The Alito 5 on the High Court helped him out once….
Will they do it again?
Donald Trump HAS been able to wiggle and duck the law in every place except New York State Judge Juan Merchan’s courtroom….
I’m no lawyer BUT?
There should be NO reason for the US Supreme Court to intercede in this, since Merchan has indicated that he will NOT give Trump jail time …
At this moment?
Donald J. Trump is just a private citizen trying to overturn a guilty verdict that would stay on his record…
The trial judge, New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, has said he does not plan to sentence Trump to jail time or probation. But the sentencing would complete the process of Trump being formally classified as a felon — the first former president or president-elect convicted of criminal wrongdoing….
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The Supreme Court asked New York state prosecutors to respond to Trump’s request by Thursday morning, which gives the justices time to act before Trump’s sentencing hearing on Friday at 9:30 a.m.
The court could act at any time after the government’s response is filed. Trump would need the votes of at least five of the nine justices to postpone his sentencing…
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Merchan wrote in his ruling last week that he plans to order an “unconditional discharge” for Trump, a designation in New York criminal courts for a non-jail and non-probation sentence that carries no other obligations….
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