Judge Cannon Dismisses Trump Classified Documents Case

By Red Painter — July 15, 2024

Judge Cannon has all but secured her Supreme Court appointment today with an absolutely insane move. She has DISMISSED Donald Trump's classified documents case, based on issues she has with the appointment of the Special Counsel.

BREAKING: Judge Cannon has dismissed the Trump documents case, citing violation of appointments clause: pic.twitter.com/GPV9jXYAfZ

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) July 15, 2024

Read the ruling here:

Judge Cannon dismissed decades of institutional precedent, years of recent rulings on Mueller and Smith, and pretty much the entire premise of the special counsel regulations.

Her ultimate complaint? Jack Smith is TOO independent.

— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) July 15, 2024

Judge Cannon just did the unthinkable: She dismissed the Trump classified documents case on the repeatedly rejected basis that DOJ violated the Constitution’s Appointments Clause by appointing Special Counsel Smith at all! DOJ must appeal right away. On SCOTUS, only Justice…

— Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ (@tribelaw) July 15, 2024

This ruling (which is wrong six ways from Sunday) can (and will) be immediately appealed to the Eleventh Circuit.

To me, the only question is whether the Special Counsel also asks for the case to be reassigned on remand… https://t.co/GMoZahpiiA

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) July 15, 2024

Just to be crystal clear: SCOTUS has upheld special counsels repeatedly. Cannon is a district court judge, her job is to apply controlling precedent. She’s doing this because she thinks the MAGA court is on the same page as her and Trump’s lawyers and will go along.

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 15, 2024

In March at Mar a Lago, Roger Stone told my colleague Ally he thought that Judge Cannon was on the verge of dismissing the documents case... and now she's done it... https://t.co/Jzx7bHKCOj

— Lauren Windsor (@lawindsor) July 15, 2024

No man is above the law—is no longer true. The Criminal Walks. https://t.co/iYMercdZr2

— W Smith Ω 🧢 (@WesSmith123) July 15, 2024

Judge Cannon just did the unthinkable: She dismissed the Trump classified documents case on the repeatedly rejected basis that DOJ violated the Constitution’s Appointments Clause by appointing Special Counsel Smith at all! DOJ must appeal right away. On SCOTUS, only Justice…

— Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ (@tribelaw) July 15, 2024

The judicial branch is broken.

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