So Asha, what the heck is Judge Cannon up to in the Marilago case?

Eh, it's complicated.

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Judge Cannon definitely cannot be boiled down into a sound bite or a tweet.

Yeah, I don't know what to make of what she's up to.

She is no trial date said in this case, doesn't appear to be on a fast track

anywhere, and yet she has enough time to spend two days of hearing on an argument that every court has rejected

and is considered it thus far, namely whether or not the special counsel regulations are constitutional.

Right, and also in sort of an extraordinary move, she allowed

Amici to come and argue it.

Yeah, because she thought this was worth two full days of argument.

I mean, it's...

That doesn't really happen at the district court level,

does it?

No.

Like Rando parties come in and get to argue a legal issue that when they're not parties to the case?

Very, very unusual. It really occurs circumstances. Usually in a criminal context, it occurs

in circumstances where the Justice Department, let's say there's a change in administration,

...