The filings come in response to an unusual request by U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon in Florida. The judge last month ordered the defense lawyers and the prosecutors to file submissions outlining hypothetical jury instructions based on competing interpretations of two laws related to the case.
Special counsel Jack Smith pushed back hard against the judge, saying that the jury instructions were based on a “fundamentally flawed legal premise” and warned that he may appeal if the judge rules against him.
Legal experts say Cannon’s focus on jury instructions seems odd because a trial is not imminent, and the judge still has a number of decisions to make in the pretrial proceedings before the instructions are relevant. They also say the premise of Cannon’s orders indulged some mangled interpretations of laws that have been pushed by Trump’s lawyers and supporters. (The Washington Post)
ENOUGH ALREADY, FUCKING ENOUGH ALREADY! How much longer must “We the People” witness Justices, Judges, and Judgements be anything but FAIR. How much longer must “We the People” watch as Jurists who lack experience, who prefer partisanship and politics over THE LAW, who place personal preferences above actual justice, REIGN SUPREME, many enabled to do so for their entire life!
Aileen Cannon has a history of distorting the law. She lacks so much experience as a Judge. Imagine for a minute if a first-year doctor, because of who he or she knew, was placed as the Head of Surgery. Imagine if a recent graduate of Engineering was given the responsibility of developing a flight to Mars. It is hard to imagine, BUT yet in America, you need no more resume than playing politics, playing at partisanship, and acting as a puppet.
From Gorsuch to Barrett, to Kavanaugh, and to Cannon, it seems that Judges need no experience in the law, just enough experience to placate the rich!
