As part of an analysis of how U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Judge Aileen Cannon, reports from her courtroom show a judge who is both “prickly” and" insecure" and often has trouble understanding what lawyers from both sides try to explain to her.
The controversial Cannon – who has been accused of slow-walking Donald Trump’s obstruction of justice trial related to his alleged illegal retention of government documents – in recent hearings has pressed lawyers to remake their points over and over, which led to the New York Times’ Alan Feuer to question whether, “she does not understand the answers she is receiving or is trying to push back against them.”
“Only the best,” am I right?
How is it not a conflict of interest that “Donald Trump appointed her to the lifetime position”. ? Haven’t judges been asked to recuse themselves over less? I’m genuinely confused.
I don’t think that’s fundamentally disqualifying. What’s the proposal on who could reasonably try this case? Are appointees by political opponents okay? Only appointees pre Clinton?
The bigger problem, regardless of who is on trial, is she was never supposed to be on the bench.
Is anything “fundamentally disqualifying”? It appears to me that nothing is. It’s all honor code bullshit that only works when everyone is acting in good faith.
The real problem is that she was appointed in the first place. The system that made that possible was never designed to work when half the people running it are saboteurs.
Her promotion was purely ideological. It had nothing to do with her legal accumen.
It’s definitely possible Trump could have found someone who was both technically skilled AND sheep dipped well enough not to be an obvious hack. But… why bother? The Senate didn’t care enough to block her and they certainly aren’t going to impeach her.
So democracy is working as designed.
Nah, the Founding Fathers specifically didn’t want a moron like Trump running things, so this democracy breaking down.
I also don’t think it’s too high of a bar for the public to want a judge not appointed by the defendant for a criminal trial.
Wouldn’t it be nice if the public had any say in the matter
In a normal court, the justices are often held in high regard, whereby whomever appointed them is hardly even a factoid.
The problem is that with Trump, he’s known for quid pro quo as well as just not even knowing the person. Odds are good that Bannon slipped her name to Trump and suddenly she’s “the most brilliant legal mind the nation has ever known. Just brilliant. Very smart.”
Besides being nominated by Trump, I’m not sure if the prosecutors had any standing to have her recused.
She was selected by the Federalist Society. Trump rubber stamped her (like he did the vast majority of appointments he made.)
I’m not sure if the prosecutors had any standing to have her recused.
Maybe not at the time, but how about now?
Living in America 🎶
Meanwhile in NY, he’s guilty on all counts
Whenever I see the word meanwhile I think of Steve Colbert
Who’s that? Stephen’s brother?
His evil twin brother.
Throw it in ChatGPT to explain like she is 5, just to not waste too much time.
Best as far as Trump is concerned for him.
often has trouble understanding
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”
‘I an no man’
Hanlon’s razor.
Either way, the only resolution is disbarment/impeachment.
More like Trumpet’s cannon.
What if she’s feigning stupidity to enact malice?
You’d have to be pretty dumb to try that.
Hanlon’s razor is dumb, especially when dealing with people known for acting in bad faith.
I mean, there is another resolution…
Even if she is disbarred, it won’t matter. She will still be a federal judge.
Impeachment is the only way to correct this shitshow. She isn’t qualified to work at McDonald’s.
Brainless twit is a threat to the U.S.
Take a minute to empathize with those poor worms who sufferes inside her skull.
To me, it looks like she’s feigning confusion just to give her yet another excuse to shit all over the prosecution. The defense made an absurd request, the judge acted like she was having trouble understanding until the prosecution said something out of frustration and Cannon hopped on him for it.
Serious question. No joke. no hyperbole. Outside of outright dismissing the case (which she already said she intends to do after the jury is seated, so double jeopardy attaches), has she made a single ruling that wasn’t heavily in Trump’s favor? Has a single dispute not ended with her somehow blaming and shitting on the prosecution?
I dunno, plain incompetence is perfectly plausible.
Lawyer: Ok, so its a futuristic movie set in the distant past in a galaxy far far away… A galaxy is a collection of planetary sytems… Earth is a planet… No. No that doesn’t mean there’s humans on … Your honour its a fictional movie… No I’m not calling you stupid… Fine hold me in contempt.
GOP doesn’t hire people for their qualifications, only their perceived blind loyalty to the party
My Cousin Vinnie, but backwards
Einniv Nisouc Ym ?
You didn’t say the words right! The Army of Darkness will return.
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Can’t
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Thinking^ Aileen Cannon
Can’t
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Thinking^ Aileen Cannon
I usually go with:
Can’t
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Normal
Thinking😂
Sadly not that unusual. Lots of judges are . . . not great lawyers.
To be fair a judge mostly uses a slightly different skill set, practically speaking. But that doesn’t matter here, she’s objectively corrupt and terrible. Impeachment or trebuchet-to-the-sun.
What jurisdiction do you practice in, if you don’t mind asking? I work in one of the bigger trial courts in the United States and have NEVER seen lawyers have to explain a concept like this to any judicial officer I’ve ever worked with across 5 years of trial. Aileen Cannon is a national disgrace.
Yeah this is embarrassing for her, frankly.
If your own law clerks have quit on you…you have to be pretty terrible.
You don’t have appeals for stupid things judges do? Well, that sounds nice.
I’m not saying it’s endemic to hear a judge doesn’t know the law in certain situations, but it’s definitely happened. Depending on the judge - a lot.
Hand picked by Donald and rubber stamped by Mitch
