Judge Cannons Pro-Trump Trickery Is About to Get Even More Shameless

Published: June 26, 2024, 9 a.m.

b'This week, Judge Aileen Cannon gave Donald Trump two more big assists. She\\xa0agreed to hold\\xa0a multi-day hearing on the constitutionality of the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith. And she\\xa0appeared skeptical\\xa0of Smith\\u2019s demand for a gag order on one of Trump\\u2019s most deranged attacks on law enforcement yet. We talked to law professor Corey Brettschneider, author of\\xa0a new book\\xa0called\\xa0The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It. He vividly explains how Cannon is enabling Trump to attack the rule of law itself\\u2014\\xa0and the dark antecedents this has in U.S. history.\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'