Jack Smith Doesn't Have Many Options to Save the Classified Documents Trial. There's One Long Shot.
Briefly

It's called a writ of mandamus, and it's a centuries-old rule that allows a litigant to bypass their assigned district court judge and go directly to a court of appeals to ask for a court order mandating a judge to correct any abuse of discretion and force them to act according to their judicial duties.
[Glenn Danas] think a writ of mandamus could be in Smith's reach. 'It seems there's an appearance of home cooking, because [Trump] appointed Judge Cannon and she is very young and kind of inexperienced.'
Glenn Danas, an appeals expert and partner at Clarkson Law Firm, to think a writ of mandamus could be in Smith's reach.
Read at Slate Magazine
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