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Here’s What Could Happen If Trump Is Found Guilty in the Stormy Daniels Case
PJ Media ^ | 05/29/2024 | Matt Vespa

Posted on 05/29/2024 9:46:23 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

It’s true that Trump has been charged with a non-crime and that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case against Trump has been severely undermined by his own witnesses. In fact, several Democrat experts have said Trump could be acquitted because of how bad some of the prosecution’s witnesses have been for the case.

But between the partisan jury and Biden donor Judge Juan Merchan’s jury instructions, it seems likely that Trump will be found guilty.

So the question is: what happens if the jury returns a guilty verdict?

According to conservative radio host Mark Levin, in the event of a guilty verdict, Trump could seek a direct appeal to the Supreme Court.

“I asked my friend of nearly 45-years [sic], Arthur Fergenson, who served as a law clerk to the late chief justice, Warren Burger, and one of the smartest lawyers I know, if he represented President Trump how he might seek a direct appeal to the Supreme Court if necessary,” Levin wrote in a post on X/Twitter. 

Levin posted Fergenson’s reply.

The US Supreme Court can act by its statutory writs of certiorari to take a case from a lower appellate court, and the Court also has a host of other processes, often called common law writs. I became acquainted with these common law writs (actually authorized as a general matter by the Judiciary Act of 1789: law.justia.com/constitution/u… ), when IBM sought review of a discovery order by a vindictive federal judge when I was clerking for Chief Justice Warren Burger. A total of six petitions were filed; all were denied, and rarely are any common law writs ever issued by the Supreme Court, but there are, nonetheless, multiple ways to offer the Supreme Court an opportunity to forthwith review


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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: hushmoney; stormydaniels; trump
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1 posted on 05/29/2024 9:46:23 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
Fergenson went on to explain what an appeal would be based on.
The principle ground I would rely upon is the denial of due process by not informing Donald Trump of the underlying federal crime he was alleged to have committed—the predicate crime that NY law requires to prove the NY crime.

That is a kangaroo court: to try someone for a crime that they are not informed of is as serious a breach of due process rights as we can possibly imagine. See, e.g., the Stalin show trials—Darkness at Noon.

The timing of the trial and the blatant denial of fundamental rights can only be explained by an effort to interfere with the fair conduct of a presidential election, thereby, in effect, denying the American people the right to a Republican Government.

2 posted on 05/29/2024 9:47:36 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m just being realistic, but WHEN. Not If.

And when a guilty verdict is returned, Trump will appeal. And win.


3 posted on 05/29/2024 9:49:24 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: SeekAndFind

“Trump could seek a direct appeal to the Supreme Court.”

No doubt Fidel Merchan would issue an order barring Trump from doing so.

“Laws are for peons!”

- Juan Merchan


4 posted on 05/29/2024 9:50:14 AM PDT by MeganC (Ruzzians aren't people. )
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To: SeekAndFind

his polling numbers will shoot up another 10 percent


5 posted on 05/29/2024 9:50:18 AM PDT by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They're excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: Responsibility2nd

They did the same thing to Tom DeLay to drive him from office. He eventually won, but the mission of ending his political career was accomplished.


6 posted on 05/29/2024 9:51:22 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: SeekAndFind

There’s no way a guilty verdict would stand up on appeal given the jury instructions. Total mistrial.

-SB


7 posted on 05/29/2024 9:51:40 AM PDT by Snowybear (Liberalism is a mental disorder)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

True, but they did the same thing to Ken Paxton. He survived and is doing even better than ever.


8 posted on 05/29/2024 9:52:48 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: SeekAndFind

When did it become the “Stormy Daniels Case”?


9 posted on 05/29/2024 9:53:39 AM PDT by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"They did the same thing to Tom DeLay to drive him from office. He eventually won, but the mission of ending his political career was accomplished."

Fortunately, Donald J. Trump is no Tom DeLay.

10 posted on 05/29/2024 9:54:08 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell>)
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To: SeekAndFind

World War 3?


11 posted on 05/29/2024 9:54:50 AM PDT by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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To: SeekAndFind

What Trump should do is get up and leave New York City on his plane and go back to Florida and let NYC try and extradite him, just try it, meanwhile appeal to the SCOTUS to toss the conviction


12 posted on 05/29/2024 9:54:54 AM PDT by dpetty121263
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To: SeekAndFind

Technically, SCOTUS’ annual term runs from October to October, though they’re normally ‘done’ once all case decisions argued for the year have been released. To that end, there’s roughly a month remaining.

That said, I’d think a direct appeal _would_ be taken up, given the egregious nature of this trial’s errors and ramifications. So June could be a fairly wild month.


13 posted on 05/29/2024 9:54:54 AM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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WHAT HAPPENED TO TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE?????????


14 posted on 05/29/2024 9:55:07 AM PDT by Hambone 1934 (Dems love playing Nazis.....The republicans love helping them)
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To: MeganC

“Trump could seek a direct appeal to the Supreme Court.”

No he can’t. Why does everyone think this is an option?


15 posted on 05/29/2024 9:55:39 AM PDT by CraigEsq (,)
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To: SeekAndFind

I guess the big question though, is Roberts the gate keeper for this coming straight to the SCOTUS.

If so..I could definitely see him swatting it back regardless of the damage to the country.


16 posted on 05/29/2024 9:56:02 AM PDT by suasponte137
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To: Hambone 1934

Are you talking about this case?? Or the jack smith documents case? Or both?


17 posted on 05/29/2024 9:56:53 AM PDT by God luvs America (6young 3.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Hambone 1934

Guess we’ll find that out in the next series of Kangaroo Courts on charges Trump mishandled classified docs ….


18 posted on 05/29/2024 9:58:01 AM PDT by silverleaf (“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
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To: SeekAndFind

This plays right into the Democrats gripes. If the Supreme Court intercedes and acquits Trump, the Democrats will contend Trump is illegitimate and was protected by the SCOTUS. Democrats always have to blame something else for their failures. It’s never their fault.


19 posted on 05/29/2024 10:00:59 AM PDT by ProudDeplorable (Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. ~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: CraigEsq

Prove it big mouth


20 posted on 05/29/2024 10:03:21 AM PDT by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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