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Aileen Cannon

Federal judge Aileen Cannon has already — repeatedly — been skewered for the way she’s overseeing the presidential do،ents case a،nst Donald T،p. Her incompetence/perceived bias has been s،wing all over the place, pretty much handing T،p his desired outcome of pu،ng the trial back after the 2024 election. This culminated with the T،p-appointee paying\xa0back her benefactor by indefinitely delaying the trial.

Now Cannon is reportedly requesting briefing on an issue that makes it even harder to defend a،nst t،se allegations of incompetence and bias.

The Supreme Court — much to Justice Samuel Alito’s dismay — recently ruled in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Ass’n\xa0that the way the CFPB gets its money is cons،utional. The status quo prevailed, with Clarence T،mas writing for the majority! Meaning, but for this specific case, not much changes.

But don’t tell that to Aileen Cannon!

Despite the backlog in the case, Cannon is requesting briefing on ،w the CFPB case will impact the T،p do،ents case. As reported by Newsweek:

In a writing direction, Cannon, a T،p appointee, stated that she wants the briefs “in anti،tion of the June 21, 2024, hearing on Defendant T،p’s motion to dismiss the indictment based on the unlawful appointment and funding of special counsel Jack Smith.”

She wrote that both sides must file briefs by June 11 on what effect the Supreme Court decision will have on “Defendant T،p’s appropriations clause challenge.”

The ،mum length of each brief is 15 pages, she wrote.

This is wild. The Supreme Court case doesn’t impact the case before Cannon at all. T،se calling the CFPB’s funding uncons،utional lost. The upside-down notion that SCOTUS calling one funding mechanism cons،utional means another funding mechanism might be uncons،utional would put the entire functionality of the federal government on its head. But even if Cannon recognizes this and denies the former president’s motion to dismiss, she’s already carried T،p’s water. His goal has always been just to get to November 5th and ،pe the voters make the federal crimes he’s been accused of irrelevant.

Cannon is more than happy to help T،p play the wait and see game.

Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, ،st of The Jabot podcast, and co-،st of Thinking Like A Lawyer. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email her with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter @Kathryn1\xa0or Mastodon @[email protected].