The appeal filed by Jack Smith on Judge Cannon's dismissal of the classified documents cased underscores an embarrassment that should not exist in modern times, things that were evident in her ruling. Cannon is clearly either stupid or corrupt..../1
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...there are SO many elements to her nonsense in her ruling that have been just jaw dropping (ruling that past participles are the same as past tense, and on and on) but Smith thankfully points out the two that most annoyed me: She described what was the central finding in.../2
...US v Nixon as nothing more than "unpersuasive dicta." In fact, it was the foundation of the SCOTUS ruling and had been fully briefed by both sides. Second, she used the TITLE of a statute to overrule what the statute said, even though it includes an explicit statement.../3
...that the title can't be used to draw an inference to the meaning of the plain words of the statute. It would be as if Cannon said "Gone with the Wind is not valid, because the Wind is not gone and the movie that follows is irrelevant." (Bad analogy, but you get it.)..../4
...if you moan about this solely because of your politics, shame on you. Law has meaning. Statutory language has meaning. Precedent has meaning. 150 years of American history on this topic has meaning. The fact that this SAME rule contained in other statutes allows for the.../5
...all deputy assistants (sec def, sec state, and on and on) and Cannon's ruling would gut the entire federal government has meaning. We are a nation of laws. If you want to make a legal argument, do so. But don't just throw pro-Trump BS and pretend it has meaning here.
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