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Advisory Opinions

Judge Cannon's Clerkship Problem

Advisory Opinions

The Dispatch

News, Government, Politics

4.7 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

In this double-guest special, David Lat shares his original reporting on the exodus of Judge Aileen Cannon’s clerks and its implications for Trump's classified documents case. Judge David Proctor of the Northern District of Alabama then joins to explain the history and function of the federal judiciary and its committees, including the Judicial Conference. The Agenda: —Do younger clerks just not understand hard work? —Judge Cannon’s declining reputation —Delays in Trump’s documents case —How the federal judiciary came to be —Rule-making process for the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure —Multi-district litigation and its criticisms Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You ready? I was born ready. Welcome to advisory opinions. I'm Sarah Isker. That's David, and this is going to be a fun podcast.

0:25.1

We have David Latt joining us from the Bahamas and he's going to talk about his latest

0:29.9

reporting on Judge Eileen Cannon, who's overseeing the Trump classified documents case and some

0:36.8

interesting drama in chambers with the clerks.

0:39.9

And then we'll talk to Judge David Proctor down in Alabama Federal District Judge

0:45.2

about all those judicial conference things. How does an idea become a rule of

0:50.3

civil procedure and a little more on multi-district litigation as well.

0:54.8

So David, for the next episode we have some fun Supreme Court stuff to talk about.

1:00.1

We have Gonzales v Trevino on the evidence you need to show retaliatory arrest.

1:05.2

We will also have the abortion drug Mifapressone oral argument to talk about.

1:11.4

And I was on Bill Maher's show with Kara Swisher, where we didn't really get to get into my thoughts on antitrust being made up. Instead, I just sort of blurted out,

1:21.7

antitrust laws made up.

1:23.5

And I think that confused a lot of Bill Maher listener.

1:26.4

So maybe worth a short revisit here.

1:29.6

It definitely confused Kara's Swisher.

1:31.9

So that was, it was a really fun show that David I was on with

1:34.8

Beto O'Rourke from Texas so we had two Texans on the show and Bill seemed pretty

1:41.2

confused about having two Texans on his show honestly.

1:44.3

Well I think you're underestimating our audience reached Sarah because I would say there's probably

1:50.2

only a very small percentage of Bill Maher viewers who are not AO listeners.

1:54.8

So we'll clear it up for the small percentage of Bill Maher

1:58.8

of viewers who are not AO listeners on antitrust law being made up.

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