Joshua J. Friedman: Twenty-four states tell Judge Cannon that they want to file an amicus brief opposing the special counsel's request to modify Trump's conditions of release to stop him from inciting threats against law enforcement. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Twenty-four states tell Judge Cannon that they want to file an amicus brief opposing the special counsel's request to modify Trump's conditions of release to stop him from inciting threats against law enforcement. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Hey, here's a nice surprise: Judge Cannon has DENIED the motion of the 24 states to file an amicus brief in favor of Donald Trump's right to endanger law enforcement

Going to schedule 24 hearings for them to each argue live instead?

Only if Josh Blackman is available to argue all 24

If you already have enough delays built into the trial to go past the election, probably don't want to deal with 24 states adding to your workload unnecessarily.

So they want him to threaten law enforcement?

They want whatever Trump tells them they want.

Yes

The AG's wouldn't be doing this if the cop unions weren't completely behind it.

In retrospect, Sherman should have been allowed to burn the entire South to the ground.

Should have also hung or imprisoned the leadership of the Confederacy

In retrospect, Reconstruction should have lasted a LOT longer. And yes, involved more burning.

And flens it into dust used to enrich the sea.

Atlanta is doing well, now. I am a Yankee who lived there. They are still quite upset about it.

They ain't doing too well with Strider out for the year and Acuna's leg hurt! Go Phillies! See you in the World Series!

Lemme guess, these are ALSO the same states which have tried to ban filming cops and/or tried to have cops declared a "protected class" so that people can be charged with hate crimes for being mean to them?

*yells in Indiana* YES!!!!! www.wthr.com/article/news...

Woman arrested under new Indiana law for filming police within 25 feetwww.wthr.com The woman was taken into custody under a newly passed law after she filmed a Lawrence police officer within 25 feet.

Red states have been picking up the pace lately, but that’s a bipartisan thing — look at the list of states with all-party consent laws, which still live on even though the reason they were enacted (recording police) has been repeatedly ruled unconstitutional.

Christ on a bike

What the fuck??

It's gross how they keep referring to the orange fistula as "President".

I have a right guaranteed by the first amendment to be required to listen to Trump encourage proud boys to kill cops. Motion granted.

That’s fewer than 26 (a majority) and far fewer than a majority of the population so they should fuck right off

I don’t think the states forming a majority should matter much. If the brief were by the FBI and said “it’s totally fine to threaten us” that could have some relevance. In a normal case a bunch of political allies of the defendant shouldn’t influence the decision. Of course this isn’t a normal judge

That's 24 more than should even be allowed to bother in Trump's trial.

The GOP acceptance of political violence should be leading stories everywhere.

How democracies die.

Would this basically be the legal way for them to publicly feed her arguments she can then make in her rulings/decisions?

That's what Sean Hannity is for. This is just making a show for the various AGs to run on in their next reelection campaigns.

She’ll schedule 26 separate hearings. Deliver us, Lord!

November can't come fast enough. I hope I agree with myself here in December.

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In my ancestral homeland* we have a saying that goes “get a load of this asshole” 🤔 * Brooklyn

When these same people scream "banana republic!", they're speaking about their aspirations.

Every accusation is a confession

Curious to see what the "harms identified in the brief" are, but it's taking uncharacteristically long for any Recapper to debase themselves and pay $2.70 for it.

Yeah, wasn’t going to be me

I paid a dime to get the full docket text, and I see that Florida SG Henry Whitaker, where he was supposed to list the states or just put "24 states" instead identified the filing amici as himself and Trump. So clearly the quality here is going to be stupendous.

I’ll give you 9 guesses which USSC Justice he clerked for, and the first 7 don’t count

*counts* Rehnquist?

Cannon has opened the amici process to the whole fucking wild west.

99% of the time this wouldn’t work - but we’re talking about Cannon/Calvin-ball.

Lemme guess, could the 24 be the same as the left side of the diagram?

Brilliant diagram and comment

Arizona is on the left in the Venn diagram but not part of the amicus brief

Az, GA and NC are on here but not the brief; Kansas, Alaska and Ohio are in the brief but not on the Venn diagram.

She'll get right on it.

I keep reading this then thinking, then reading it again and thinking, and I'm not sure it's gonna help me feel any more sane but I'm just gonna keep reading it And thinking I may even draw some logical conclusions about it

Ask your doctor if thinking and drawing logical conclusions is right for you

And get labeled as a resolution of the dialectic tension seeker?? In THIS economy?? No thanks!!

Twenty-four State Attorneys General hoping to land the job of U.S. Attorney General.

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