Cannon seemed to invite Trump to raise the argument again at trial, where Jack Smith can’t appeal, expert says
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday rejected one of former President Donald Trump’s motions to dismiss his classified documents case.
Cannon shot down Trump’s motion arguing that the Espionage Act is unconstitutionally vague when applied to a former president.
Cannon after a daylong hearing issued an order saying some of Trump’s arguments warrant “serious consideration” but wrote that no judge has ever found the statute unconstitutional. Cannon said that “rather than prematurely decide now,” she denied the motion so it could be “raised as appropriate in connection with jury-instruction briefing and/or other appropriate motions.”
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“The Judge’s ruling was virtually incomprehensible, even to those of us who speak ‘legal’ as our native language,” former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance wrote on Substack, calling part of her ruling “deliberately dumb.”
“The good news here is temporary,” Vance wrote. “It’s what I’d call an ugly win for the government. The Judge dismissed the vagueness argument—but just for today. She did it ‘without prejudice,’ which means that Trump’s 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.”
If this was 1840 I’d be more convinced. We have the internet. We’ve had radio for a hundred years. You shouldn’t need to go to a rally to know what a major politican’s visions, plans, goals, etc, are.
“I felt ignored” is a stupid emotional response, but I can understand it, kind of. Sometimes I’m petty, too. Feeling so ignored that you vote for trump is inexcusable, though. I don’t think I’d excuse shirking your civic duty here, either.
You are sure hung up on this whole “I was ignored” thing.
Are you, specifically, upset that cause you felt ignored?
That’s what I took from the “she didn’t come to my state and share her vision with me, specifically” thing. Or the related "I don’t like being called flyover country ", I guess. Maybe I just don’t get the people in question.
I live in a major city and don’t 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.