HULK SMASH!!! 💥

That’s two Trump judges and an Obama judge for you “all Trump judges are alike” folks out there https://t.co/chnHRhK5qj

— ResponsibleDispatchHat (@Popehat) September 21, 2022

"[Trump] has not even attempted to show that he has a need to know the information contained in the classified documents.
Nor has he established that the current administration has waived that requirement for these documents." https://t.co/Y6JlnrJZsC

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) September 21, 2022

The silly position taken by Trump’s lawyers in the Special Master proceeding was referenced by the Court of Appeals in its decision.

It’s unclear to me why Trump’s team believes that litigating these issues at this time is in his interest. https://t.co/86kuxJfW2O

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) September 21, 2022

DOJ appellate lawyers were savvy to make a motion before Judge Cannon that permitted them to get an affidavit into the record on appeal, which the Court of Appeals ultimately relied upon.

h/t @secretsandlaws https://t.co/vD1Own2lum

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) September 21, 2022

Put another way, if everyone received the special treatment that Trump received from Judge Cannon, our judicial system would be overwhelmed with litigation from people who are under investigation. https://t.co/am7wvp9vrD.

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) September 21, 2022

IOW, Judge Cannon was so fundamentally wrong the panel didn’t need to think about it.

Favorite part of the ruling so far. Basically telling Cannon: look, we could have just stopped here, but this is fun so we're gonna keep dunking on you for the next 12 pages. pic.twitter.com/VGSUrhA4TU

— Secrets and Laws (@secretsandlaws) September 22, 2022

I have been screaming this into the void for six weeks and finally feel seen https://t.co/jkgYl8bW9P

— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) September 22, 2022

Oh look, classified information is government information. Who'd'a thunk it? pic.twitter.com/nGwfGrmmn9

— National Security Counselors (@NatlSecCnslrs) September 22, 2022

Eleventh Circuit Rule 35-4 expressly prohibits en banc reconsideration of panel rulings on applications for stays.

In English, if Trump wants to continue to defend Judge Cannon's injunction, his only remaining option is #SCOTUS (where, IMHO, he'll lose):https://t.co/PbyNFqkNgq pic.twitter.com/9rQ4ApbuR9

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) September 22, 2022

One of the subtle but *very* significant threads in the Eleventh Circuit's ruling is the panel's *unequivocal* rejection of the repeated insinuations—from both Trump and some of his amici (looking at you, Texas)—that this was all just bad faith or harassment by DOJ.

Not so much: pic.twitter.com/pILD6bhSMr

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) September 22, 2022

And I know you're wondering:

Trump has the right to now ask #SCOTUS to vacate the Eleventh Circuit’s partial stay and put Judge Cannon’s ruling back into effect.

But suffice it to say, I think the odds of there being five votes to override this ruling — even on *this* Court — are exceedingly close to zero. https://t.co/7ZzU1aaCHZ

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) September 21, 2022

Yesterday's special master hearing, and tonight's Eleventh Circuit decision, brutally highlight how nonsensical and baseless and lawless and atrocious Judge Cannon's rulings have been. https://t.co/DNDwgJvfYQ

— George Conway🌻 (@gtconway3d) September 22, 2022

I never imagined an appellate court would move this fast. This is like a glacier suddenly deciding to win the 100 meter dash. And whatever restrained language the opinion uses, delivering this 5 days after the appeal was filed and only 30 hours after Trump’s response is as savage and crushing a rebuke of Trump and the Judge as I can imagine. That judge must feel like a bug on a windshield right now.

I’m going to spend the rest of the evening reading obsessively about this. If you want to do the same:

READ the full 29-page ruling: https://t.co/Y6JlnrJZsC

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) September 21, 2022