Cannon seemed to invite Trump to raise the argument again at trial, where Jack Smith canāt appeal, expert says
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday rejected one of former President Donald Trumpās motions to dismiss his classified documents case.
Cannon shot down Trumpās motion arguing that the Espionage Act is unconstitutionally vague when applied to a former president.
Cannon after a daylong hearingĀ issued an orderĀ saying some of Trumpās arguments warrant āserious considerationā but wrote that no judge has ever found the statute unconstitutional. Cannon said that ārather than prematurely decide now,ā she denied the motion so it could be āraised as appropriate in connection with jury-instruction briefing and/or other appropriate motions.ā
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āThe Judgeās ruling was virtually incomprehensible, even to those of us who speak ālegalā as our native language,ā former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance wrote onĀ Substack, calling part of her ruling ādeliberately dumb.ā
āThe good news here is temporary,ā Vance wrote. āItās what Iād call an ugly win for the government. The Judge dismissed the vagueness argumentābut just for today. She did it āwithout prejudice,ā which means that Trumpās lawyers could raise the argument again later in the case. In fact, the Judge seemed to do just that in her order, essentially inviting the defense to raise the argument again at trial.ā
If this was 1840 Iād be more convinced. We have the internet. Weāve had radio for a hundred years. You shouldnāt need to go to a rally to know what a major politicanās visions, plans, goals, etc, are.
āI felt ignoredā is a stupid emotional response, but I can understand it, kind of. Sometimes Iām petty, too. Feeling so ignored that you vote for trump is inexcusable, though. I donāt think Iād excuse shirking your civic duty here, either.
You are sure hung up on this whole āI was ignoredā thing.
Are you, specifically, upset that cause you felt ignored?
Thatās what I took from the āshe didnāt come to my state and share her vision with me, specificallyā thing. Or the related "I donāt like being called flyover country ", I guess. Maybe I just donāt get the people in question.
I live in a major city and donāt feel politically ignored. A little, what do you call it, victim of a tyranny of a minority, sometimes, what with like North and South Dakota having senators.