This is so illegal.
Absolute tyranny!
“Kathy Hochul Reassures Them By Admitting This Law Will be Applied to Trump Only and No One Else”
I’m not a lawyer but this doesn’t sound right.
You can tell he really ran the interest calculations to the seventh decimal by how incredibly round the number came out.
It succeeded wonderfully with New Yorkers, who celebrated the verdict like a popular public execution. It also worked wonderfully to make it difficult to appeal. Much of the criticism of the decision focused on the unprecedented use of the law and the excessive size of the fine. The New York statute has been on the books for decades and has always been something of an anomaly in not requiring an actual victim or loss to justify disgorgement or fines.
Even the New York Times agreed that it could not find a single case in history where this statute was used against an individual or a company that did not commit a criminal offense, go bankrupt, or leave financial victims. Engoron then combined that unprecedented application with an equally extraordinary penalty, which is greater than the gross national product of some countries.
Won’t happen to anyone else but Trump, BS. If you are a Republican doing business in NY, you had better wrap it up and get out. If you think they won’t come after you too, you’re crazy.
Every business owner in New York has been put on notice that the State of New York considers itself a party to every financial transaction in the state — and one that will aggressively pursue civil cases as an “injured” party even if no harm can be shown.
The organized crime world couldn’t have asked for a better incentive for businesses and their customers to operate entirely in a black market underground economy.
Basically the ruling is, you have to be part of the Democrat machine or we ruin you.
You’d have to be insane to do business in NYC.
Sorry to tell you, folks - WE are the marxists now.
the globohomo Comintern is in Washington DC
This lawfare actually threatens every business in the State of NY, big or small.
No savvy business will remain there.
They aimed for Trump, hurt him and blew up the whole state.
I will never set foot there again and will avoid transacting with any enterprise there. Too dangerous.
Courts have adopted a three-part test to determine if a law functions as a bill of attainder:
1.The law inflicts punishment.
2.The law targets specific named or identifiable individuals or groups.
3.Those individuals or groups would otherwise have judicial protections.
Banks use their own assessors for property.
IF the value was inflated, and Trump paid tax assessed on the higher value THEN he is OWED money in return based pff an overpayment of tax.
And further, why isn’t Lettucia going after the bank because the assessor would be guilty of conspiracy.
The answer is: no actual crime happened.
Their hate for Trump has consumed them. It will be their ultimate downfall and they won’t understand why.
Hopefully sanity will prevail and the precedent will be turned over.
Wear MAGA hat, find yourself in court.
“THIS CANNOT STAND!”
Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution:
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Suck on THAT NYC commies.
It WILL NOT and CANNOT be contained in New York. It sets the precedent and template for using lawfare to destroy politicians in the Blue States all over the country.
We always think "this bad idea can be contained to California. Or New York. Or universities." But the bad ideas ALWAYS spill out of their confines and get adopted all over the place.
Good God, this is staggering and beggars disbelief. Those bastards set it up so Trump has to pay the full fine or post a bond to contest the ruling, then made it impossible for Trump to get a loan to post that bond. In other words, they are denying him appeal rights, all through a Bill of Attainder.
If they succeed at this lawfare, it will spill out of NYS to other blue states. NYS is chumming the lawfare waters and the sharks are circling. This could truly be the end of the Republic.
Why aren’t our putative “Republicans” in Congress and statehouses screaming about this egregious and outrageous scheme and the dire threat it poses to ALL of us?
Unfortunately a business backlash would be slow and occur under the radar. If a big firm like Goldman Sachs or JP Morgan said we’re out of here, that would have an impact.
SCOTUS - Where are you?
COULD threaten? No - DOES threaten!!