Trump appears poised to name his vice presidential pick as anger and anxiety loom over RNC
Interesting content:
“Takeaways from the dismissal of the mishandling classified documents case against Donald Trump”
Mon July 15, 2024
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/15/politics/takeaways-dismissal-classified-documents-trump-cannon
CONCLUSION: “Major legal questions left unanswered
Cannon suggested in her ruling that she was leaving some of Trump’s major points in his appropriations clause challenge for review by an appeals court.
One of the arguments that Trump raised was that Smith’s appointment gave him a significant amount of power without the oversight of Congress. Former Attorney General Edwin Meese and Citizens United argued the same, writing that Smith’s appointment “severely undermines” the constitutional order.
Cannon wrote in her ruling Monday that the issue was “a point worthy of consideration given the virtually unchecked power given to Special Counsel Smith under the Special Counsel Regulations.”
“Ultimately, however, after examining the broad language in Supreme Court cases on the subject—and seeing a mixed picture, even if a compelling one in favor of a principal designation—the Court elects, with reservations, to reject the principal-officer submission and to leave the matter for review by higher courts,” she wrote.