{"id":1634806,"date":"2022-09-07T06:47:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T10:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1634806"},"modified":"2022-09-07T06:47:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T10:47:45","slug":"bigoted-new-york-times-enlists-white-all-male-legal-scholars-to-attack-latina-female-judge-in-trump-raid-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bigoted-new-york-times-enlists-white-all-male-legal-scholars-to-attack-latina-female-judge-in-trump-raid-dispute\/","title":{"rendered":"Bigoted New York Times Enlists White, All-Male Legal Scholars To Attack Latina, Female Judge In Trump Raid Dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbigoted-new-york-times-enlists-white-all-male-legal-scholars-to-attack-latina-female-judge-in-trump-raid-dispute%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1634806&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>What is it called when a Latina federal judge issues a ruling and a white, male New York Times reporter responds by lining up a bunch of other white men to attack her legal opinion as ignorant, unsophisticated, and even \u201cradical\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>I have a slight hunch as to what the Times would call it if not for the ruling having been in favor of former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The paper on Monday published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/09\/05\/us\/trump-special-master-aileen-cannon.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an article<\/a> citing a slew of \u201cexperts\u201d who not only disagreed with Judge Aileen Cannon\u2019s decision to grant Trump\u2019s request for <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/06\/special-master-order-reveals-bidens-direct-involvement-in-trump-raid-and-six-other-bombshells\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a special master<\/a> to review the documents seized from his home by the FBI, but who also belittled her ruling as uninformed and unserious.<\/p>\n<p>Reporter Charlie Savage began his piece asserting that \u201clegal specialists\u201d were taken aback by Cannon\u2019s order, viewing it as an \u201cextraordinary\u201d move to \u201cinterject\u201d in the Justice Department\u2019s criminal investigation of Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/23\/nothing-is-more-pro-law-and-order-than-attacking-the-rotten-fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">for possessing documents<\/a> that allegedly belong to the government. By \u201cinterject,\u201d Savage presumably means \u201cissue a ruling in a legal dispute,\u201d the thing judges are paid to do each day.<\/p>\n<p>The point of a special master isn\u2019t to thwart the investigation. It\u2019s to ensure that the constitutional rights and reputation of a private citizen haven\u2019t been and won\u2019t be infringed upon, in the event that federal agents seized more than what they were legally entitled to. The investigation, which apparently centers on confidential government information and how Trump handled it since leaving the White House, will proceed sooner or later, one way or another. There is <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/11\/bidens-doj-knows-exactly-what-to-do-to-his-political-opponents-without-needing-to-be-told\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">absolutely no way<\/a> Democrats are letting that one go.<\/p>\n<p>Savage also said his gang of legal minds believed that Cannon, who is of Cuban descent, \u201cshowed unusual solicitude\u201d toward Trump, who nominated her to the court in 2020. In other words, she seemed motivated by personal interest rather than legal soundness. Perhaps they wish Canon would have been less <em>emotional<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling wasn\u2019t the biggest surprise, given that Cannon had indicated several days ago that she was inclined to permit the use of a special master, which isn\u2019t some novelty invented by Trump\u2019s counsel, but a regular tool that attempts to ensure impartiality of certain legal procedures. But because Cannon had signaled her preference in advance, rather than pretend this would be a hotly contested issue, Savage complained that the judge wasn\u2019t \u201cfar more modest.\u201d Yeah, and maybe someone could tell her to cover up a little, too.<\/p>\n<p>Assisting Savage was a mix of seven lawyers and legal scholars, all but one of whom were white men, to doubt Cannon\u2019s acumen and sincerity. (I wouldn\u2019t mention their skin color, but leftists always do it so why not?)<\/p>\n<p>University of Texas law professor Stephen I. Vladeck: \u201cAn unprecedented intervention by a federal district judge\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paul Rosenzweig, former Homeland Security official: \u201cuntenable\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New York University law professor Ryan Goodman: \u201cJudge Cannon had a reasonable path she could have taken. \u2026 Instead, she chose a radical path.\u201d (Goodman might even consider telling Cannon that she should calm down.)<\/p>\n<p>NYU legal scholar Peter Shane: \u201c[Her] opinion seems oblivious to the nature of executive privilege.\u201d (<em>What a bimbo, that Cannon!<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Duke University law professor Samuel Buell: \u201cThis ruling is laughably bad, and the written justification is even flimsier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The very <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/09\/05\/1120885510\/doj-trump-special-master-judge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">plainly written ruling<\/a> thoroughly explains the logic and mitigating factors that led to Cannon\u2019s decision: This is uncharted legal territory involving the criminal investigation of a former president; the record reflects that Trump had been in open communication with the government about the records in question; that he and his associates had previously voluntarily turned over requested materials; and that the government admitted to having seized private and personal belongings, such as medical records and communications protected by attorney-client privilege, which the search warrant may not have permitted.<\/p>\n<p>The ways that the raid and its accompanying criminal investigation could wrongfully harm Trump, or anyone else who might end up in similar circumstances, are infinite, especially if there were a steady stream of leaks from the Justice Department that characterize what they seized in ways meant to damage the former president\u2019s reputation. Cannon acknowledged that reality in her ruling, which was then characterized by Savage as \u201ca footnote\u201d that \u201cinsinuated\u201d potential leaks.<\/p>\n<p>But Cannon didn\u2019t insinuate anything. She cited the government\u2019s legal team as having conceded in court \u201cthe unfortunate existence of leaks to the press.\u201d Imagine: Someone in the government <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/10\/29\/new-york-times-miles-taylor-op-ed-shows-everything-wrong-with-anonymous-sources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">anonymously providing a reporter<\/a> with confidential information that might make Trump look bad. <em>No! Never! It\u2019s offensive that anyone would even suggest the possibility!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But sure. Belittle the completely innocuous legal ruling of a Latina graduate of Duke University.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not as if Trump won the Mega Millions. His grand prize is a legal agent who gets to look at the thousands of documents snatched from his home and determine how many, if any, have no business being in government hands. Once that\u2019s over, Savage can rest assured that Biden\u2019s federal agents will continue doing what they do best: harassing his political opposition.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">\n  Eddie Scarry is the D.C. columnist at The Federalist and author of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Liberal-Misery-Hateful-Everything-Everyone\/dp\/1637584350\">Liberal Misery: How the Hateful Left Sucks Joy Out of Everything and Everyone<\/a>.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-comments mt-30 mt-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-comments-container d-flex flex-column align-items-center py-30\">\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"110\" height=\"106\" src=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fdrlst-mark.svg\" class=\"img-fluid mb-20\" alt=\"The Federalist logo eagle mark\" \/>    <\/p>\n<p>Unlock commenting by joining the Federalist Community.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/plans\/pricing\/\" class=\"btn btn-on-white\">Subscribe<\/a>  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is it called when a Latina federal judge issues a ruling and a white, male New York Times reporter responds by lining up a bunch of other white men<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":493,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1634806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1634806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/493"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1634806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1634806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1634806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1634806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1634806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}