Summary
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon temporarily blocked the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on Donald Trump’s criminal cases.
The injunction will last until three days after the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals rules on a related case involving Trump co-defendants Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira.
Nauta and De Oliveira argue that releasing the report could jeopardize their right to a fair trial.
Cannon, who previously ruled Smith’s appointment unconstitutional, issued the order to “preserve the status quo” pending appellate decisions.
Can she be overruled?
She technically doesn’t even have authority so I’d really like someone with legal background explaining why anyone is giving her deference on this issue.
So now like any Federal judge can just block anything that’s not in their court, anytime they want now? Things have been bad for a while, but this is just in our faces bad.
By like… the Supreme Court?
She was overruled before by the 3 district judges.
Fair enough. Hopefully they can intervene quickly enough.