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Aileen Cannon
December 2, 2022
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Matt Ford
Judge Aileen Cannon’s Reign of Error Is Over
The Trump-appointed judge, who tried to do the former president a favor in the Mar-a-Lago affair, received a stern correction from the Eleventh Circuit.
September 20, 2022
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Matt Ford
Trump’s Legal Defense in the Mar-a-Lago Case Is Crumbling
The former president’s hoarding of classified documents is the least complicated of his scandals—and it’s also proving the hardest to dodge.
September 19, 2022
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Maya Wiley
Judge Aileen Cannon Thinks Poor Donald Trump May Be Stigmatized
The Florida judge’s concern for 45’s reputation is not only laughable but flies in the face of constitutional law.
September 12, 2022
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Jason Linkins
The Rise of Right-Wing Hacks in Federal Courts
Judge Aileen Cannon, of the now-infamous special master ruling, is the latest star of a conservative legal movement that gleefully engages in sloppy jurisprudence—with profound consequences for us all.
September 6, 2022
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Matt Ford
It Turns Out There Are “Trump Judges” After All
Judge Aileen Cannon, whom Trump tapped for the federal bench in 2020, threw out the rules to boost his flimsy legal defense.
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