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(ORDER LIST: 604 U.S.)
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2025
ORDER IN PENDING CASE
24A666TRUMP, DONALD J. V. NEW YORK, ET AL. [pdf]
The application for stay presented to Justice Sotomayor and by her referred to the Court is denied for, inter alia, the following reasons. 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.
Justice Thomas, Justice Alito, Justice Gorsuch, and Justice Kavanaugh would grant the application.
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social
it’s a glass half-full half-empty situation; or a well-pyramid problem.On the one hand, Roberts keeps the Court from another outrageous pro-Trump intervention. On the other, 4 justices including Kavanaugh were ready to do it. Competing headlines really.
Will be a pretty interesting sentencing!
Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social
It is not only that Trump got 4 votes, but the stated reason for allowing the sentencing to go forward is that it wouldn’t take much time, won’t lead to jail, and isn’t too inconvenient. SCOTUS did everything but offer to validate his parking and buy hm lunch.
34 felonies. Sentencing in New York will proceed tomorrow,