Judge Aileen Cannon Sucks - A Definitive Guide
Added 2024-03-22 07:34:11 +0000 UTCWho is Aileen Cannon? Why is Aileen Cannon? We answer these important questions and many more in this brief review of the incomprehensible jurisprudence of the best federal judge in Fort Pierce, Florida.
1. Aileen Cannon's Senate Judiciary Committee nomination questionnaire
2. Map of federal Southern District of Florida
3. Democratic questioning at Aileen Cannon's group confirmation hearing
4. Judge Cannon's Order on Plaintiff's Motion for Judicial Oversight and Additional Relief (9/5/22)
5. 11th Circuit's reversal of Cannon's 9/5/22 order re: 100 classified documents (9/21/22)
6. 11th Circuit's reversal of Cannon's equitable jurisdiction ruling (12/1/22)
7. Jack Smith's Motion for Reconsideration & Stay (2/8/24)
8. Government's Opposition to Motion for Additional Time to File Certain Motions (2/8/24)
9. Judge Cannon's order denying Trump's motion to dismiss on vagueness grounds (without prejudice)(3/14/24)
10. Relevant portion of the Espionage Act
11. Judge Cannon's weird order demanding that the parties engage in a fantasy thought experiment about law that doesn't exist (3/18/24)
Comments
FWIW some folks in r/law think that this take is kid-gloves. Wondering if he'll update his position with some of the more recent shenanigans coming out of her Court. And personally, Lat has been on my watch-list ever since I saw his affiliation with FIRE.
Lydia Smith
2024-04-03 05:37:22 +0000 UTCWhat a colossal pain in the arse Aileen Cannon must be at board game night. Player 1: Aileen you ran out of command tokens, put 3 Starships back where they were. Aileen: Ha ha nope they're a Fleet, Fleets only count as 1 thing Player 2: Uh, since when did you make a Fleet??? Aileen: Just now. Captain Picard did it with his mind Player 1: Aileen that's not a thing. We've been through this Player 3: You guys? ... Where the fuck is my Homeworld? Aileen: Oh yeah Romulus is over here now, it works better with my space lanes. Player 3: But how did it get there??? Players 1 & 2 bang their heads on the table Aileen, Players 1 & 2: Captain Picard moved it with his mind.
Bald Weasels Scrotal Manscaping
2024-03-30 14:33:25 +0000 UTCOh i was trying to say 1) thank you for this, i did miss it! and 2) this is incredibly sloppy and i definitely would have mentioned it if i had caught it in my review of cannon's many, many judicial sins-- but not necessarily as directly concerning as the courtroom closure issue, which shows an appalling ignorance of the law and basic trial practice
Matt Cameron
2024-03-24 16:57:12 +0000 UTCYes, we touched on this very quickly but that was my concern about the way she phrased the dismissal without prejudice
Matt Cameron
2024-03-24 16:53:56 +0000 UTCIt is extremely unusual to have a judge recuse just because they were overruled but it is also extremely unusual for the same judge to be overruled twice in the same case within a few months. Recusal is the only vehicle here, and it's not unheard of when the judge has been publicly embarassed by how badly they have handled something
Matt Cameron
2024-03-24 16:53:14 +0000 UTCLOL "why is she doing this?" obviously because asking for a choose your own adventure trifecta introduces the most delay possible. As usual, I'm with Thomas. The law sucks.
Drew Vogel
2024-03-23 19:07:47 +0000 UTCAnd this might be the best explaination: “ too-smart appellate lawyer not grounded by reality”
Marc Epard
2024-03-23 17:04:48 +0000 UTCParticular this: Instead, I’d suggest that in her handling of Trump v. United States, Judge Cannon thought like a pointy-headed appellate judge, not a commonsensical trial judge.1 A seasoned trial judge would have seen Trump’s request for a special master and quickly ruled, “Hell to the N-O.” Judge Cannon—a former appellate attorney, with limited trial experience—received Trump’s unorthodox request, identified novel legal issues, and thought to herself, “How interesting!”
Marc Epard
2024-03-23 16:58:00 +0000 UTCThis an interesting take https://davidlat.substack.com/p/clerking-for-judge-aileen-cannon-why-clerks-quit
Marc Epard
2024-03-23 16:55:52 +0000 UTCAlso, how much delay would it cause to get the 11th circuit to dismiss her and have a new judge come on board? At this point even that delay might be worth it I suppose.
Colbin Erdahl
2024-03-22 21:38:22 +0000 UTCWould Matt’s suggestion that Smith move for Cannon to recuse just be based on the 11th circuit overruling her twice, or general incompetence? How often does that motion happen? I think of “recusal” as being an action the judge takes for either conflict of interest or personal health-type reasons. Do judges ever tap out of cases because they don’t understand specific aspects of the law?
Colbin Erdahl
2024-03-22 21:37:15 +0000 UTCI got a notice that you replied, Matt, but Patreon lost it. I don't see anything.
Michael Rops
2024-03-22 20:02:34 +0000 UTCHere's another thing about Cannon. There is speculation that she denied the motion to dismiss without prejudice for a specific reason. Matt, what happens if the defense files the same motion again after a jury is seated and she grants it? I believe jeopardy would have attached and then the government can't appeal and can't charge him again. If she had granted it before the trial started, the government could have refiled.
Michael Rops
2024-03-22 19:54:50 +0000 UTCMissing from the show notes, the very important TheKnot.com interview about her wedding... It's only a paragraph and a few pictures!!!! https://www.theknot.com/real-weddings/aileen-josh-a-traditional-wedding-in-coconut-grove-fl-album
Cheers to The Onion, the greatest media outlet in the history of humankind
2024-03-22 19:03:14 +0000 UTCHere's the jury form: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23905082-wilkins-verdict-form
Michael Rops
2024-03-22 18:35:47 +0000 UTComg
Opening Arguments
2024-03-22 18:33:40 +0000 UTCMatt you missed the trial where she (Cannon) didn’t give the jury an option to find the defendant not guilty! There was no ‘not guilty’ option in the jury instructions or on the form. https://abovethelaw.com/2023/08/trump-judge-aileen-cannon-under-fire-in-yet-another-criminal-trial/
Michael Rops
2024-03-22 17:52:43 +0000 UTCI for one would like Matt to be a federal judge
Steno Pun'd it
2024-03-22 17:05:47 +0000 UTCis the latest cannon thing the legal equivalent of being an arsehole to make someone break up with you?
lauren
2024-03-22 16:22:32 +0000 UTCI’ve been over my head intellectually before. Seems like she is and is defaulting to not making any decision that would antagonize Trump because … well… Trump is a bad enemy. Safer this way if it’s a coin toss (in her mind).
Navi Girl
2024-03-22 15:02:18 +0000 UTC
