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U.S.
District
Judge
dismisses
Trump
documents
case
based on
politics
By
Patricia
Romero
tellususa.com
PALM
BEACH,
FLA -
The U.S.
District
Judge
Aileen
M.
Cannon,
appointed
by
President
Donald
Trump,
dismissed
a
criminal
trial
case
based on
the
legality
of the
Justice
Department’s
appointment
of a
special
counsel.
The
decision
was met
with
swift
and
polarized
reactions,
with
Democrats
criticizing
the
judge
for
putting
politics
above
the law,
while
Republicans
praised
her for
her
decision.
This
ruling
has
sparked
controversy
surrounding
Judge
Cannon's
decisions
and has
received
mixed
reviews.
University
of
Michigan
law
professor
Barbara
L.
McQuade
suggested
that
Cannon’s
inexperience
was
evident
in such
a
consequential
case.
She also
described
Cannon’s
Monday
ruling
as an
outlier,
noting
that
other
courts
had
rejected
it.
“Judge
Cannon’s
handling
of the
case has
been
shaky
from the
start,”
McQuade
wrote in
an
email.
“After
the
criminal
case was
assigned
to her,
she
proceeded
at an
incredibly
slow
pace to
hold
hearings
on
motions
and to
address
how
classified
documents
would be
handled
at
trial.”
However,
others
disagreed
with
such
criticisms.
David
Oscar
Markus,
a
Florida
attorney,
commended
the
effort
Cannon
put into
her
ruling
and
emphasized
that she
was
handling
an
unprecedented
legal
proceeding.
“This is
the
biggest
criminal
case
there
is,”
Markus
said.
“She’s
taking
the time
to look
at it,
rule on
it and
not rush
it to
trial.”
Turley
supported
Cannon’s
ruling
on the
dismissal,
arguing
that the
Constitution
clearly
states
that
appointments
such as
the
special
counsel
must be
made by
the
president
and
approved
by the
Senate,
not
simply
announced
by the
attorney
general.
Others
opposed
that
idea.
“What
she was
raising
was
neither
a
frivolous
nor easy
question,”
Turley
said.
“The one
thing I
think
critics
have to
acknowledge
is that
it is a
glaring
anomaly
that we
have
this
formal
constitutional
process
that can
simply
be
circumvented
with the
unilateral
appointment
of a
private
citizen.”
It is
evident
that
Cannon
has
dealt
another
significant
blow to
Smith’s
prosecution
of
Trump,
which
was
already
damaged.
McQuade
suggested
that the
special
counsel
could
take
comfort
in one
point.
“This
ruling
may be a
blessing
in
disguise
for Jack
Smith,
who may
now
appeal
and ask
the
court to
replace
Cannon
as the
judge on
this
case,”
McQuade
wrote.
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