Contrary to what all the lawyers here would have you believe, judges are unconstrained by law. They are free to rule in any way they wish, and sadly, no other institution with the power to do so, say Congress or the Executive, is willing to tell them to pound sand.
Contrary to what all the lawyers here would have you believe, judges are unconstrained by law. They are free to rule in any way they wish, and sadly, no other institution with the power to do so, say Congress or the Executive, is willing to tell them to pound sand.
No, they are not. They are constrained by laws and procedures, and most judges abide by them. But for those who don't, there is the appeal process. Cannon is a lousy judge. Smith, however, never lifted a finger to get her removed from Trump's case. She sent a message to all Trump and MAGA judges- that they can abuse the system they swore to uphold and get away with it.
He didnтАЩt need to in this filing. ItтАЩs safe to assume heтАЩs going to win this appeal, having been overruled 3 times by the circuit appeals court they may well reassign her themselves robbing Trump of the ability to harp about Jack Smith having her removed for political reasons. If they donтАЩt remove her of their own accord he can still ask that they reassign the case to another judge. ThereтАЩs no reason for folks to get worked up about her removal not being asked forтАжyet.
No, he didn't. It's also extremely difficult to get a judge removed from a case, and perhaps Smith didn't think the risk was worth it. Imagine how biased she'd be in the wake of an unsuccessful motion to get her booted off the case. She'd never let Smith live it down. This is why I wish he'd done it at the beginning of the case.
Contrary to what all the lawyers here would have you believe, judges are unconstrained by law. They are free to rule in any way they wish, and sadly, no other institution with the power to do so, say Congress or the Executive, is willing to tell them to pound sand.
No, they are not. They are constrained by laws and procedures, and most judges abide by them. But for those who don't, there is the appeal process. Cannon is a lousy judge. Smith, however, never lifted a finger to get her removed from Trump's case. She sent a message to all Trump and MAGA judges- that they can abuse the system they swore to uphold and get away with it.
He didnтАЩt need to in this filing. ItтАЩs safe to assume heтАЩs going to win this appeal, having been overruled 3 times by the circuit appeals court they may well reassign her themselves robbing Trump of the ability to harp about Jack Smith having her removed for political reasons. If they donтАЩt remove her of their own accord he can still ask that they reassign the case to another judge. ThereтАЩs no reason for folks to get worked up about her removal not being asked forтАжyet.
No, he didn't. It's also extremely difficult to get a judge removed from a case, and perhaps Smith didn't think the risk was worth it. Imagine how biased she'd be in the wake of an unsuccessful motion to get her booted off the case. She'd never let Smith live it down. This is why I wish he'd done it at the beginning of the case.