09-08-2022, 03:56 AM
Quote:But U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon (photo), nominated by then-President Donald Trump and confirmed after he lost the 2020 election, has once again defied convention. Her first headline-grabbing act was to accept the case Trump’s legal team filed when they went “judge shopping” and bypassed the court and judge handling Trump’s lawsuit against the Government of the United States for executing a “search and seizure” warrant on Mar-a-Lago.'Can’t recall ever seeing this happen before': Legal experts blast MAGA judge for rejecting GOP filing - Alternet.org
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Her second headline-grabbing act was to announce, without hearing any argument from the U.S. Dept. of Justice, that she intended to appoint a “special master,” and her third headline-grabbing act was to go through with that declaration, despite, as legal experts have made clear, there is no reason to do so, and these independent third-parties are almost always appointed only in criminal cases after charges have been filed.
Headline-grabbing act number five: rejecting an amicus brief from seven top Republican legal experts, represented by a team of top-notch legal experts, not even explaining why. “New,” The Guardian’s Hugo Lowell reports. “Judge Cannon — overseeing Trump special master case — rejects proposed amicus brief submitted by former DOJ and state officials who served in GOP admins that opposed appointing a special master, per new paperless order.”
- Trump's gotten way better treatment than any other person would have in similar circumstances.