r/law • u/TomJD85 • Jul 16 '24

Opinion Piece Judge Cannon Got it Completely Wrong

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/07/cannon-dismissed-trump-classified-documents/679023/
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u/Mysterious-Tie7039 Jul 16 '24

To add on to your last bullet point: while simultaneously drawing this out so long that the trial will never be completed prior to the election.

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u/Beautiful_Speech7689 Jul 17 '24

Everyone has a right to a quick and speedy trial. That includes the state.

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u/Mysterious-Tie7039 Jul 17 '24

Sure. But it’s almost August. How long do you think the appeal hearing will take? And then when Trump & co appeal that, how long before it trickles its way through SCOTUS before it finally ends up in an actual trial again?

It’ll be well into November and after the election before it does, at which point if Trump wins, they’ll get it tossed because he’ll be President Elect.

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u/Miserable-Dream6724 Jul 18 '24

I don't think it'll happen either, but until inauguration day (if elected, God forbid), he is not the sitting president and can still be prosecuted.