The Trump 'special master' ruling violates the principle that no-one is above the law

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Laurence H Tribe and Dennis Aftergut

The best thing one can say about Judge Aileen Cannon’s decision Monday appointing a special master to review the documents seized from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort is that it’s not the end of the world: the Justice Department can continue its investigation of Donald Trump’s apparent theft and retention of highly sensitive defense-related documents, at least those that weren’t seized in the August 6 search. The Washington Post reported that those documents included nuclear secrets of other nations.

It can also continue to investigate his efforts to overturn the presidential election, culminating in his role in the violent insurrection of January 6, keeping in mind the historic holding of a New Mexico state court this September 6 that the 14th Amendment bars all who played such a role from ever again holding public office in the United States.

That said, Cannon’s ruling has to rank high in the annals of the worst reasoned judicial decisions in American history. Even former Trump Attorney General Bill Barr called it “deeply flawed.” If it signals that judicial Trumpism has spread more broadly than we thought, there may be danger ahead to our entire system of equal justice.

Apart from its abysmal reasoning, her ruling gives the Justice Department no good options. The need to prosecute Trump as soon as possible after this November’s midterm elections points to avoiding the delay an appeal could cause and just moving forward with the special master’s document review.

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[cloudbase]

1. The reality is different from the principle. n/t

[sanatanadharma]

2. So true, especially where there is no principle

To repeat, where there is no principle, reality is hazy.

[Irish_Dem]

3. POTUS should be held to a higher standard, not a lower one.

[GreenWave]

4. Eggxactly

This is another kick the can down the road ploy. Then after they lose the Midterms IQ45 will announce his candidacy for President so Garland has to wait again.