You know when Mr. Markus starts a post with "hooo boy" that his federal world has been rocked. Well that's what happened today when he reported on the NY Times article that your judges in the SDFL have been whispering in Judge Cannon's ear that "this one is not for you" and had advised her when the Trump documents case came in to send it south to the Ferguson Building where another, presumably more experienced judge would have handled the case.
The Times named Chief Judge Altonaga as one of the two judges who advised Judge Cannon to give it up. The other judge was not named- which of course lets our readers engage in one of their favourite games- "who is it?"
Be nice in the comments, and give your best guess and your reasons why you think that particular judge advised Judge Cannon to transfer the case.
Mr. Markus's blog post is here- head on over, he could use the readers.
We love the movie Rounders, and as soon as the story broke about Judge Cannon being counseled to give up the case, all we could think about was the final hand and Teddy KGB waving his finger and saying "You're on a draw Mike. No, this one is not for you." If you scroll ahead it's at about 3:37.
Anyway, Rounders is as good a poker movie as you're ever going to see, and if you haven't seen it and want to, then do not watch the clip as it will spoil the ending for you.
"Hanging around...hanging around...Kid's got alligator blood."