It’s one thing to accept an amicus brief, and another to hear oral arguments from lawyers who aren’t involved in a case.
Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives at a press conference at Trump Tower on May 31, 2024, in New York City.U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has been accused of entertaining Donald Trump’s every legal defense, no matter how absurd, bogging down the classified documents case she’s had for a year with motions and hearings that would never happen in another court.
Instead of tossing the claim aside, as another judge might, Cannon has treated as legitimate the argument that Trump, using only the power of his mind, could unilaterally declassify the nation’s secrets, including battle plans and information on nuclear weapons programs (Trump himself, in, chastising the latter for actions that she’s allowed from the former, such as making legal arguments in court that were not first submitted in written form.
It is one thing for a judge to accept an amicus brief, wherein an outside party submits legal arguments relevant to the case, and another to spend time on oral arguments from lawyers who don’t even represent either side.Anthony Michael Kreis, a professor of constitutional law at Georgia State University.
But it’s one that conservatives are insisting on making, at least with respect to Trump and Smith. “Improperly appointed,” states the amicus brief from Ed Meese, attorney general under President Ronald Reagan and part of the group that will argue in Cannon’s courtroom, “he has no more authority to represent the United States in this Court than Bryce Harper, Taylor Swift, or Jeff Bezos.”his office’s ability to appoint special counsels had been in effect for decades now.
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