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Judge Cannon's brilliant move to dismiss the classified documents case will delay the trial until well into next year. I'm sure Jack Smith will appeal and will win on appeal. The Appeals court may then reassign the case to a more appropriate judge, who will have to start the process over again (or at least start a new process).

I'm sure if the Trump team can push the appeals process to the Supreme Court they'll be counting on the conservative justices ruling to uphold Cannon's decision - which they might do. They've already shown they're willing to undo decades of court-determined precedent.

This is the consequence of Congress doing nothing for 200 years about Marbury vs Madison, in which the Supreme Court gave itself the power of review.

It would be fair to argue that generations of Americans were comfortable with that decision, as they never amended the Constitution to take the power away from the courts.

That said, we've now seen what extensive corruption in the U.S. court system (including many cases coming out of the 5th district) looks like.

The Democrats will have to find a solution to this problem that doesn't trigger a partisan war over the courts (I don't think we're in one, yet).

059 #ClimateJustice #USlegal
#BigOil

"A small step for the fight...
a giant leap for the movement."

"Supreme Court Rejects Bid by API, Exxon, and Koch to Kill Climate Case"
by Jessica Corbett for Commone Dreams

commondreams.org/news/supreme-

Quotes:
"Big Oil companies will continue fighting to escape justice, but for the third time in a year, the U.S. Supreme Court has denied their desperate pleas," said one campaigner."

"For the third time in less than a year, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed a key case against the fossil fuel industry to proceed in state court"

"As legal leaders of dozens of U.S. states and municipalities have launched climate lawsuits in recent years, the fossil fuel industry has attempted to evade accountability by shifting the cases to federal court—a strategy that's proven unsuccessful."

Common Dreams · Supreme Court Rejects Bid by API, Exxon, and Koch to Kill Climate Case"Big Oil companies will continue fighting to escape justice, but for the third time in a year, the U.S. Supreme Court has denied their desperate pleas," said one campaigner.

This is going to be popcorn worthy

Ms N went from opera’s golden girl to persona non grata because she was not prepared to renounce Putin’s actions. Now she is chasing the lost earnings from The Met #opera #USLegal

operawire.com/anna-netrebko-su

OperaWire · Anna Netrebko Sues Peter Gelb & Metropolitan Opera - OperaWireAnna Netrebko has filed a lawsuit against Peter Gelb and the Metropolitan Opera.