Posted on 08/05/2024 4:15:50 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday shut down a long-shot push from Missouri to remove a gag order in former President Donald Trump’s hush-money case and delay his sentencing in New York.
The Missouri attorney general went to the high court with the unusual request to sue New York after the justices granted Trump broad immunity from prosecution in a separate case filed in Washington.
The order states that Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito would have allowed Republican Andrew Bailey to file the suit, though not grant his push to quickly lift the gag order and delay sentencing.
Bailey argued the New York gag order, which Missouri wanted stayed until after the election, wrongly limits what the GOP presidential nominee can say on the campaign trail around the country, and Trump's eventual sentence could affect his ability to travel.
“The actions by New York have created constitutional harms that threaten to infringe the rights of Missouri’s voters and electors,” he wrote.
Bailey railed against the charges as politically motivated as he framed the issue as a conflict between two states. While the Supreme Court typically hears appeals, it can act as a trial court in state conflicts. Those disputes, though, typically deal with shared borders or rivers that cross state lines.
New York, meanwhile, said the limited gag order does allow Trump to talk about the issues important to voters, and the sentence may not affect his movement at all. Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James argued that appeals are moving through state courts and there’s no state-on-state conflict that would allow the Supreme Court to weigh in at this point.
“Allowing Missouri to file this suit for such relief against New York would permit an extraordinary and dangerous end-run around former President Trump’s...
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Question: What is this kink?
Yeah, only the State of New York is allowed to prosecute “LONG SHOT” cases against a former president!
One of the few specific things the Constitution spells out that the Supreme Court is responsible for is disputes between states. This Court, under the corrupt Roberts, has refused to accept that responsibility, not only in this case but in the 2020 election case between states.
Is this the case they are hushing Trump up from talking about paying hush money.
Terrible written article.
But now Missouri just needs to get a judge to order a gag order against Kamala. Then see how it works out.
“Missouri’s motion for leave to file a bill of complaint is denied, and its motion for preliminary relief or a stay is dismissed as moot. Justice Thomas and Justice Alito would grant the motion for leave to file the bill of complaint but would not grant other relief.”
State prosecutes former president for bookkeeping entry, made by someone else, using private $, for an NDA politicians, celebrities, old money types commonly use to settle their own embarrassing claims with taxpayer $. One payment then becomes 34 separate felonies.
State silences the accused from defending himself before or during trial, unless he’s put on the stand and lead into a perjury trap. State’s case falls apart, makes no sense to even lefty lawyers, and much of evidence used was inadmissible because the acts were immune from prosecution.
State now silences defendant while it sends him for ‘sentencing’. 90 days before election. Accused is landslide favorite. No politician before has had such restrictions, or been prosecuted, for the same NDA’s.
Pray you are never targeted by the State.
Exactly!!
It would have worked better if someone from NYS had brought the lawsuit, but who’s left? Pataki? D’Amato (if he’s still alive)?
“But now Missouri just needs to get a judge to order a gag order against Kamala.”
You know, it would take a big attorney general with a very hard case to gag Kamala. She’s had a lot of practice licking such situations.
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