Florida Judge Aileen Cannon failed to disclose lavish trips hosted by influential conservative law school
Florida District Court Judge Aileen Cannon failed to disclose her attendance at several right-wing judicial seminars — including one that took place after she began overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case, which she ultimately threw out — in apparent violation of federal court rules.
According to a Tuesday report from ProPublica, in May of 2023, Cannon attended a swanky banquet hosted by George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School — one of the leading conservative law schools in the nation. The school was renamed in honor of the late Supreme Court justice after a $20 million donation brokered by Supreme Court architect Leonard Leo, who controls a billion-dollar dark money fund and serves as co-chair chairman of of the Federalist Society, the powerful conservative lawyers network.
Cannon, a longtime member of the Federalist Society, attended a lecture and dinner alongside members of the society, Scalia’s family members, and prominent federal judges, according to materials obtained by ProPublica. Cannon submitted several reimbursement requests to the law school related to her travel expenses.
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Anyone who thinks this is just a Trump thing is insane. It doesn’t end with him. The entire system needs to be purged of this corruption.
I think the France invented a device that helps tamp down corruption. We might be able to borrow it, if we ask nice.
True but how?
Sharks with frickin’ lasers on their heads?
Ill tempered sea bass
Geese
If they don’t let us do it legally then we should do it violently.