Aileen Cannon, a 38 year-old lawyer with no judicial experience and limited resume, was handed a...

[demmiblue]

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Aileen Cannon, a 38 year-old lawyer with no judicial experience and limited resume, was handed a LIFETIME appointment as a federal judge just as Trump left office. Cannon's primary credentials for the job were apparently her young age and membership in the Federalist Society. 1/5

Her professional experience was so limited that she was forced to admit on her Sen Judiciary Comm questionnaire that she had never made any speeches, produced any reports, participated in any panel discussions, spoke at any conferences or written for any bar association. 2/5



In her twelve years as a lawyer, she published no writings of her own and just 3 writings done with colleagues at Gibson Dunn -- limited to promotional articles on cases handled by the firm for their own website. 3/5



In an attempt to show writing experience, Cannon listed 17 short articles from a 2-mo undergrad stint at El Nuevo Herald. ranging from "Prenatal Yoga" to "Flamenco: An Explosion of Energy and Passion." Cannon is unclear on whether she authored or simply edited the articles. 4/5



Finally, the questionnaire for a LIFETIME judicial appt asks Cannon to list all interviews she has given to the media. Cannon lists only her wedding article in a local magazine as her only media experience.(5/5)

[dchill]

1. Kick in the head.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

2. Or she just knew Mitch would shoo her in, so she didn't need to say shit

Because it was automatic anyway.

Why put something out there that could be used against her?

BTW, the correct spelling is Judge Qannon

[malaise]

6. there's a post in GD informing us that her father in law

is a big time member of the Federalist Society

[Lonestarblue]

28. She is also a member and most likely a Catholic (Cuban-American).

The Federalist Society seems to be an extremist wing of the Catholic Church, similar to Opus Dei. Both have common beliefs with white Christian evangelicals, such as anti-any LGBTQ rights or even the right to openly be LGBTQ. And of course they oppose abortion for any reason, including to save a woman’s life or to end a pregnancy that shows an unviable fetus. The role of women is solely to be mothers and domestic drudges.

McConnell certainly is responsible for pushing unqualified judges onto federal courts, but it is the Federalist Society that chose those judges. It would be interesting to see a tally of all the judges Trump appointed to see how many of them are members of the Federalist Society.

[2naSalit]

10. +1

[Wingus Dingus]

3. Sick joke of a "judge".

[Aviation Pro]

19. I get that reference

RIP Chuck.

[Ray Bruns]

4. She had all the qualifications she needed. She had the backing of the Federalist Society.

[calimary]

16. Yep. Court-packing for idiots. BY idiots.

[Gaugamela]

5. K&R.

[SunSeeker]

7. K & R & Retweeted!

[exboyfil]

8. And yet 12 Democratic Senators voted to confirm and 12 sat out the vote

Of course not a single Republican voted against her. Sanders also sat out the vote. Even 9 Republicans sat out the vote.

[Delphinus]

11. I know!

Why did they not speak out?

[Scrivener7]

13. This. What is that about?

[BumRushDaShow]

35. And only one (D) asked questions during the confirmation hearing

https://www.mediaite.com/news/watch-trump-appointed-judge-who-ordered-mar-a-lago-special-master-was-only-asked-two-questions-at-confirmation-hearing/

(video of the "virtual hearings" at the link)

[bullimiami]

9. those senate repubs who installed these unqualified ideologue idiots can

just stfu about anyones qualification for anything EVER!!

and any dem that voted for these obviously unqualified placeholders, shame on you.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. Towards the end of the TFG term, the Federalist Society was running out of idiot candidates

MoscowMitch had pushed and gotten a large number of Federalist goons confirmed and the Federalist society was running out of qualified candidates. Cannon was rated at qualified (but not Well Qualified) by the ABA.

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Here is an example of another lowlife Federalist Idiot who the ABA rated as not qualfied

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[FakeNoose]

14. I don't see mot much difference between her and Amy Coney Barrett

Maybe Judge Cannon thinks her next stop is gonna be the Supreme Court?

[Turbineguy]

15. Trump (Putin) appointees have one job.

To fuck things up.

Of course, it's a lifetime appointment, so nobody can prevent you doing the right thing.

[llmart]

17. So, big deal.

We had a freakin' ignoramus with ZERO experience in any form of government and he became President and that was just AOK with millions of voters. This revelation on Cannon shouldn't be so shocking to us.

[Norbert]

18. There are more qualified paralegals out there

[KS Toronado]

20. I think it was her "Prenatal Yoga" article

that took her over the top. tfg recommended her on account of it, yep only the best & smartest
people for him.

[bringthePaine]

21. so far beyond appalling, its not even in the rear view mirror

[Pepsidog]

22. She is one of many unqualified fed judges appointed by TFG and Bush.

[Heather MC]

23. All Whitety Then

Must be nice, To get a permanent Job🤦🏾‍♀️

[intheflow]

24. "Cannon is unclear on whether she authored or simply edited the articles."

She's 38 and I'm 58. She can't remember if she wrote or edited articles in Spanish when she was an undergrad 20 years ago. I was in undergrad in the late '90s and can damn well remember if I researched something to write about it or just cleaned up grammar for someone else. This woman is a hot mess.

[patphil]

25. Where do they find people like this?

Is there a listing service called "Unqualified-R-Us" that they can go to?
I guess her only qualifications are subservience and a profound sense of gratification at getting a job she could never be qualified for.

[iluvtennis]

26. It's not suprising that Cannon is unqualified to a judge - she was appointed by the unfit and

unqualified former guy to be a tool of the right. Unfit begets unfit.

[dlk]

27. Republicans prefer a certain type of woman...

n/t

[KPN]

29. Idiocracy, the GOP ideology, at its finest.

[Ford_Prefect]

30. So the question not asked nor answered is who is whispering in her ear about judgements

she appears to be writing now? Which member of the Federalist Society is coaching her on process, legal language, and GOP dogma?

IMO the DOJ needs to subpoena her phone and email records for evidence of undue influences on federal proceedings (or legal language to that effect) by parties with an inappropriate interest in the case. It seems painfully self-evident she isn't competent to have authored alone anything she's presented up to now.

[SergeStorms]

31. She was chosen for two reasons.

And no, not the two reasons we might expect from Donald Trump.

She was very young, and she was a member of, and approved by, the Federalist Society.

Next time there's a republican president - and it will happen someday - you're looking at the next Supreme Court Justice nominee. They want to stack the SC with young, malleable, ultra-conservative Justices.

[DeeDeeNY]

32. The 12 Democratic senators who voted to confirm her

They should be ashamed of themselves—

Tom Carper of Delaware
Chris Coons of Delaware
Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada
Dianne Feinstein of California
Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire
Doug Jones of Alabama
Tim Kaine of Virginia
Patrick Leahy of Vermont
Joe Manchin of West Virginia
Chris Murphy of Connecticut
Jacky Rosen of Nevada
Mark Warner of Virginia

[Ponietz]

33. The elephant in the room is that she worked for Acosta

It’s next to certain she advised him in protecting Epstein.
The lack of qualifications contrasts this even more.

[hardluck]

34. I'll take the contrary view here

She's not the most qualified for the Federal bench, and I think she could have used a stint as a Magistrate Judge, but as the ABA found, she was qualified. She:
- graduated with a B.A. from Duke University;
- before going to law school with she worked as a paralegal for two years with the U.S. DOJ, Civil Rights Division, Criminal Section (I kinda dig that. I worked as a paralegal before law school to see if I really wanted to do this);
- graduated with a J.D. from Michigan Law School magna cum laude;
- was a summer associate with both Squire Sanders and Gibson Dunn, both excellent big law firms;
- clerked for a justice in the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals;
- was an litigation associate with Gibson Dunn in D.C. for 3 years doing white collar work;
- Was an Assistant U.S.A. in the S.D. Florida for 7 years, first doing prosecutions, then appellate work.

That's a good resume for 13 years of practice and 95% of it was in the Federal courts. If she was on our side nobody would look at this and say she was unqualified. The ABA looked at it and thought she was qualified. Yeah, part of me would like to see someone more seasoned, but from a political position, if this was a Obama/Biden appointee, I would be ok with some late 30s/early 40s attorneys on the bench just for the longevity.

Everyone here is focusing on her lack of publications and speaking engagements and well, ok, so what? Lots of practicing attorneys hate to do that. I hate to do that. Plus, I'm sure she made a concerted effort not to publish as I'd bet she's wanted to be a judge for awhile and its better not to have a published record that can be reviewed.

Anyways, hit her on her decisions? Sure. On her resume? Seems dumb to me.

[hadEnuf]

36. Another Trump plant. I'm sure there are many in key positions.

Just like a crime syndicate.

[Kid Berwyn]

37. ABA used to rate similar candidates "Unqualified."

Then Turtle decided the Senate would instead go with what the Federalist Society said.