Judge Cannon’s ‘Parallel Legal Universe’ — and Ours

A liberal group wants Judge Cannon off the case even before the 11th Circuit rules on whether she was correct on the merits.

British Library via Wikimedia Commons
John Tenniel's illustration of a scene from 'Alice in Wonderland,' detail, 1890. British Library via Wikimedia Commons

“Sentence first, verdict afterwards” is how the Queen of Hearts puts it in “Alice in Wonderland,” but Her Highness could have been ruminating on the effort to remove Judge Aileen Cannon from the Mar-a-Lago case against President Trump. The latest apparition through the looking glass is an amicus brief to the 11th United States Appeals Circuit from Citizens from Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

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