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As part of an analysis of how U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Judge Aileen Cannon, reports from her courtroom show a judge who is both "prickly" and" insecure" and often has trouble understanding what lawyers from both sides try to explain to her.

The controversial Cannon -- who has been accused of slow-walking Donald Trump's obstruction of justice trial related to his alleged illegal retention of government documents -- in recent hearings has pressed lawyers to remake their points over and over, which led to the New York Times' Alan Feuer to question whether, "she does not understand the answers she is receiving or is trying to push back against them."

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[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 171 points 1 month ago

She needs to stop being a judge. She is supremely unqualified and has a clear political agenda.

[-] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 118 points 1 month ago

She's gonna be on SCOTUS within a decade.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago

President DeSantis' first pick.

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Please don’t use the word supreme anywhere near a description of Cannon.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 month ago

Does

Aileen Cannon is supremely deserving of being appointed to the highest (lit.) court by being fired out of a cannon into the sun.

Fit your favor better?

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Love the sentiment. Still concerned about tempting fate with that adverb though.

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[-] smeenz@lemmy.nz 8 points 1 month ago

She's only unqualified because you think that she should be fair and experienced. Neither of those attributes are desirable for trump, which is why he put her in that seat.

[-] Clent@lemmy.world 113 points 1 month ago

Hanlon's razor.

Either way, the only resolution is disbarment/impeachment.

[-] TheEntity@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago

More like Trumpet's cannon.

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 18 points 1 month ago

What if she's feigning stupidity to enact malice?

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[-] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Even if she is disbarred, it won’t matter. She will still be a federal judge.

Impeachment is the only way to correct this shitshow. She isn’t qualified to work at McDonald’s.

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[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 91 points 1 month ago

Conservatives, including judges, are not known for their intelligence.

[-] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 28 points 1 month ago

That but lower the bar a few more notches still for Trump appointees.

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[-] BabyYodel@lemmy.ml 75 points 1 month ago

How is it not a conflict of interest that “Donald Trump appointed her to the lifetime position”. ? Haven’t judges been asked to recuse themselves over less? I’m genuinely confused.

[-] wolfpack86@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago

I don't think that's fundamentally disqualifying. What's the proposal on who could reasonably try this case? Are appointees by political opponents okay? Only appointees pre Clinton?

The bigger problem, regardless of who is on trial, is she was never supposed to be on the bench.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago

Her promotion was purely ideological. It had nothing to do with her legal accumen.

It's definitely possible Trump could have found someone who was both technically skilled AND sheep dipped well enough not to be an obvious hack. But... why bother? The Senate didn't care enough to block her and they certainly aren't going to impeach her.

So democracy is working as designed.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 month ago

I also don't think it's too high of a bar for the public to want a judge not appointed by the defendant for a criminal trial.

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[-] ech@lemm.ee 19 points 1 month ago

Is anything "fundamentally disqualifying"? It appears to me that nothing is. It's all honor code bullshit that only works when everyone is acting in good faith.

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[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 month ago

In a normal court, the justices are often held in high regard, whereby whomever appointed them is hardly even a factoid.

The problem is that with Trump, he's known for quid pro quo as well as just not even knowing the person. Odds are good that Bannon slipped her name to Trump and suddenly she's "the most brilliant legal mind the nation has ever known. Just brilliant. Very smart."

Besides being nominated by Trump, I'm not sure if the prosecutors had any standing to have her recused.

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[-] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 71 points 1 month ago

GOP doesn't hire people for their qualifications, only their perceived blind loyalty to the party

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 65 points 1 month ago

often has trouble understanding

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it."

[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

'I am no man'

[-] Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world 59 points 1 month ago

To me, it looks like she's feigning confusion just to give her yet another excuse to shit all over the prosecution. The defense made an absurd request, the judge acted like she was having trouble understanding until the prosecution said something out of frustration and Cannon hopped on him for it.

Serious question. No joke. no hyperbole. Outside of outright dismissing the case (which she already said she intends to do after the jury is seated, so double jeopardy attaches), has she made a single ruling that wasn't heavily in Trump's favor? Has a single dispute not ended with her somehow blaming and shitting on the prosecution?

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[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago

Brainless broad behind bench baffled

[-] Screamium@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago

Cannon cannot comprehend court concepts

[-] dumbass@leminal.space 26 points 1 month ago

Lawyer: Ok, so its a futuristic movie set in the distant past in a galaxy far far away... A galaxy is a collection of planetary sytems... Earth is a planet..... No. No that doesn't mean there's humans on .. Your honour its a fictional movie... No I'm not calling you stupid... Fine hold me in contempt.

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[-] Riccosuave@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Can't
Understand
Lawyer
Thinking

^ Aileen Cannon

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[-] TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

This lady is a pathetically corrupt clown

[-] Spitzspot@lemmings.world 24 points 1 month ago

In her defense, she could also be incredibly stupid.

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[-] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

Brainless twit is a threat to the U.S.

[-] A_A@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Take a minute to empathize with those poor worms who sufferes inside her skull.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Meanwhile in NY, he's guilty on all counts

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[-] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Best as far as Trump is concerned for him.

[-] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Hand picked by Donald and rubber stamped by Mitch

[-] DABDA@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago

As part of an analysis of how [...]

'How' what? Either their editors suck and missed the opening sentence or I'm just incapable of parsing English anymore.

[-] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 month ago

My Cousin Vinnie, but backwards

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