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The Prime of Judge Alyssa Cannon
How a classist judicial system enabled the suppression and future dismissal of the classified papers case.
This case was the one that was to be the “most bi-partisan.” Who can argue with risking national security?
Before we dismiss Judge Cannon’s corrupt and disruptive parsing of judicial appeal, consider what brought her to this place. Consider that were it not for Judge Cannon, there would be a different outcome in the illegal retention — theft, is the appropriate term — of classified documents case.
On his way out of office, the president removed documents that he had no right to keep, which included some of the nation’s most sensitive secrets, according to the Justice Department indictment. When the government asked nicely for them, he refused to give them back. When the government demanded them by force of law, he ignored it. When officials came to collect them, he allegedly sought to hide them. Though he has denied breaking any law, Trump has not really disputed most of the facts of the case. The indictment describes what must be the stupidest crimes imaginable, and he totally got away with them.” — David Graham, “The Tragedy of the Classified-Documents Case,” January 19, 2025, The Atlantic
Was citizen T**** lucky? Smiled on munificently by a supreme being?
