Flying Squid@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agoMan charged with attempted assassination of Trump at Florida golf course as case is assigned to Judge Aileen Cannonwww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1244arrow-down14cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up1240arrow-down1external-linkMan charged with attempted assassination of Trump at Florida golf course as case is assigned to Judge Aileen Cannonwww.cnn.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square36fedilinkcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
minus-squarefrustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up44·3 months agoCan you preside over a case when the target of the crime is a defendant in your court on another case?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·3 months agoIt’s Florida and a Trump-appointed judge, so yes.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·3 months agoAnd when that person appointed her in the first place? Ethically and impartially, no. But it’s going to happen anyway.
Can you preside over a case when the target of the crime is a defendant in your court on another case?
It’s Florida and a Trump-appointed judge, so yes.
And when that person appointed her in the first place?
Ethically and impartially, no. But it’s going to happen anyway.