That said, Cannon’s ruling has to rank high in the annals of the worst reasoned judicial decisions in American history.
Apart from its abysmal reasoning, her ruling gives the Justice Department no good options.
So appeal-related delays might be in the offing whatever the Justice Department opts to do.
First and foremost, the decision violates the first principle of the rule of law: that no one is above the law.
To undermine the rule of law this way requires extending every favor to Trump, including bending facts and breaching fundamental legal rules.
After all, we saw Trump-appointed judges perform well in many of his baseless challenges to the 2020 election.
In the end, Judge Cannon’s ruling may prove to be a one-off, another instance of Trump being treated as a class of one. »