Every federal judge is appointed by a president, and most of them go on to set aside the affiliations that got them there. But Cannon, at virtually every turn, has weighed in for Trump or against the government, despite what the law requires.
It could be for the best, in the Justice Department’s view, that Judge Cannon didn’t grant the government’s requested date in Florida.
The 1870s laws passed by the Reconstruction Congress to enforce 14th Amendment rights and to protect Black voters, ignored for decades, are now being used against Trump.
Two and half years in the making, special counsel Jack Smith’s indictment presents a devastating case laced with telling detail
Special Counsel Jack Smith files court papers shredding the Trump team's proposal to postpone the Trump documents trial indefinitely.
Although Special Counsel Jack Smith has brought a strong case, he still faces significant challenges.
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Andrew Weissmann, a former senior prosecutor on the Robert Mueller probe, about what's next for the special counsel on the Trump investigations.
The obvious comparison to Smith’s appointment is the last special counsel who investigated Trump: Robert Mueller. But this appointment appears different in some important ways.
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