Two amicus briefs recently filed to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals argue that Judge Aileen Cannon should be removed from Donald Trump's documents case, which she dismissed in July. While special counsel Jack Smith appealed her ruling to throw out the case over claims he had not been properly appo...
  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    3 days ago

    Gill translated from legalese: if a “reasonable member of the public” agrees she has the “appearance of impropriety,” Cannon can be removed. This isn’t evidence of actual partiality, but only the appearance of it.

    This is the correct approach. I hope it works.