Whatever the most illegal thing that can happen at this point is the thing that will happen.
If a prosecutor can remove a judge simply because they don’t like a decision? What does that say about Justice?
A judge would have to have made a decision that was completely indefensible.
On what basis? Getting a ruling you don’t like?
What a cry baby. Zero chance of success.
Jack Smith wants to try the case on his terms that this was “espionage” and does not want to allow the other side to be able to present their defense. He wants to be able to do this before the election. He wants to bully a young female judge in order to get his way. Maybe she should challenge the legitimacy of his irregular appointment.
He doesn’t have that power. And her rulings are well within the mainstream.
The JACKal
As usual, dumbassery from GP. Go hunt up Julie Kelly’s commentary on this subject. She actually knows what she is doing. In short: this is a proposed order, so cannot be appealed. Now go back to sleep until GP rings the bell again.
Much ado about nothing.
So the prosecutor can replace the judge? What kind of justice system is this? I mean I’ve heard of “judge shopping” but I didn’t know you could return them afterwards.
Jack Smith is a heart attack (or aneurysm) lookin’ for a place to happen.
He can push all the buttons he wants.
I can only tell you the court system is not eager to let participants have judges removed, and certainly not over jury instructions, which I believe are still preliminary.
The circuit Court could simply rule on the jury instructions, which would also be unusual (to do so in advance of the trial).
Jack Smith certainly is a nasty little shit and a hot head.
Switching judges because this one case happens to have drawn a Trump appointed judge, would pretty much delegitimize the court system. And the judges know it.
So I think such a change is highly unlikely.
Just the fact that articles are written depicting poor Jack Smith as needing to “push a button” to switch judges, demonstrates a lack of understanding of the court system.
judges pretty much don’t give a damn whether they tell prosecutors or defendants to go to hell.
If the day comes that is no longer true, the game is over.
The Palm Beach County (a Florida County in the State of Florida) State Attorney-— has ZERO connection to the Federal Judiciary so as to “encourage” maniac Jack Smith to “go nuclear” (an equally stupid, idiotic phrase to be used by this said State Attorney- who answers under the FL Constitution to the Governor of FL. Yes, Ron- who can remove this Democrat moron for... Cause!).
So, Jack Smith thinks he can approach the Appellate Court to replace Judge Cannon? Really? Is he that CRAZY? Jack Smith in the first place is not a real counsel— and Merrick Garland knows this. This is not going to happen. More bullcrap from desperate people.
Jury Instructions... not suiting the f’ng Prosecutor who then tries to have the Judge removed. Yeah— sure. Jack Smith’s days are numbered.
Even at that, Judge Cannon's order to the parties is a routine pre-trial step. What Smith dislikes is that it hints at preservation of the Presidential Records Act as an issue of fact for the jury. What Smith wants is for no such defense to be available for Trump. How would an appellate court panel rule on such a claim?
Who knows, but they would have to take up the issue in detail, with Trump able to present his side and then have potential en banc and Supreme Court review if the decision went against him. Smith knows that he has been outplayed and that the documents case is unlikely to go to trial before the election.
The news now is that Smith is peeved that Judge Cannon did this and is looking for ways to have her removed from the case. It's as if Smith felt that only he had the authority to box the other participants into corners that he alone established. It's also as if Smith feels that he has the superior authority over everyone else.I'm wondering if Smith is even looking into whether he has the authority to arrest Judge Cannon if she gets too close to stopping his case.
-PJ
A defendant can’t appeal an issue preemptively as far as I know and a prosecutor shouldn’t be able to either.
Boo hoo. Jack off Smith has to deal with an uncorrupted judge. Not easy persecuting Trump outside DC, huh Jack?
LOL - “Nuclear Button”? More like the “Zephyr Button”!
He’s not removing Judge Cannon from the case. 🙄
I kinda don’t care. Smith was illegally appointed.