Below is my column in the New York Post on the vicious attacks being directed at Judge Aileen Cannon as she addresses pre-trial motions in the Florida prosecution of former president Donald Trump. The sheer hypocrisy in the media is overwhelming after denouncing any criticism of Judge Juan Merchan in the Manhattan prosecution. For Cannon, it is nothing short of a press pile-on.
Here is the column:
The politicians, the press, and pundits are in a feeding frenzy around Judge Aileen Cannon, the federal judge presiding in the Florida case against former President Donald Trump. There is a torrent of hit pieces and petty attacks on virtually every media platform.
What is impressive is the complete lack of self-awareness over the hypocrisy of these attacks. Just a few weeks ago, the New York Times and other media outlets went into vapors when anyone uttered criticism of Manhattan Justice Juan Merchan in another Trump case.
In 2020, Judge Cannon was confirmed in a bipartisan vote, with the support of liberals such as Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Cal.).
Now she is being denounced as a “partisan, petty prima donna, “wacko, crazy, loony, nutty, ridiculous, and outlandish,” and a “right-wing hack.” From the descriptions in the Washington Post, New York Times and virtually every mainstream media outlet, you would think that Cannon was a freak in the courtroom, raving uncontrollably at any passerby.
These critics often stress that she is an appointee of Trump, even though many Trump appointees have ruled against the former president on 2020 election issues. And these same figures denounced Trump for attacking the perceived political bias of Democratic nominees in some of his cases.
Cannon was randomly selected, as opposed to Merchan, who was hand-picked to try Trump even though he is a political donor to President Joe Biden and has a daughter who is a major Democratic operative.
Yet these same figures denounced those who questioned Merchan’s refusal to step aside or criticized his rulings against Trump throughout the trial.
In reality, the “loose Cannon” spin is utterly disconnected with her actual rulings.
She has ruled for and against both parties on major issues. That includes the rejection of major motions filed by the Trump team and most recently challenged Trump counsel on their claims that the Special Counsel is part of “a shadow government.”
Notably, when Cannon recently rejected the main motion for dismissal by the Trump team, the Washington Post buried that fact in an article titled “Judge Cannon Strikes Paragraph in Trump Classified Document Indictment.” The suggestion was that the striking of a single paragraph was more newsworthy than insisting that Trump go to trial on these counts. (Also buried in the article is a recognition that the removal of this one paragraph “does not have a substantive effect on the case.”)
Most recently, the left expressed nothing short of horror that Judge Cannon allowed the Trump team to argue a point of constitutional law in a hearing.
Scholars and former prosecutors (including former attorneys general) have argued that the appointment of special counsels like Smith are unconstitutional.
This is a novel and intriguing constitutional objection that is based on the text of the Constitution, which requires that high-ranking executive officers like U.S. Attorneys be appointed under statute or nominated by the president (and confirmed by the Senate).
Yet after the expiration of the Independent Counsel Act in Jun 1999, the Justice Department asserts the right to take any private citizen like Smith and effectively give him greater authority than a U.S. Attorney.
This glaring inconsistency has led to a number of challenges. Thus far, they have been unsuccessful, but none have gone to the Supreme Court. Cannon wanted to hear oral arguments before ruling on the question.
That decision has sent the politicians and reporters into another frenzy of faux outrage and indignation.
MSNBC legal analyst and NYU law professor Melissa Murray went on with host Chris Hayes to tell Judge Cannon to “stay in her lane” and mock her consideration of constitutional claim:
“Girl, stay in your lane. Stay. In. Your. Lane. So, yes, not only has the issue of whether the special counsel comports with the structures of constitutional law, that’s been settled. That’s been addressed in multiple courts. Settled. We don’t have to rehash that … If this were an actual issue it would ultimately be decided by the Supreme Court, not by a district court judge in Fort Pierce, Florida.”
It is a baffling lecture. Cannon is precisely in her lane in hearing a claim without controlling authority. The fact is that the Supreme Court has not ruled on the issue and many lawyers have objected to the summary treatment given the claim by other courts. The point of creating a record is to allow a full review that could well end up at the Supreme Court.
Who isn’t staying in their lane? Cannon’s colleagues.
The New York Times recently reported that two judges attempted to get Cannon to hand off the case when it was randomly assigned to her. So the suggestion is that two of her colleagues breached any sense of collegiality and confidentiality to contribute to a hit piece on Cannon.
It is worth noting that there was no reason for Cannon to decline the selection, particularly not due to her appointment by Trump. A variety of Trump appointees have ruled against Trump on matters without a hint of objection from the left.
While it is true that Cannon was just put on the bench a couple years ago, that did not seem to bother these same pundits in the Georgia case. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee was put on the bench only shortly before being assigned the Georgia case against Trump and associates.
Cannon is a true American success story and, if she were only to rule in favor of the left, she would certainly be the subject of glowing stories of how she went from being born in Cali, Colombia to joining the federal bench. Her mother escaped Cuba after the revolution and she grew up with a deep-seated faith in the rule of law. She graduated from Duke University and, after a stint as a journalist, graduated from Michigan Law School magna cum laude.
Yet there will be no “American dream” stories for Cannon like the ones that ran for Sonia Sotomayor after her nomination.
Cannon is a Republican and has the temerity to follow a conservative jurisprudence. For the media, that makes her unworthy (much like the lack of coverage on Justice Clarence Thomas’ incredible life story).
There is little chance that the scorched Earth campaign against Cannon will work. When your family escapes Communist Cuba and then the drug-ravaged city of Cali, partisan media hit pieces are hardly intimidating.
That may be frustrating for many in the media, but she is fulfilling the purpose of Article III of the Framers. She will rule and she will not yield.
Jonathan Turley is the J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at the George Washington University School of Law. He is the author of “The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage” (Simon and Schuster, 2024).
This is the left “playing the refs” in an attempt to intimidate the judge into leaning their way.
“Now she is being denounced as a “partisan, petty prima donna, “wacko, crazy, loony, nutty, ridiculous, and outlandish,” and a “right-wing hack.” From the descriptions in the Washington Post, New York Times and virtually every mainstream media outlet, you would think that Cannon was a freak in the courtroom, raving uncontrollably at any passerby.”
A few points of clarification. The “partisan, petty prima donna” comment is a quote from a June 21, 2024 statement by former Trump White House attorney Ty Cobb.
The “wacko, crazy, loony, nutty, ridiculous, and outlandish” comment is a quote from a March, 2024 statement by Bennett Gershman, a Pace University law professor.
The “right-wing hack” comment is from the title of a September, 2022 article published by newrepublic.
None of those comments were actually published by the two news outlets being criticized. Criticizing these comments while only mentioning news outlets that did not make those comments is misleading in my view. I am left wondering what descriptions, if any, in Washington Post and New York Times make it seem like Cannon was “a freak in the courtroom, raving uncontrollably at any passerby.” The article doesn’t say.
I also wouldn’t characterize any of those comments as being “now.” Neither March 2024 nor September 2022 are reasonably close enough in time to be described as “now.” The June 21, 2024 statement is only a few days ago, but it still predates the hearings that Judge Cannon presided over through yesterday, and which seem to be the reason Mr. Turley published this column now. I am left wondering how the media reacted to the hearings. The article doesn’t say.
Well said. JT has become a master obfuscation. He mentioned the two judges trying to get Canon to not take the case, but he does not go into detail about why. They felt she was in way over her head on this case. The facts of this case are pretty simple. trump even agrees with them. Classified documents were in mar a logo. Did trump have the right to have them there? The government says no trump says yes.
Quit obfuscating JT
Bug responding to his own post again^^^^
IDK who responded to my original post, but I went ahead and created a username so there’s no confusion in the future.
LMAO still bug^^^^
The Trump classified documents case is a case of national, historic importance. It is very complicated, political, and inevitably controversial and contentious. It’s unsurprising to me that more senior judges might encourage a younger, newer judge to hand off the case, for entirely well-intentioned reasons. I doubt it’s as unusual as Mr. Turley makes it seem. I am surprised that Judge Cannon is not delegating some of the work to an experienced magistrate. She can always overrule him, but if not then it would save her time and effort and move the case along more efficiently. She could delegate more routine and/or tedious matters to the magistrate while she focuses on more substantive matters such as, for example, constitutionality questions.
The Trump classified documents case is a case of national, historic importance. It is very complicated, political, and inevitably controversial and contentious. It’s unsurprising to me that more senior judges might encourage a younger, newer judge to hand off the case, for entirely well-intentioned reasons. I doubt it’s as unusual as Mr. Turley makes it seem. I am surprised that Judge Cannon is not delegating some of the work to an experienced magistrate. She can always overrule him, but if not then it would save her time and effort and move the case along more efficiently. She could delegate more routine and/or tedious matters to the magistrate while she focuses on more substantive matters such as, for example, constitutionality questions.
It is dangerous and irresponsible to question our judicial system
—-Joe Biden right after the Trump verdict in Manhattan
By the way….^^^^^still bug
It is just like the Democrats to attack a woman, an independent thinker, an immigrant, a person of color, e.g. Tulsi Gabbard.
Judge Aileen Cannon has more experience as a practicing attorney than Barack Obama ever dreamed of having, yet the MSM salivated over his paltry legal acumen and portrayed him as a law professor (he was an adjunct!), and constitutional scholar (as if!). Fact: Obama “got elected” by using his Saul Alinsky bona fides, like all Democrats, and the damage continues at the hands that control Biden as the marionette he is. Then there are the dozens of incompetent Federal Court Judicial nominations by Biden’s Handlers that even Senate Democrats are voting against or forcing Biden’s Handlers to withdraw their names.
🤣🤣🤣
Judge Cannon has bigger ovaries than Obama’s τestικlεs and she will get it done only like a woman can. Obama will always be known as the grifter race hustler who took a wrecking ball to America’s institutions while grifting, like a typical BLM type, to become a multimillionaire. Judge Cannon knows real adversity as someone who witnessed the handiwork of Communists and their dismantling Democracy. Judge Cannon sees the Marxist tactics Democrats / MSM have been using against Trump since Hillary’s / Obama’s 2016 Coup d’état.
She likely is being surrounded by millions of naturalized American Citizens from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Panama and others in South Florida, who came to America, fleeing authoritarian governments, or the millions of people in Florida who know people from such backgrounds, and see her as a vital link to saving Democracy from Democrats
“ Judge Aileen Cannon has more experience as a practicing attorney than Barack Obama ever dreamed of having,…”
Sure, as a practicing attorney, not a judge. She presided over a grand total of four criminal trials before getting her nomination and none were as complicated as the classified documents case.
She’s clearly inexperienced and her peers have pointed out she should not have taken this case. Peers far more experienced than her. She’s a greenhorn in the judicial arena compared to those like Merchan and Engoron.
Svelaz, who yesterday claimed that Turley has a contract with Fox and that contract forces Turley to write certain opinions, yet refused to cite his source for that blatant ad hom.
Waters,
It wasn’t an ad hom, just plain ol criticism like everything else. Fox News commenters, regular pundits, and legal analysts are bound by Fox News NDA’s and very strict non-disparagement clauses. Since Turley IS a Fox News employee because he’s a regular “contributor” one can infer he’s bound by the same contracts for all Fox News employees. We found out about the non-disparagement clauses during the dominion trial. Turley would not be able to criticize Fox News OR Trump if he doesn’t want to be legally sued. Just to satisfy your need for extreme specificity, this is only an opinion.
It was ad hom, and a LIE
And you double down on your lies. Again.
Fox News commenters, regular pundits, and legal analysts are bound by Fox News NDA’s and very strict non-disparagement clauses.
Cite your source, LIAR
LOL!
Apparently you don’t know what an opinion is or the difference between an ad hominem and criticism. I can’t make you understand. So you’re stuck with your own conundrum. “Cite your source!” LOL!!! Better yet, why don’t you find out for yourself? You have proved you can do it.
We found out about the non-disparagement clauses during the dominion trial.
You just can’t stop lying, can you???
What TRIAL?? There was no trial. There was a summary judgement ordering a trial and then a settlement.
Pathological LIAR
Oh boo hoo, I’m sure you knew what I meant. The dominion case, lawsuit, judgment whatever you want to call it you know perfectly well what it was. Mr. Literal perfectionist. How horrible that some inference is slightly misconstrued. You’re such a nut.
George, dude, seriously. Waters owns you.
Why do you even respond to him? Do you hope that one day he won’t make you look like an idiot?
Have some self respect, man. Tip your cap to him and move on. It’s hard to watch.
WELL SAID!
Actually he responds to me. He has this obsessive need to be combative and hurl insults because he thinks he’s winning something. Big deal. His only purpose here is to denigrate others simply because he likes to.
I do enjoy what I do to you daily, Svelaz. And it’s not going to stop. But don’t give me all the credit. You do most of the heavy lifting when it comes to looking like a sycophant douche.
If you don’t like being called out for your ignorance and lies, then read more and type less.
“Actually he responds to me.”
No fvcking duh, you dumb ass. So leave it go after he refutes every damn thing you say. You just keep looking worse with every reply.
“It wasn’t an ad hom, just plain ol criticism like everything else.”
It was libel from a moron.
She is exactly what America needs because America’s haters like Obama fear and hate her.
You say “a grand total of four trials” is not enough to qualify her to handle the Trump trial. Is five the magic number?
Estovir,
Well said.
They slander try to intimidate anyone who does not conform to their totalitarian views.
We must fight them at every turn.
Estovir-9:40am
I love it. Have thought this about Obama for years. I looked for some accomplishments but found nothing except a book and an off the reservation racist minister that he listened to for 20 years until his sermons were discovered by a press that actually investigated. Then there were the lies about the affordable care act which underwhelmed from the first and is nearly a complete failure. Everyone on this column should have heard the presentations about the Affordable Care Act at the Harvard School of Public Health where it really originated. That was in 2009-2010. They admitted even before it was enacted it would not save money, or do much of anything to help.
Of Course, John Roberts and John McCain saved it when it should have been allowed to die and a real national health pain was enacted, Like Germany’s which has been going strong since 1883.
Pay no attention to George, he runs into trees and it knocks his mouth ajar.
GEB,
I was thinking it is more like stepping on rakes that are all around him, but to dumb to see and keeps stepping on them.
Was at John Hopkins yesterday morning to mid-afternoon, and the train wreck from Obamacare is everywhere on site. To think JH was an illustrious medical center at one time. Now, the administrative burden has made physicians look like zombies, eye to eye interactions between front line staff and patients was the exception, staff computer screen time was de rigueur, patients were barely noticed except for the mandated EHR questions, and the patients were overflowing in the lobbies, it was just madness. I could leave the clinic areas fast enough.
Like America, I barely recognize medicine anymore. Patient-care for me is a top priority, as is med research, but from my vantage point, the health care system is being supported by a broken ventilator. Pull the plug. It is doing more harm than good thanks to Obama / the Federal Govt intrusion into medicine
That is John Hopkins, where the best care is offered. Years ago, the decline was apparent since I flew my mom there for surgery. The surgeon was one of the best in the world in his specialty, but the resident could only look at the nurse’s chart and didn’t want to touch the patient to see where the problem was. What has happened to one of our country’s elite medical centers?
Estovir, is it not rather the case that federal support for medical care is too small so insufficient?
David, why do you think “that federal support for medical care is too small so insufficient?” Did it not occur to you that today’s Medicare laws and controls are inefficient and cause increased costs and reduced quality?
Due process is now being labeled as delay. The defendant’s right to a speedy trial is now the government’s right to a rushed prosecution. Of course, these cases are for Republicans only. Democrats are the enemy.
Abject liars will be abject liars.
Isn’t it about time we start calling “the main stream media” what it really is? It is an extremist, radical-left propaganda tool, completely lacking any component of legitimate journalism. I typically refer to it as “The Ministry of Propaganda”. Does any honest person believe anything these mendacious creatures spew?
Suggestion: Instead of giving the so called mainstream media any credence whatsoever, let’s start using “MOP”, for Ministry of Propaganda, instead of MSM.
There will be a day of reckoning for the MSM propaganda machine and puppet masters. Obama consolidated control over them in his reign of Marxist BS. DNC/MSM/Soros, look no further. Perhaps thumb hanging will be all the new rage come change?!
Do you really believe what you’ve written? If you do get some psychological treatment.
Am i the dumbest commenter in turleyville or what?
Wally…..you might not be the dumbest commentator in Turleyville, but you most certainly are dumb.
Keep trying, however, you may somehow come to “your senses.”
I also am impressed by Judge Cannon’s CV. That is quite a story. As I learned long ago, young does not translate to inexperienced. I would bet she could give many of those news hogs some real lessons about life and the law and the lack of it. Of course I think we established a few columns ago that the East of the Hudson Syndrome is not an entirely geographic finding but more a state of mind or mindlessness.
Her other transgressions are that she went to Duke Univ (as good as any in the Ivy League) and the Univ of Michigan Law School. Although I am a Boilermaker, since my wife and daughter graduated from there, I have no problem with recognizing that the Univ of Michigan is a world class university that many in the Ivy League would and should envy. I think history has put her right where she needs to be, irrespective of how she rules. She has seemed to really follow and know the law. I thought the progressives loved immigrants right up until they vote Republican.
I would bet that she shows the same steel as Justice Thomas. I was fortunate to see his takedown of a hapless Joe Biden (yes he was hapless even then) in the Senate Judiciary Hearings in 1991. It was glorious!
Nice to see someone remember the hack Biden was back then when Thomas was confirmed. The inside the ropes moves by Biden during the Bork and Thomas hearings are really gross. Mr Biden has been a terrible person for many decades
The only thing in your comment I take exception to is the use of “Mr”. The vile creature does not deserve such respect. The only time I use “Mr” in relation to it, is when I call it “Mr. Magoo”. It is vermin, not man.
Biden was always mediocre. Over time he has built upon that fine foundation with stupidity, corruption, and senility.
Judge Cannon is more worthy of a SCOTUS appointment than Biden’s most recent Didn’t Earn It choice.
Mediocre? Wow! You got up on the generous side of the bed today! I can’t rank biden any higher than vermin, and that’s when I’m feeling kind. Hidin’ biden is lower than whale excrement. A crack ho is classy in comparison. The entire biden bunch are trash; leaches on the backside of the American people. Delaware voters must be one fouled up lot to have perpetually re-elected it.
May God bless her, give her guidance and wisdom to rule justly and without partisan favor.
These organizations should no less longer be labeled “media” this gives them legitimacy regarding the poison they print and air.
Trump will prevail. All of their hypocritical, dishonest schemes will avail them nothing.
“The chief judge in the Southern District of Florida, Cecilia M. Altonaga, and another judge, unnamed by the newspaper, urged her to consider passing the Trump trial over to a more experienced judge.”
Turley has knack for leaving out important details. The CHIEF judge, the one with more experience, than Cannon, who has barely any experience in handling a case this complex. Before this case she had only presided over four criminal trials. That’s it. Four. That’s not a good look for a judge who has already been administered a public berating by the appeals court for her poor decisions.
+100
” Before this case she had only presided over four criminal trials. That’s it. Four. That’s not a good look for a judge “
Yet, George, with her so-called lack of experience, she remains one of the few judges in the news who maintains moral and ethical clarity. She will rule both ways based on the facts, while Judge Merchan will rule not based on fact but on what his masters want. Judge Merchan should be removed from the bench to make more room for more judges like Judge Cannon.
You don’t see what makes Cannon a good judge and Merchan bad. That is because you have no moral or ethical clarity.
S. Meyer,
She’s inexperienced. She’s also way in over her head. The CHEIF judge in her district and countless legal experts are pointing out that her inexperience is causing problems. She got admonished by the appeals court for her poor decisions.
If she had any “ethical clarity” as you say she would have recused herself from the case long ago. She has presided over a grand total of FOUR criminal cases before this one. None as complicated as this one. Other far more experienced judges would have been better qualified than her. Her loyalty to Trump because he appointed her is a problem. Trump expects her to rule in his favor because he appointed her, Trump even mentioned in public she should be grateful he appointed her.
George, we know you think Merchan is a good Judge, but in the Trump case, he was bought and paid for by DNC allies. You say this case is complicated, but only because you are unable to break a simple case into its parts. Cannon herself is a textualist and originalist and had diverse experience in the law being well thought of by most except those concentrating on their leftist ideology. The thimble of knowledge you have and your lack of moral and ethical clarity make you sound like a mental pygmie.
Since you think she is doing a poor job. Tell us what she did wrong. You blamed her for the trial taking so long, but trials of this nature take years.
You will not provide facts for discussion, so I expect you to blabber.
Complex. Lmao
This case seems complex to svelaz.
Sounds about right.
You should look at the public beatings the Supreme Court gave to Jacky boy Smith
The WSJ also ran a hit piece on Cannon. A few hours later, the WSJ had an opinion piece on her that was quite different. It compared this “controversy” to the statement of the 51 former intelligence operatives in that while both may be fact-free, the purpose is to get Joe elected.
The article also stated:
The Times story comes in the wake of an order by Chief Judge William Pryor of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta that cited an “orchestrated campaign” of more than 1,000 complaints to the court to have Judge Cannon forced from the case. Many of the complaints say she had an “improper motive” for delaying the trial. But Judge Pryor said “the allegations are speculative and unsupported by any evidence.”
The WSJ news and opinion sections often differ in their views. One thing I didn’t realize until reading a comment in the WSJ was that one of the “moderators” of the CNN debate is married to one of the 51 signatories to the above-referenced statement, so she’s known that it was all bs for at least 4 years.
According to what I can find (and I am not a celebrity follower) she is not married. What are you saying with this comment? Who that signed that letter is Dana Bash married to?
His name is Jeremy Bash. He is her ex. Progressives are interwoven throughout Politics and media in coupledom. Look into it, and you will be surprised..then again, maybe not.
“The politicians, the press, and pundits are in a feeding frenzy around Judge Aileen Cannon . . .” (JT)
Where is the Connecticut Bar Association, when you need it?
Attacks? No. Criticisms are not “attacks”. Turley loves to characterize genuine criticisms as “attacks” because it adds a maliciousness to the characterization that is simply criticism.
Cannon is inexperienced AND way in over her head. Turley left out the scolding she got from the appeals court for her sloppy handling on a previous ruling. Cannon is clearly slow-walking the case as much as she can and she is entertaining all kinds of motions just to prolong the inevitable trial as much as possible. Criticism of Cannon’s handling of the case is warranted and earned. She’s been accused of showing bias towards trump as a trump appointee and even the appearance of being biased is a problem which Turley conveniently ignores. He “attacks” other judges for the same reasons he won’t “attack” Cannon. Turley has admitted early on that this case is the one that will get Trump in serious trouble due to the overwhelming evidence against him. Smith’s latest motion is a plethora of detailed evidence and witness testimony using Trump’s own co-defendants showing exactly why Trump’s lawyers latest motion is worthless and he’s made is so clear that even Cannon would be forced to acknowledge the defense’s argument is without merit. Cannon is precariously close to being removed if she continues granting these motions that more experienced judges would have dispensed with long ago.
Cannon is favoring Trump. That much is clear. But she’s doing it right up to the line where she can still preside without being accused of outright bias. Even her fellow judges have “attacked” her handling of the case. Judges far more experienced than her. She’s way in over her head and she has a pall of loyalty for Trump because he appointed her. Trump has already made statements praising her and reminding her that he appointed her and how she should be “grateful” for his…’wisdom’ for choosing her. She should have never, been handed the case.
Cannon is favoring Trump. That much is clear. But she’s doing it right up to the line where she can still preside without being accused of outright bias.
Speaking of being in way over her head, Nutchacha/Gigi/George calls ruling within unbiased, reasonable limits as favoring Trump.
For comparison, Merchon was criticized for extreme bias and ruling outside the reasonable limits of the law, all favoring the tyrannical state. The grounds for appeal are far and wide.
So yes you dolt, true justice favors the victims of tyrants. That much is clear.
Olly,
The only reason Merchan was criticized as biased is because Trump whined about it constantly. Turley offered ‘support’ for those claims with legally questionable reasoning, as expected. Turley, who has a tendency to tell half truths and mischaracterize for the benefit of his more gullible and naive readers relies on that gullibility and naïveté to maintain some semblance of “credibility” as a legal scholar.
His job as a Fox News ‘contributor’ is to peddle the Fox News narrative. He’s not going to criticize Trump unless there’s zero excuse and even then he will treat it with kid gloves as much as possible.
Merchan ran his court professionally and according to NY law. Turley attacks judges like Merchan purely for the benefit of Trump’s supporters and Fox News narrative.
Bwahahahahaha 🤣 It doesn’t take much to out Natacha. What’s next, read the Mueller report? Bwahahahaha! 🙃
His job as a Fox News ‘contributor’ is to peddle the Fox News narrative.
Cite your reference for that being in his “job” description.
LIAR
“Merchan ran his court professionally and according to NY law.”
Speculative horse shit.
“Turley attacks judges like Merchan purely for the benefit of Trump’s supporters and Fox News narrative.”
ad hom horse shit
You should replace Cannon with Justice Juan Merchan in your comments. It would make much more sense.
+100
Now do Judge Merchan and don’t forget to include his daughter’s campaign ties to the DNC… doofus.
Facts have no place on this blog. Please stick to Trump lies only.
Sammy, you mean like all those lies MSM told for years that only recently, after 7 years, Snopes finally got around to fact checking and setting the record straight?
How about the years and years of the Russian hoax MSM told us was true?
Then there was the recent “cheap fake” the Biden campaign tried to pass off comparing a Trump rally to a Biden rally in the venue? Turned out the Biden rally was actually Obama campaigning for Fetterman. The actual Biden rally was far, far less in attendance than either the Trump or the Fetterman rally.
How about the lie when Biden came into the WH, inflation was at 9%?
How about those lies?
Lmao over breathless svelaz, who is apoplectic that this judge doesnt hate trump
Questioning our legal system is dangerous and irresponsible
——Joe Biden
Questioning experts is dangerous——Svelaz
Democrats are clear FASCISTS!!! The only way to stop them is to DEFUND THEM. End ALL Federal Aid to cities, states, non-profits and colleges. Let them fund themselves. Also a 5% tax on the GROSS of all Wall Street trades or moving money offshore. It is time to DECENTRALIZE America! Too much power and money with too few people! Democrats are fighting a civil war and currently republicans are funding them!
Love the fact that, even before Cannon showcased her stunning levels of bias, that two other federal judges in Florido encouraged her to shift off of the trump stolen documents case due to her inexperience and cluelessness. Also love how you don’t even mentuon that at all, Turley…, speaking of course to your own legal ineptitude.
Murray’s take on Cannon is accurate. Sit and sizzle, Turls. See, this is what happens when you sell out to become a hack. It looks an awful lot like you shilling for fox.
Did you read it? Maybe go back and see if your claim about Turley mentioning these other judges is accurate.
^^^^^steaming turd from elvis bug, the thrice banned cockroach who just refuses to die.
What is being done to Judge Cannon is nothing short of intimidation, much like the treatment being given to Justices Thomas and Alito (to force them to recuse from any J6 cases). CNN and MSNBC are practicing the pesonal destruction of conservative judges to guarantee a desired (Democrat) outcome. I think Judge Cannon was called a “Prima Donna judge” on one of these neworks, for holding a hearing on the appointment of Jack Smith as a special prosecutor.
Thank you Professor Turley for this column. I did not know about Judge Cannon’s background but it does explain why she is not easily intimidated. Your comparison to Justice Thomas is so apt!! His story is incredible and it is worth noting that Joe Biden was the one who tried with every dirty trick in the book to derail his confirmation. Judge Cannon will make an excellent SCOTUS justice someday. May God bless her and continue to guide and watch over her.
Turley didn’t mention the fact that prior to her appointment by Trump she had a grand total of four criminal Trials under her belt. Four. And they were nowhere near as complex as this case. Which is why the CHEIF judge in her district urged her to reconsider taking this case. A more experienced judge was telling her that this was not a case for an inexperienced judge like Cannon. But her apparent loyalty to Trump was greater than her ability to be rational.
what a POS human bean…
AS IF that is some sort of ‘standard’ you hold dear…
gee, WHY am i guessing any judge who rules as you wish against Bad Orange Man, is perfection-squared, NO MATTER HOW MANY ‘criminal cases’ they ever adjudicated…
you are a slimeball, you are the type hides behind anonymity not because of the brave character of your speech, but because you are a dissembling shitheel who would be RIGHTFULLY shunned by people who knew your slimeball antics…
people like you are scum…
Svelaz-George
Questioning our legal system is dangerous and irresponsible
——Joe Biden
Questioning experts is dangerous——Svelaz
In a society of cowards and fools, one honest man or woman tends to stand out.
I agree. Much thanks to Biden, Jackson, Sotomayor, and Kagan for being a light in the face of MAGA.
Sammy Metamucil agrees. That cuts it for me. [insert sound of nasty turd in public bathroom stall]
You thanking Biden for this?
Illegal migrants lured Jocelyn Nungaray, 12, under bridge, assaulted her for 2 hours before killing her
https://nypost.com/2024/06/24/us-news/jocelyn-nungaray-murder-suspect-gets-10m-bond/
That is the kind of darkness Biden has spread across this country with his “America last, open borders,” policy.
Dont forget Laken Railey, Rachel Morin, and all the other young women who have been assaulted, raped and even murdered.
Bidens letting them in.
Here is some more awesome darkness from Biden’s failed policies,
Why inflation is still upending retirement plans even as price growth slows
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/24/why-inflation-is-still-upending-retirement-plans.html
Note they fail to mention inflation is cumulative.
UpstateFarmer-10:46 AM
Joe Biden has not figured out that inflation is cumulative. He still thinks wages automatically rise with costs. A typical democratic / progressive error. Obviously the classes in progressive thinking skip market forces and economics in general.
The greatest laugh I recently had was seeing someone rank Karl Marx as an economist. I think they were watching “Dark Matter” on AppleTV and got confused with the concept of multiple universes and saw Karl in another universe.
GEB,
Ah, yes. They like to/have to ignore the fact inflation is in fact cumulative. So, they resort to using the current inflation numbers and try to then spin it as wages are higher, again, ignoring that pesky cumulative fact. Or, they try to use Core CPI which strips out the costs of food and energy to make things look better. A few months ago, economist Paul Kurgman tried to spin the economy is doing well . . . if you strip out food, energy, housing, and utilities. Yeah, try to tell that to that single mother of two who has to work a full time job and a part time one to make ends meet. Think she can afford to just “strip” those things out of her budget?
Then there is the Establishment survey vs the Household survey. One measures payrolls, the other measures actual jobs worked by people. But MSM will not talk about that.
Dark Matter, got the book, have not watched it.
The NYT, the WaPo, MSNBC, CBS and all of the other leftist media outfits masquerading as journalists are now prime candidates for the Josef Goebbels Prize for TDS Propaganda…, no doubt they are extremely proud.
WSJ piled on with a front page story as well. The lede was that Cannon was allowing Trump to “argue against prosecution”. How dare she??!!
“As Trump’s Documents Case Crawls Along, Questions About Judge Abound”
“Trial in Florida is nowhere in sight as Judge Aileen Cannon gives the former president’s legal team chances to argue against prosecution.”
Anonymous said: “WSJ piled on with a front page story as well.”
You neglected to mention that the Wall Street Journal, like Fox, belongs to the Murdoch/News Corp empire, and no doubt does the bidding of James Murdoch. We are most likely seeing an orchestrated campaign to further stuff the Murdoch family coffers by publishing headlines fanning hysteria from every conceivable direction simultaneously; the truth, the public, and our republic be damned.
The RICHEST want control of the media NYT, WaPo, CNN, etc because centralized Democrat power is EASIER to BRIBE! Also people like Soros who are paying terrorists…need to be CHARGED and JAILED