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In reply to the discussion: SC Smith obviously knew that Cannon may be the judge [View all]yardwork
(63,835 posts)Thanks for the link. Interesting opinion column. I read it mostly as a warning to voters to choose wisely because presidents wield a lot of power in appointing judges, and look how much power judges have to subvert justice. (Not enough voters paid attention to this in 2016, and I've noticed that legal analysts aren't going to let people forget it.)
This paragraph notes that the (conservative, Trump-appointed) 11th already stopped Cannon once:
The madness finally ended when a panel of the 11th Circuitmade up of two Trump appointees and the ultraconservative William Pryorruled that Cannon had no authority to hear Trumps lawsuit in the first place, rendering every one of her orders null and void. It was one of the most humiliating appellate smackdowns in recent history, a total demolition of literally every action that Cannon had taken from the outset of the case. The 11th Circuit accused Cannon of attempting a radical reordering of our caselaw that violated bedrock separation-of-powers limitations. And it directed her to relinquish control over the case.