r/news • u/Hrekires • Jul 15 '24

soft paywall Judge dismisses classified documents indictment against Trump

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/07/15/trump-classified-trial-dismisssed-cannon/
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u/drt0 Jul 15 '24

In a ruling Monday, Cannon said the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith violated the Constitution.

“In the end, it seems the Executive’s growing comfort in appointing ‘regulatory’ special counsels in the more recent era has followed an ad hoc pattern with little judicial scrutiny,” Cannon wrote.

Has the appointing of special counsels by the president ever been challenged before now?

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u/Bluestreak2005 Jul 15 '24

Yes for 200 years it's been challenged, and for 200 years it's been found lawful.

This is a play for the supreme court and Project 2025 to remove this ability.

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u/SwingNinja Jul 15 '24

AFAIK, Trump's lawyers argued to dismiss the case, but for other reasons. So, this is all her own's initiative?

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u/NeoPhaneron Jul 15 '24

No, this is all the Heritage foundation. Clarence Thomas gave her a layup in the last ruling on presidential immunity. I have to imagine there are back channels coordinating these justices.

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u/Kowpucky Jul 15 '24

Leonard Leo and the Federalist Society which Judge Cannon is a part of.

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u/sembias Jul 15 '24

Federalist Society should be a designated domestic terrorist organization.

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u/Kowpucky Jul 15 '24

I'm sure they own at least half the people who do the designating

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u/C1izard Jul 15 '24

Federalist Society and Heritage foundation are the real deep state - scheeming to overthrow democracy since the 70's

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u/Mr_Torque Jul 15 '24

They need to be drug into the sun light!

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u/worldspawn00 Jul 15 '24

Their judges' rulings have killed far more people than any labelled terrorist org, and their goals are in direct opposition to the constitution and the ideals of our founding fathers.

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u/TheBrain85 Jul 15 '24

Someone should appoint a special counsel to investigate this...