"who was nominated to the bench by trump" Isn't this a blatant conflict of interest?
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It's such a politically loaded issue... I think the ideal would be like a Bush appointed judge. I doubt that's going to happen though.
Her middle name is Mercedes, lol
Mercedes
Didn't Trump accidentally call his wife Mercedes?
It's a fairly common spanish name. She's Colombian-American so it makes sense.
I actually like the name Mercedes. It predates the car by a long time. It's from Spanish Vulgar Latin and it means "Mercy" (although it was also another name for the Virgin Mary).
Anyway, there's Mercedes Lackey the science fiction author and Mercedes McCambridge, who won the best supporting actress Oscar for the film All the King's Men (although I think of her as being a regular on the CBS Radio Mystery Theater with a very memorable voice).
Also, I can't really criticize someone for what someone else named them. If Martin Luther King, Sr. named his son Kill Negroes King (not that he would have), it wouldn't reflect Dr. King's legacy. Judge Cannon is a horrible person because she's a Trump supporter, not because of her middle name.
Edit: This post had more parenthetical phrases than I realized.
Also one of the main characters in The Count of Monte Cristo. Her character is really what makes the story so good. Her last part of it is what truly makes the story what it is and why it's regarded as one of the greatest stories.
Fair enough, thanks for the context
The marque is actually named for the daughter of the trademark registrar, Mercédès Adrienne Ramona Manuela Jellinek.
Of course it is...
The US "justice"system is just beyond a joke.
It's not a justice system; it's a legal system. That's the joke.
That's because the US is an oligarchy, wholly owned and operated by the 0.01%, masquerading as a democracy.
She's risking being taken off this case, isn't she? I thought people were talking about that not too long ago.
I'll believe it when I see it, however.
Yes. The "jury instructions" she's floating are actually the opposite of what the law states. This will be her third strike.
Personally, I think she wants to get removed from the case at a late enough point that another judge can't get up to speed in time for the trial to start before the election.
That makes sense. Thanks.
Only makes sense if there are actual consequences for her doing this. Like getting disbarred, not just overturned on appeal
I dunno. I’m too far removed to know the rules and processes, but I suspect there are pretty specific conditions for that to happen. Fuck him, fuck her, fuck the system.