Trump Says Supreme Court Should Bail Him Out of Criminal Conviction
rollingstone.com
The former president complained that his sentencing is set to take place days before the Republican National Convention
Donald Trump says he wants the Supreme Court to intervene in his upcoming sentencing on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
“The ‘Sentencing’ for not having done anything wrong will be, conveniently for the Fascists, 4 days before the Republican National Convention,” Trump wrote Sunday night on Truth Social, complaining that Judge Juan Merchan was an “‘Acting’ Local Judge, appointed by the Democrats, who is HIGHLY CONFLICTED” to “make a decision which will determine the future of our Nation.”
“The United States Supreme Court MUST DECIDE!” Trump added in an appeal to the nation’s highest court.
This guy is the whiniest fucking baby. How is it that so many "tough guys" in the States are such big fans of this weakass soft boy. He's pathetic.
It's really easy to avoid sentencing, I've done it all my life by following one simple rule: Don't Do Crimes.
Judges hate him for this one easy trick!
For Profit Prisons hate this one easy trick.
Because they see themselves in him and they are themselves weak and pathetic.
You mean "don't get caught doing crimes"
Nah, I mean don't do crimes.
Don't get caught doing crimes is, by definition, infinitely more risky.
Eh. I’m a pretty plain vanilla middle aged lady and I do crimes on occasion. Not big crimes, but you can’t just not do crimes. Especially before weed was legal, lol. Some people live in states where it’s illegal to commit various consensual acts between consenting adults. They should do crimes. Some people need to not be pregnant, but they are pregnant and it’s illegal to become no longer pregnant where they are. They should do crimes. Some people are drag queens and live in places where that is a crime. Not all laws are good laws.
When you're right you're right! Not all laws are good laws. Unfortunately these days we're heading in the wrong direction on that front too...
Not "infinitely." Even "don't do crimes" still entails the risk of a wrongful conviction.
The risk can be pretty fun hombre but you do what works for ya and I'll own up to what I've done if I have to. A seemingly rare trait here in the states
As much as Trump is obviously guilty as fuck, I'm not willing to adopt the "if you've done nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear from the
copslaw" mentality.Nobody said anything about trusting the cops, lol
Don't Talk to the Police
Yeah, sorry, I misunderstood this to mean, "not doing crimes == not being convicted". Which sounded a lot like the "if you're innocent, you have nothing to fear from the police" mentality.
All good! Sounds like we're on the same page anyways
Whoa, that sounds pretty radical there.
TBF, That'll be a lot harder for you to do if Republicans get back in power and make breathing, or some other unavoidable bullshit, a crime.
Trump is a poor man's idea of a rich person, and a weak person's idea of a strong man. Always has been.
obligatory
It's because they too are weak-ass soft boys.
Weak ass broke bitch, he gonna be sucking dicks for 20's. (unless it's Putin, then it's free)
Notice how Trump dilutes and distorts the meaning of words on purpose so they don’t hit as hard when used toward him. I find it terrifying that he’s openly calling everyone a fascist. He’s being honest about his true intentions, America.
When someone tells you who they are, believe them!!!
When someone shows you who they are, believe them.
Talk is cheap. Actions mean a lot more.
I find it kinda funny. I find it kinda sad he's got many followers that I wish he'd never had.
Maaaad woooorld
Man, that song has been popping up everywhere the last few days. That one acoustic version especially.
He was doing this 9-10 years ago with "fake news"
no donny, cuz states rights 🤭
Nooo not like that!!!
Once again: "the dying skeleton, Joe Biden, supreme commander of New York Stafe has outsmarted us once again" -Republicans, constantly
Ur-Fascism #8:
I love his "I didn't sleep with her but also the hush money I paid her was legal" thing he's been doing. Astounding that his cultists are in so deep that works for them.
He doesn't even want people to believe him, because he wants people to know he sleeps with beautiful women. I don't know if there's a word for denying something you shouldn't have done while simultaneously bragging about how cool you are for having done it. Maybe it should be called a drumpf.
He's not even making an argument that would be anything like what the Supreme Court would hear. They pretty much never hear "I didn't do it" arguments. In fact I've never heard of them hearing one. They hear "the law isn't fair" arguments and if he wants to argue that they should, that sets a precedent that would make them have to hear a lot of "actually I didn't do it" arguments from every two bit criminal on earth... I mean as long as the court actually cares about precedent or fairness... so when are they going to do the hearing?
Correct, the problem for Trump is under our legal system Juries are finders of fact. Trump can argue jury instructions were wrong or certain evidence shouldn’t have been allowed in, but even then the higher courts will determine if it is reasonable to conclude that absent that evidence, could a reasonable jury still have found the verdict. It is an incredibly high bar which is why most appeals fail even for people that we all likely agree were found guilty inappropriately.
Wouldn't it be the NY Superior Court here and probably never make it to the actual US Supreme Court?
Technically the US supreme court can stick their dick in anything, there's a legal option that allows them to just cut in whenever they feel like it.
There's no regular appeals process that reaches the US federal supreme court for a New York state criminal case though.
As far as I know, the Supreme Court can't get involved in a state matter until all appeals in that state have been resolved, and even then won't take up the matter unless there is some connection to Federal law (and that connection was raised at some point in the trial by one of the parties).
But this court might invoke the ancient rite of "Because I said so" to justify letting Trump off the hook, I suppose.
I think the Florida Supreme Court was still dealing with Bush v Gore when the Supreme Court jumped in. Although, I guess that one did have a more direct relationship to Federal law. But it was 100% bullshit, regardless.
Ah yes, Bush v Gore. I'm fairly certain that Y2K is where our current shitty timeline diverged from the good one.
No, it was 2012. The mayans were totally right, it just wasn't the sudden flip switch end of days people expected. :p
Personally, I blame the asshat that shot Bobby Kennedy.
That's when the Matrix glitched out and now we're all living in human battery hell.
"Mr. Architect, please, try the Utopia setting again. I promise we won't reject it!"
If that wasn't tbe most boomer bullshit. "We met everyone's needs, and people still weren't happy." Fuck outta here, like you couldn't drop every person who ever lived naked on a beach with margaritas and nachos for them to spend eternity.
https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/types-cases/appeals
A litigant who loses in a federal court of appeals, or in the highest court of a state, may file a petition for a "writ of certiorari," which is a document asking the Supreme Court to review the case.
So yes, they can't do it until all normal avenues are exhausted. I'm not sure it is required to have anything to do with federal law though.
This is only because how the process normally works. But if they really wanted to get involved there's not really much that could stop them
Yeah, the Supreme Court has nothing to do with this case and can't do anything about it.
Right, but you've forgotten the old laws of "Fuck you, poors."
Does anyone remember that Rick and Morty episode with the planet that has the sun that constantly screams? I think I would rather live there than listen to Trump talk ever again.
I try to avoid listening to him because I can feel my brain dying.
Hopefully they do not.
I love how his base of supporters never catch on the endless crying and excuses this man produces.
Infinite patience and forgiveness for themselves, infinite hate and oppression for everyone else.
It's a goal of religious delusional upbringing to convince them that they are both superior AND the victim at the same time. Trump has tapped into that delusion and hence can do no wrong.
In fact, as we are seeing here the truth about him only feeds their victim hood...
Can someone please explain to me why he keeps saying the judge is conflicted?
Because the judge isn't bending over backwards to accommodate Trump's every whim. That's literally it. If he was, he'd be the best, most honest and fair judge our country has ever seen.
The judge's daughter is a Democrat whose worked for Democratic campaigns in the past. An appeals panel already weighed in on it though and said it didn't amount to a conflict worthy of recusal.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/daughter-of-judge-trump-case-biden-harris-work/
Meanwhile, his classified documents case being handled by a judge he appointed to the court is somehow not a conflict.
It's not about the daughter though. If it wasn't the daughter he would've used some other excuse to complain. It's more like the other answer, the judge doesn't do what Trump wants, so Trump will complain endlessly.
Trump tried to manufacture conflict of interest. The best part was when he dogwhistled for his insane followers to go after the judge's daughter.
He threatened the judge and his family, then used that as a basis for why he couldn't be impartial. If that's how the system worked then any defendant could get away with anything so long as they threaten the judge.
Oh yeah! The conflict of interest. I forgot that. I just kept thinking, " He's not conflicted. He thinks you're a piece of shit. We all do."
Because it is useful for him
It works in his favor to do so. If you think Trump ever thinks beyond that, you'd be wrong.
Obviously not their job and it's his own actions being a racist piece of shit landlord in NYC that turned the public against him before he switched to Republican, and none of this is convenient when you only have two parties and one is stumbling over itself to be as despicable as possible and both prefer oligarchy over democracy.
Someone needs to remove the caps lock key from Trump's Blackberry. He's Abraham Simpson with cotton candy hair yelling at the clouds.
This all feels like a bad reality TV show
Please, how do I unsubscribe from this program/station/network/reality?
The secret is to dream walk.....
The skill is unlocking how to stay in that reality
Wait. What do the fascists have to do with his sentencing? Does he think the court will allow his own voters to sentence him? He's seriously losing his mind.