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National Review: Judge Cannon's Flawed Order to Suppress Jack Smith's Report on the Mar-a-Lago Docs Caper

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Walter Olson
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About that order by Judge Aileen Cannon purporting to forbid the U.S. Department of Justice from releasing the Jack Smith final report: "federal courts do not have the sweeping 'supervisory authority' over the Justice Department that Judge Cannon claims." [Andrew McCarthy, National Review]

Judge Cannon’s Flawed Order to Suppress Jack Smith’s Report on the Mar-a-Lago Documents Caper | National Review
Federal courts do not actually have sweeping ‘supervisory authority’ over the DOJ.
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6:25 PM · Feb 28, 2026

About that order by Judge Aileen Cannon purporting to forbid the U.S. Department of Justice from releasing the Jack Smith final report: "federal courts do not have the sweeping 'supervisory authority' over the Justice Department that Judge Cannon claims." [Andrew McCarthy, National Review]
— Walter Olson (@walterolson.bsky.social) 2026-02-28T23:25:07.954Z

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