Posted on 01/09/2025 5:05:39 PM PST by God luvs America
The Supreme Court on Jan. 9 rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s request to halt proceedings in his New York business records case, removing a potential barrier to sentencing scheduled for Jan. 10.
The brief order noted that Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh would have granted the application. The court offered several reasons it said it refused to grant the application. “First, the alleged evidentiary violations at President-elect Trump’s state-court trial can be addressed in the ordinary course on appeal. Second, the burden that sentencing will impose on the President-Elect’s responsibilities is relatively insubstantial in light of the trial court’s stated intent to impose a sentence of ‘unconditional discharge’ after a brief virtual hearing,” a note on the Supreme Court’s docket read.
Trump’s application for a stay was submitted on Jan. 8 and argued that “the prospect of imposing sentence on President Trump just before he assumes Office as the 47th President raises the specter of other possible restrictions on liberty, such as travel, reporting requirements, registration, probationary requirements, and others—all of which would be constitutionally intolerable under the doctrine of Presidential immunity.”
New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan has indicated that he wouldn’t impose a punishment including incarceration. He denied Trump’s request to halt proceedings as did two state appeals courts this week.
Trump told the U.S. Supreme Court that Merchan had erroneously admitted certain evidence of his official acts as president and failed to acknowledge a form of immunity for presidents-elect. He asked the court to take up his case and consider those issues, as well as whether he was entitled to an automatic stay due to an appeal on presidential immunity.
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Barrett- again!!!
And Roberts of course.
Sweet Amy, what a joke.
Eh it’s meaningless trump is not going to jail no fine he will just get scolded by merchan and the commies will enjoy that that’s it
“Second, the burden that sentencing will impose on the President-Elect’s responsibilities is relatively insubstantial in light of the trial court’s stated intent to impose a sentence of ‘unconditional discharge’ after a brief virtual hearing,” a note on the Supreme Court’s docket read.”
Now the Left can show the public even more, who they are.
If I’m not mistaken, some folks here predicted a 9-0 or 8-1 ruling in Trump’s favor. Now what if that snake Juan Merchan decides to impose an incarceration after all?
I wish Merchan would impose a punishment including incarceration, just to show what a putz Roberts is.
What now? Now Merchan can impose whatever sentence he feels like and there is a very high probability that we’ll see the inauguration via video from a cell at Riker’s.
The Judge is so clueless as to how much pain he will be soon experiencing. God has been Trumps cover, this is the judge’s self inflicted condemnation.
IMO this tells me Merchan has been a very bad man and corrupt judge for a very ling time, he has been given every chance to change course, this seals his fate I think.
Isaiah 10:1-2 Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees, and the writers who keep writing oppression, to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
What did you expect? Justice? Expect Justice in one hand and crap in the other hand. See which hand gets full first.
Why should God Luv America? America spits in His face, pulls His beard, and kicks Him in the nuts every second of the day and night.
Not likely, that would basically make the supreme cournt look like chimps as one reason the denied it was the intent to not i,pose and restrictions in sentencing.
If he dies that now the SC would look like fools and even they would then immediately rule against Merchan to stop the sentence.
-PJ
It is not meaningless considering the public relations effect it has. The sheeple will only hear that he is a convicted felon, and now it will be a cloud on his presidency until ultimately overturned (at least 5-4).
No surprise here.
The hearing is virtual, so if Merchan did decide to impose a sentence, they'd have to dispatch N.Y cops to try to bring Trump back. Except 5 minutes after that sentence, there'd be another stay application that would be granted.
I predicted Trump would lose this last Request, and I predict he'd win the next one...at least 6-3 but probably unanimously.
Trump didn’t seem bothered by it. He is a LOT nicer than I would be.
She hangs with girls who are all Liberal.
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