs. Congratulations to you both. Every episode is getting better and better. And it's SO COOL (and good for mental health!) to have a mix of Trump vs Not Trump.
Ben Bayliss
2024-04-08 19:24:57 +0000 UTCPost surgery anaesthesia law Carbon monoxide law Whippits law Petrol fumes law Paint thinner law So many choices, I think they are going for a bingo
Rowin Xavier
2024-04-07 07:43:23 +0000 UTCOne time the form at the doctors office said “special k” which is a cereal and how I learned it was a drug thingy
KeepingThePlatesSpinning
2024-04-05 20:34:43 +0000 UTCoh. bath salts are a real drug thingy that I hadn't heard of til now.
lauren
2024-04-05 18:40:19 +0000 UTCSeconding everything Gmork said above but also: we got into this a bit in the Aileen Cannon episode, and recusal really has to be based in something personal to the judge. The best you can do in a situation like this is argue that she has been so thoroughly embarrassed by being reversed twice in quick succession (and inevitably will be again if she keeps pushing this weird PRA thing) that she is no longer able to impartially adjudicate the case.
Matt Cameron
2024-04-05 18:01:17 +0000 UTCCannon is Prozac law. Or Xanax.
Jon C
2024-04-05 17:18:46 +0000 UTCThank you for the explanation.
Kristen Leist
2024-04-05 16:04:45 +0000 UTCI can’t possibly be the only one w/ a huge crush on Jack Smith… (swoon) :)
Jen Lytle
2024-04-05 15:57:22 +0000 UTCThe appellate court is *very* reluctant to reassign a case, especially for good faith mistakes by a judge, bc they want to maintain faith in the federal judiciary that every judge is qualified. Basically, they don't want to admit that there are any federal judges that are just bad draws. If they reassign, it'll be based on their decision that she'll continue to embarass them in this case and they'll still try to help her save as much face as possible.
Gmork
2024-04-05 15:52:21 +0000 UTCis bath salts law like crack law, but someone switched out the drug and they ended up huffing bath salts instead? crack law but stupid?
lauren
2024-04-05 14:30:06 +0000 UTCMatt is such an excellent teacher. Thanks so much
Matt Barber
2024-04-05 14:03:06 +0000 UTCJudge Cannon has shown her ass, in that she has demonstrated a complete lack of knowledge and understanding of the PRA. How is that not a reason for SC Jack Smith to demand her recusal?
Kristen Leist
2024-04-05 14:00:11 +0000 UTCOn the nose- bath Salts law! Thats what DJT’s lawyers practice almost exclusively. Ive been searching for the perfect term for how bonkers some of their arguments are- thank you! And extra satisfying coming from an actual attorney
Reese
2024-04-05 13:59:25 +0000 UTCThe not-fun insane legal interpretation can be called “Knurd Law”. Credit to the late Terry Pratchett. Knurd is the extreme and unhealthy opposite of being drunk.
Patrick Olivieri
2024-04-05 11:22:27 +0000 UTC
