I am not fully understanding this, I understand he needs a bond to appeal the verdict... however this is a clear violation of the 8th ammendment... excessive fines.. or certainly seems to be to me.
So I will yield to the lawyers in the room, why hasn’t Trump filed a federal case for 8th ammendment violation on this? independent of appeal of the actual verdict here?
Good points.
There has to be harm to file for 8th amendment protection. He had to give due diligence on the bond to prove the harm.
“I understand he needs a bond to appeal the verdict.”
That’s a common misconception. He can appeal with or without a bond.
The bond is needed if he wants to stay enforcement of the judgment while the appeal is pending.
If he files a bond, then the stay is automatic and the Attorney General can’t do anything about it. If he doesn’t file a bond, the court has discretion to order a stay anyway, and that’s what his lawyers have requested.