Legal experts say Cannon's decision is "almost unheard of."
Ryan Grenoble at HuffPost:
U.S. District JudgeĀ Aileen CannonĀ on Tuesday said she would allow third parties to argue about the appointment ofĀ Jack SmithĀ as special counsel inĀ Donald Trumpās classified documents case. The highly unusual decision means partisan representatives with no other involvement in the case will be allowed to attend a June 21 hearing and opine on Trumpās push to have Smithās powers curtailed.
Cannon will hear from three such āfriends of the court.ā Two of them, Josh Blackman and Gene Schaerr, will argue in Trumpās favor; a third, Matthew Seligman, will argue for Smithās continued work on the case. Based on pre-hearing filings, Blackman, together with the Landmark Legal Foundation,Ā will argue thatĀ special counsels lack the constitutional authority to actually prosecute a case. In aĀ countering motion, Seligman said Smith clearly wields that authority and blasted Blackmanās argument as being āat war with precedent and with reason.ā Legal experts say Cannonās decision to consider Trumpās argument against Smith is questionable, and to permit so-called āfriends of the courtā who are otherwise unrelated to the criminal trial to weigh in for 30 minutes apiece is highly unusual.
Right-wing judicial activist Aileen Cannon doing anything she can to aid and abet Convicted Felon Donald Trumpās classified documents theft and Espionage Act violations by permitting 3rd parties to argue over the merits of appointing Special Prosecutor Jack Smith to handle the case.
