[thegagline]

Any conviction can be appealed all the way to SCOTUS

Trump is being sued civilly. This isn’t a criminal case.

[Laslo Fripp]

So what is President Trump’ s remedy if he doesn’t like this courts opinion?

Is this a good reason to have a “loser pays” rule?

[entropy12]

I am not familiar with legal implications of a verdict in a civil trial. Are you saying whatever the lower court decides is the final decision? If true, that sucks.

[Political Junkie Too]

Any conviction can be appealed all the way to SCOTUS

 Trump is being sued civilly. This isn’t a criminal case.

Article III Section 1:

The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority; to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls; to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction; to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party; to Controversies between two or more States; between a State and Citizens of another State; between Citizens of different States; between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.

Article III Section 1:

In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.

"Cases in Law" refers to 6th amendment trials.

"Cases in Equity" refers to 7th amendment trials.

In both 6th and 7th amendment cases, the Supreme Court has appellate jurisdiction.

-PJ

[shadowlands1960]

Civil cases are heard by SCOTUS all the time.