A ‘Breathtaking’ Dismissal of the Trump Documents Case

To the Editor:

Re “Judge Voids Case About Documents That Trump Held” (front page, July 16):

It is rare that I read a news article that I describe as breathtaking, but Judge Aileen Cannon’s dismissal of Donald Trump’s classified documents case falls into this rare category. I may have been naïve in my belief that in the U.S. justice system, judges were in place to decide cases based on evidence and arguments before the court.

The ruling highlights that individual judges are no longer arbiters but rather extensions of political parties. On the Supreme Court, we’ve seen this evolution over the last three decades. But now, it is safe to say that the federal judicial system is tainted by special interests.

What happens when Americans on both political sides no longer believe that federal laws are applied equally to all regardless of who your connections are?

Steve Reich
Short Hills, N.J.

To the Editor:

The timing of Judge Aileen Cannon’s dismissal of the classified documents case — right before the Republican convention — is so cynical and political. She must have been writing her 93-page opinion for a while, but she released it with impeccable timing to give Donald Trump a victory going into the opening of the convention. Justice is not blind.

Judge Cannon is clearly auditioning for a Supreme Court appointment.

Robyn Watts
New York

To the Editor:

The decision by Judge Aileen Cannon to dismiss the documents case against Donald Trump, who appointed her, highlights the broader issue of judicial impropriety or, at the very minimum, the appearance of judicial impropriety.

The law of the land should be amended so that no judge, at any level, is allowed to handle a case against the person who appointed that judge. Isn’t that obvious?

Zvi J. Doron
Pittsburgh