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To: FlingWingFlyer

Where the Hell is the Supreme Court??


37 posted on 04/07/2024 4:12:36 PM PDT by CMailBag (I)
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To: CMailBag

“ Where the Hell is the Supreme Court??”
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It doesn’t work that way. The Supreme Court can only hear an actual case or controversy brought before it, after the case having gone through other levels of the federal courts. Note that this case is in New York State Court, it hasn’t even touched the federal system. There is a legal process in this country, though it tends to be very slow and expensive. I would expect that if Trump loses in the New York Court of Appeals (their highest court), he will appeal to federal court on Eighth Amendment grounds, as this is clearly an excessive fine. There are also plenty of arguments on due process grounds. Trump is trying to fight this in state court, the way he should be, rather than going directly to federal court. In any case, Supreme Court would not get to this issue, even if it wanted to, for several more years.


50 posted on 04/07/2024 6:53:52 PM PDT by Ancesthntr (“The right to buy weapons is the right to be free.” ― A.E. Van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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