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God, she is one horribly passive aggressive individual.

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She stinks at her job.

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That too!

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Whew. Removed the troll. I have never seen anything like that 🤯

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Yes Shire is one undead troll

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Since this dissemination to unauthorized parties occurred in N.J. and , if I recall correctly, was regarding a document returned in Jan '22 (so pre MAL search warrant) could this free up the ability to charge separately in the jurisdiction where it occurred?

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Excellent charge in Jersey-JERSEY LOVES him!

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So does the main witness, he recently gave her a really nice raise, it's important to make the case anyway because it was a crime that demonstrates that he can't be trusted with information that puts lives in danger.

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I believe the "I hate your face and you suck, but I'm granting your motion" behavior is her trying to be "trumpy" in a judicial style without looking obvious. She's no good at it.

Actually, I hate her face and she sucks!!! 🤣🤣🤣

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I wonder AG, if her continued disparagement of Smith is strictly for an audience of one, while sort of under the table agreement towards the prosecution may go unnoticed by said audience of one? Just an idea. Thank you once again for your intelligent take on all the Cannonigans. 😘

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Yeah she doesn’t want to get bullied or harassed.

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AG, why do you think Jack Smith isn’t charging Trump in New Jersey, at least for this specific thing that Cannon struck from the indictment. It seems like it should be a crime to show someone top secret documents.

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AG: Thank-you again for following this so closely and reporting promptly on same.

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Can someone explain why even after I blocked spammer Sharon Thobois the comment field is still full or her rants?

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Same. I’ve blocked this POS, and she keeps showing up with her incoherent nonsense.

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Jun 11·edited Jun 11

It literally hurt my head when I tried reading. I wanted to describe the offense accurately. I settled for saying spam spam spam spam spam

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She’s probably NOT real but russian Ai

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Even Russian AI bots with a virus make more sense

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I have the same thing going on. I've blocked her on all of my social media and BOOM she shows up here! I blocked and it's not working!

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Did you also report her? Substack is such a great space and the editors suggest we report not just block.

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I was Richard Wydick's student. He wrote "Plain English for Lawyers" and emphasized that convoluted style often betrays fuzzy thinking.

To diagram the sentence “Notwithstanding these concerns, given the rigorous standard for applying Rule 7(d), the Court exercises its discretion, with one exception below, not to order the ‘striking’ of allegations requested by Defendants, at least not as this stage, because Defendants have not clearly shown that the challenged allegations are flatly irrelevant or prejudicial,” we can break it down into its grammatical components:

Main Clause:

Subject: “the Court”

Verb: “exercises”

Object: “its discretion”

Phrases and Clauses Modifying the Main Clause:

Prepositional phrase: “Notwithstanding these concerns”

Participial phrase: “given the rigorous standard for applying Rule 7(d)”

Prepositional phrase: “with one exception below”

Infinitive phrase: “not to order the ‘striking’ of allegations requested by Defendants”

Adverbial phrase: “at least not at this stage”

Subordinate clause: “because Defendants have not clearly shown that the challenged allegations are flatly irrelevant or prejudicial”

Diagram Structure:

Main Clause: Court \ exercises \ discretion

Modifiers of the Main Clause:

“Notwithstanding these concerns”: Notwithstanding these concerns \ exercises

“given the rigorous standard for applying Rule 7(d)”: given the rigorous standard for applying Rule 7(d) \ exercises

“with one exception below”: with one exception below \ exercises

“not to order the ‘striking’ of allegations requested by Defendants”: not to order the 'striking' of allegations requested by Defendants \ exercises

“at least not at this stage”: at least not at this stage \ exercises

“because Defendants have not clearly shown that the challenged allegations are flatly irrelevant or prejudicial”: because Defendants have not clearly shown \ that the challenged allegations are flatly irrelevant or prejudicial \ exercises

Visual Diagram:

Court

|

exercises

|

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| | | | |

Notwithstanding given the with one not to order at least not because

these concerns rigorous exception the 'striking' at this stage Defendants

standard for below of allegations have not

applying Rule requested by clearly shown

7(d) Defendants |

that the

challenged

allegations are

flatly irrelevant or

prejudicial

This diagram is a simplified visual representation to understand the relationships between different parts of the sentence. The main clause is central, with each modifier branching out to show its connection to the main verb “exercises.”

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That chic is NOT the author of her rulings

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My money is on Alito.

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Her inexperience and arrogance are on full display. The lack of analysis for the application of Awan means either her staff attorneys are inexperienced and producing substandard orders and she can't oversee their work properly or she is intentionally omitting necessary analysis. It appears that she's extremely afraid of another 11th Circuit reversal and that fear is never good in a judge. It's only a matter of time before she's reversed again and her incompetence will be on full display again.

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I know some amazing people that suffer from imposter syndrome, and I always wonder why the truly incompetent seem to float through life without a second thought of their own inadequacy...

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Something Something Dunning-Kruger Effect Something Something STAR TREK Pakleds Blah Blah Blah I'd Rather Be Pretty Than Smart Something Something I No Big Wurdz! 🙄

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I swear to goddess: I was listening to the Jack podcast yesterday, and you said something about more Judge Cannon shenanigans, and I said to myself "Cannonanigans" 2 seconds before you did. Keep up the good work! I don't know how I would have made it since 2017 without you.

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Dear Sleepless Sleuth and the tuned in "Substackians" , Have you seen the CNN report on the over 1,000 complaints the 11th circuit has received regarding Cannon for her behavior in this case? The document on line is "General order 2024-J the matter of judicial complaints against judge Aileen M. Cannon."

Their reasons for NOT doing anything about this abomination are fascinating. It's 3 pages of interesting reasons and excuses. The 11th circuit has told their clerks not to accept any more complaints against her. Fully frustrating. Thank you AG for everything you do for us.

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Thank you for taking us all to law school!!!

I’ve learned so much by listening to you break this all down. THANK YOU!!!!

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Looking forward to the complete analysis. It is stunning that Cannon keeps presenting this claptrap and gets away with it.

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Cannon’s bulb is too dim to come up with this ruling without some help from someone “supreme.” My money is on Alito.

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