Post by captbudman on Aug 26, 2024 14:30:45 GMT -6
As expected, deranged Jack Smith appeals dismissal of Florida Documents case in the Atlanta 11th Circuit Court of Appeal.
Apparently, deranged Jack Smith had to finish his filing tomorrow, so he's apparently in no great rush to expedite the case that will eventually end with the Supreme Court. He also (wisely) didn't try to have Judge Cannon removed from the case, as he would have been smacked down on that request.
The Government's appeal is available here.
Apparently, deranged Jack Smith had to finish his filing tomorrow, so he's apparently in no great rush to expedite the case that will eventually end with the Supreme Court. He also (wisely) didn't try to have Judge Cannon removed from the case, as he would have been smacked down on that request.
The Government's appeal is available here.
Politics Trump classified documents case: Special counsel urges appeals court to reverse dismissal
Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday urged a federal appeals court to reverse a lower court’s decision to dismiss the criminal case charging former President Donald Trump with mishandling classified documents.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon in a stunning move in mid-July threw out that case on the grounds that Smith’s appointment violated the U.S. Constitution.
Smith in Monday’s court brief argued that Cannon’s ruling strayed from binding legal precedent, “misconstrued” the laws authorizing the appointment of special counsels and “took inadequate account” of the history of those appointments.
Cannon’s ruling “conflicts with an otherwise unbroken course of decisions, including by the Supreme Court,” that the U.S. attorney general is empowered to appoint special counsels, Smith wrote in the filing in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.
“This Court should reverse,” Smith wrote.
He also asked for the case to be remanded to the U.S. District Court in southern Florida. But he did not ask the appeals court to remove Cannon, a Trump appointee, from the case.
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Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday urged a federal appeals court to reverse a lower court’s decision to dismiss the criminal case charging former President Donald Trump with mishandling classified documents.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon in a stunning move in mid-July threw out that case on the grounds that Smith’s appointment violated the U.S. Constitution.
Smith in Monday’s court brief argued that Cannon’s ruling strayed from binding legal precedent, “misconstrued” the laws authorizing the appointment of special counsels and “took inadequate account” of the history of those appointments.
Cannon’s ruling “conflicts with an otherwise unbroken course of decisions, including by the Supreme Court,” that the U.S. attorney general is empowered to appoint special counsels, Smith wrote in the filing in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.
“This Court should reverse,” Smith wrote.
He also asked for the case to be remanded to the U.S. District Court in southern Florida. But he did not ask the appeals court to remove Cannon, a Trump appointee, from the case.
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