Bye, bye Aileen: Judge Cannon's dismissed

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : But, if the 11 Circuit overturns Cannon's ruling, Trump will doubtlessly appeal to the Supreme Court, and we already know what they think about his standing before the law.
45% : Previous delaying motions filed by Trump are still pending, so the judge will have to rule on those before a trial date can be set.
40% : The case landed in the court of a Florida judge Trump appointed to the bench, Aileen Cannon.
39% : It was no surprise to legal experts today when Judge "I'm Delaying Just As Fast As I Can" Cannon dismissed the charges, especially since Justice Clarence Thomas, in a footnote to the court's decision finding that Trump is immune from prosecution for official acts he took as president, put forth his theory that the special counsel was unconstitutionally appointed.
39% : Justice Thomas' theory had nothing to do with the presidential immunity case, but it was inevitable that it would be noticed by Judge Cannon and used as a rationale to dismiss the charges against Trump in the classified documents case which she did Monday in a 93-page ruling that Smith's appointment "violates the appointments clause of the United States Constitution."
32% : Almost immediately, Judge Cannon began a four-on-the-floor, pedal-to-the-medal campaign of stalling and obstructing the attempts of Special Counsel Jack Smith to investigate Trump.
28% : If Trump wins, he will without a doubt dismiss the special counsel and have his new Attorney General - he might appoint Aileen Cannon; stranger things have happened - dismiss the classified documents charges against him...yet again.
24% : Cannon dismissed the case on procedural grounds, without ever considering the mountain of incriminating evidence against Trump:The list goes on, but you get the picture.
21% : Trump was charged in June of 2023, and another flurry of delaying motions was unleashed by Trump's defense, allowing Judge Cannon to take weeks and then months to consider individual motions, one by one, and to schedule individual hearings on each motion.
20% : Cannon even went along with the motion made by Trump that the funding of the special counsel's office was unconstitutional because it violated the "role of Congress in authorizing expenditures by law.
18% : Trump initially faced 31 felony counts of violating the Espionage Act, five counts of conspiracy to obstruct justice, and one count of making false statements.

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