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<p>In its <a href="https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000183-625b-da48-a3e3-e2ff83050000&fbclid=IwAR0qAQehG1ITWvXHtnmzCKRtORPL_uK1nA9QlHZ-A81KjftsIFLrDY7GFSQ">ruling</a> yesterday overturning <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/department-of-justice-eviscerates-trump-appointed-judge-aileen-cannon-after-special-master-order">Judge Aileen Cannon</a>’s injunction—with regard to the approximately 100 documents bearing classified markings seized from former President <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-fbis-search-of-mar-a-lago-is-a-reminder-that-trump-has-always-been-a-national-security-threat">Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago residence</a>—the 11th Circuit did not merely overrule Judge Cannon, it went out of its way to detail the many ways in which <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/judge-in-trump-mar-a-lago-classified-documents-investigation-is-recklessly-endangering-the-rule-of-law">Judge Cannon had fundamentally misstated the law</a>.</p>
<p>In my more than 25 years of practice as a criminal and civil litigator (including three years as an assistant U.S. Attorney), I do not believe that I have read an appellate decision that was more dismissive of the lower court. The 11th Circuit sent a clear message to Judge Cannon and Trump: stop doing this.</p>
<p>Let's take them one by one. </p>
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In my more than 25 years of practice as a criminal and civil litigator (including three years as an assistant U.S. Attorney), I do not believe that I have read an appellate decision that was more dismissive of the lower court. The 11th Circuit sent a clear message to Judge Cannon and Trump: stop doing this.
