Lawyers Suggest That Judge Cannon Is Too Stupid To Be A Judge

Lawyers that have handled cases in front of Judge Aileen Cannon don't have a lot of kind words to say about her. In fact, during recent conversations with CNN, these lawyers appeared to describe a judge that was clearly in over her head and doesn't understand how a lot of legal processes work. They also pointed out that her inexperience and incompetence can make it very easy for lawyers (like Trump's) to exploit her. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins discusses this.

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Recently CNN had the opportunity to speak to multiple different lawyers that have actually handled cases in front of Judge Eileen Cannon. And all of these lawyers that they spoke to basically told the same story that this is a judge that doesn't know what in the hell she is doing. Let me read you this. Several attorneys who have practiced in front of Canon and who spoke to CNN for this story pointed to her isolation as one explanation for her conduct. Canon's solitary post in the Fort Pierce courthouse, one that rarely sees high profile action, deprives her of the informal day-to-day interactions with more seasoned judges who sit at the other courthouses and could offer her advice. The lawyers told CNN, they also said Canon's lack of trial experience, both as a lawyer and a judge is apparent in her seven years as a Justice Department attorney.

Canon participated on the trial teams of just four criminal cases. Four the for 14 days total, by the way. So she has no experience with criminal law. Really? 14 days. Wow. Yes, she went to law school. Um, she's also 42 years old, so she is relatively young. I say that as a 41-year-old. I still think 42 is very young, but they get, they get worse, the lyses from these lawyers. But I do wanna point out that they're basically, one of the things they're talking about with the isolation thing is, you know, she's not walking around every day saying like, Hey, fellow judge, how's things going? Hey, I got a question because I got this really difficult thing here. And they brought up this issue that I don't understand. Being around experienced people, literally just being around them, having the option to talk to them is absolutely instrumental for the legal career of literally anyone, whether you're a judge or a lawyer.

And I know, 'cause I've been working in a law firm for 20 years, the younger lawyers always going up to the older lawyers, Hey, can I pick your brain for a few minutes? Every day, every day? And it makes them better. And the same is true with the judges. And Canon doesn't have that opportunity. She is a very young judge in a very high position. She doesn't know what she's doing, and the lawyers go on to say she doesn't know what she's doing. According to one attorney, she is not efficient. She is very form over substance. Another lawyer called her indecisive and a third suggested quote, she just seems overwhelmed by the process. Overwhelmed. Another way to say that is she's in over her head and doesn't know what the hell she's doing. As per usual, it gets worse. Her approach as a jurist detail, obsessed to the point of tedious

Appears uniquely prone to being exploited by a defense team eager to delay a case. And the complicated system canon has set up for redacting public filings has only exacerbated a backlog of unresolved issues. She seems to seize on concepts that, for one reason or another become interesting to her, whether or not they're pertinent to the case at hand, or decide that they have importance for reasons that escape the rest of the parties in the courtroom. In other words, she's, she's kinda like, like a dog that sees a squirrel's like what? Squirrel, like nothing else matters.