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Next we will find out that the assignment of the documents case to Aileen Cannon wasn’t actually “random”. Leonard Leo and Harlan Crow, et al. have plenty of money to payoff whomever assigned this case to her. They are leaving nothing to chance.

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My guess is that the 'top thinkers' at the Federalist Society have Aileen

Cannon on speed dial. That's a very scary thought and

I hope somebody, like Propublica or Politico is investigating the.

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Indeed, they most likely do.. as does Trump and his henchmen.... and yes, most assuredly both (and others) are digging here... it's eventually going to "get ugly".💯

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Her boss actually recommended she recuse herself, and she refused. And the chief judge of the Southern District is a GW Bush appointee.

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In any other workplace, that would be insubordination, and the person would have been written up or fired.

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Jennifer, the problem is that Republicans and their "friends" do not seem to be held accountable for any of the appalling things they do. And, when any of their number is properly convicted, they claim the justice system is rigged. They are right, but it is rigged in their favor and has been for a couple of decades. They nominate folks who should not be sitting on any court for the SC, then bribe those SC cons to keep them totally on board, knowing they will have to sacrifice a couple of cases to try to maintain the "appearance of impartiality." The 6 have no impartiality, even Roberts with his funky comments to the undercover reporter. He said all the right words and believed none of them. Yep, that's what republicans do, and that's how one can tell Roberts is one.

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It's a Cult. Let's call them what they are. They took over the GOP. Dictators do not want a two party system. Simple as that.

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Exactly 💯🤷‍♂️🙄. The "special treatment problem" here absolutely needs addressing in updated judicial conduct rules. Cannon is an exemplar of judicial misconduct and she needs to be exposed and suffer the consequences.

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From what I heard Lisa Rubin say, the judges that recommended she give up this case are her peers, not superiors, but of course they have much more experience and she should have listened to them.

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One of them who recommended she recuse is the Chief Judge of the Southern District. She was also advised by two other moe experienced judges to recuse, and ignored them.

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Well, if the Chief Judge doesn’t have any more authority over their District than John Roberts has over SCOTUS, then I wouldn’t call them her boss. I just went by what Lisa Rubin on MSNBC said since she is an attorney and I am not.

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I'm sorry Linda. I didn't mean that as a criticism. My apologies if it came across that way. I read that in a couple of stories about it in the WaPo, and heard it from Michael Popock on LegalAF.

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No offense taken. This reporting is new and there may be some details that aren’t matching up everywhere yet. I only heard of two judges approaching her, not three, but that could be wrong.

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Of course I could be wrong. It won't be a first, and it certainly won't be a last. 😁

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DonP & Linda Lee - You 2 commenting so politely to each other makes my day ! We need more kindness in our discussions ! Thank you !

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Eventually she is going to screw up enough that the prosecution will be able to go to the Court of Appeals. They have to be very careful with this and make absolutely sure that it will go through. She is sitting on so many motions and that is where the problem lies. If she doesn’t rule, they can’t appeal.

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Her performance so far, while I utterly disagree with tit, shows definite signs of strategic thinking. My guess is that she is being coached by the top strategists at the Federalist Society. A frightening thought indeed.

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She wasn't qualified to be a Supreme Court justice to begin... and probably never will be.

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Yes. I didn't believe it either, that she just randomly, coincidentally, got selected again, to sit as judge...

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Definitely.

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