On Friday, District Judge Aileen Cannon issued a new order in the Donald Trump classified documents case adding to the mountain of evidence that she is firmly in the former presidentās pocket. Trump appointed Cannon in 2020 and the Senate confirmed her appointment in the days after he lost the 2020 election. Itās deeply offensive to the rule of law for judges to bend the law to benefit those who put them on the bench. Sadly, Cannon does just that.
Cannonās new ruling rejected special counsel Jack Smithās entirely standard request that she order Trump to state whether he intends to rely on an āadvice of counselā defense ahead of the trial, currently scheduled for May 20. Advance notice of the defense helps expedite a trial because defendants asserting it need to provide additional discovery to prosecutorsāraising the defense means that defendants must disclose all communications with their attorneys, as the defense waives the attorneyāclient privilege.
Judge Cannonās brief order asserted that Smithās motion was ānot amenable to proper consideration at this juncture, prior to at least partial resolution of pretrial motionsā and further discovery.
Sound innocuous? Itās anything but. Instead, itās part of a pattern weāve already seen of Cannon laying the groundwork for delaying Trumpās trialāuntil itās too late for a jury to be empaneled and the case tried to verdict before the election.
Rule 6 is NOT ambiguous:
āNo hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warningā
Telling people to practice shooting if Trump is re-elected, or, hell, if ANYONE is elected, is advocating violence.
I advocate shooting lessons because you donāt want to hit the wrong object. Isnāt that a safe thing to advocate for? š
Do we need to talk in code like unalive someone in Minecraft/Roblox?
I absolutely encourage good firearms safety IN GENERAL. Youāre never too young to learn good trigger discipline. ;)
Advocating it in response to an election or other political event carries unfortunate connotations which isnāt allowed.
Iām actually quite pleased at the number of gun groups that have popped up on Lemmy. Liberal Gun Owners for example, I think thereās one for LGBTQ shooters as well. Canāt recall the name of it.
Since someone is going to be elected pretty much no matter what, āpractice shooting if a tone is electedā is logically equivalent to āpractice shootingā.
Banning proponents of 2A is a bit weird for a politics sub but I like it. Gun nuts are crazy.
Oh, I have no problem with proponents of the 2nd Amendment, itās when you start talking about the 2nd Amendment in connection with other people that thereās going to be a problem.
āTrump just became the nominee? Better brush up on the 2nd Amendmentā¦ā Surely you see the tone there. Itās really no different than what Trump was saying on 1/6, only actually invoking weapons.