Legal experts predict this gives a slam dunk reason to have Cannon booted off by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.

The thing is, once Smith asks for that, there's no turning back. If he loses that bid he's effectively stuck with Cannon after asking for her to be removed, which is a bad place to be. So he's probably going to wait for something worse than some ruling on a gag order before going to the mat like this. It needs to be so outrageous, and probably more outcome-determinative, for him to make that ask to the appeals court.

Congress needs to pass the Aileen Cannon Act.

No judge shall preside over a civil or criminal trial of a defendant who appointed said judge, or of any defendant involved in any way in the confirmation of said judge, including but not limited to Senators in office at the time of the confirmation hearing, lobbyists who supported or opposed said judge, etc.