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49. Donald Trump can be sentenced Friday in hush money case, Supreme Court says in 5-4 ruling

Thu Jan 9, 2025, 09:35 PM

Jan 9

I am happy that trump is not above the law. The briefs filed by trump's counsel were really sad and ridiculous. Basically it was the position of trump and his attorneys that trump was totally above the law

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https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/09/politics/supreme-court-donald-trump-sentencing

President-elect Donald Trump can be sentenced Friday in his New York hush money case, the Supreme Court said in a 5-4 ruling.

The high court on Thursday rejected Trump’s emergency request to delay the proceeding, setting the stage for him to be sentenced just days before he is inaugurated on January 20 for a second term.

Four conservative justices – Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh – said they would have granted Trump’s request. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined the court’s three liberals to side against Trump.

Judge Juan Merchan, the New York judge who oversaw Trump’s trial, had ordered sentencing in the case for Friday morning but has signaled that Trump will face neither penalties nor prison time.

The sentencing hearing is scheduled for Friday at 9:30 a.m.

In a brief, one-paragraph statement, the court said that some of Trump’s concerns could be handled “in the ordinary course on appeal.” The court also reasoned that the burden sentencing would impose on Trump’s responsibilities is “relatively insubstantial” in light of the trial court’s stated intent to impose no penalty.

The fact that trump was so desperate to avoid being sentence makes me happy about this ruling

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Supreme Court Says NO [View all] bdamomma Jan 9 OP

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LeftInTX Jan 9 #1

Yes bdamomma Jan 9 #3

lol CatWoman Jan 9 #30

Notice how . . . Scubamatt Jan 9 #59

And m$$$$m... Corrupt.. that I know of. Cha Jan 9 #62

No Kidding.. of course! and John Roberts.. wow! Cha Jan 9 #61

i think Roberts is completely sick of Trump's bullshit CatWoman Jan 10 #69

Wouldn't that be KEEN! Cha Jan 10 #70

She has sided brakester Jan 10 #81

I remember.. TY. Cha Jan 10 #87

Possibility because that Trump BS is causing more scrutiny of the court than Roberts can stand up to Attilatheblond Jan 10 #74

Is this for real?! sheshe2 Jan 9 #2

Yes bdamomma Jan 9 #7

Holy shit! sheshe2 Jan 9 #14

Love this bdamomma Jan 9 #24

At least two of them did. sheshe2 Jan 9 #36

2 of the 6 got their Spines on today... Cha Jan 9 #63

And the women stood together! sheshe2 Jan 10 #67

I don't know how heavily the dotard is into retribution IzzaNuDay Jan 10 #71

Maybe being in proximity to the vile male justices is making it easier for her to see the roots of many problems? Attilatheblond Jan 10 #75

5 to 4 dflprincess Jan 9 #4

It should be 9-0 but this the most corrupt SC EVER! yourout Jan 9 #13

no kidding.. that's a surprise mountain grammy Jan 9 #17

It looks like at least 4 Justices are beyond redemption? kentuck Jan 9 #22

Yeah, but never forget hes got very selective hearing. Volaris Jan 9 #55

Barrett is interesting. I expected Kavanaugh to be more of a rule of law guy though. ColinC Jan 9 #57

Happily, Barrett seems to be the counter-balance for Kavanaugh. forgotmylogin Jan 10 #78

She seems fairly honest so far and not swayed by a ton of external interests quite yet. ColinC Jan 10 #79

Happy Dance! jls4561 Jan 9 #5

Yeeeeees! malaise Jan 9 #6

Yes! BlueKota Jan 9 #8

HELL YES! elleng Jan 9 #9

Hubby said Trump will lose his MAL club liquor license. LeftInTX Jan 9 #10

Perhaps to junior, the coke head.🤪 sheshe2 Jan 9 #15

Link here canetoad Jan 9 #11

This Part!!! sheshe2 Jan 9 #29

Yet again canetoad Jan 9 #51

I feel so bad for him.🤌 sheshe2 Jan 9 #54

Mahalo, she... & some were wondering why Cha Jan 10 #66

Ha. Quiet Em Jan 9 #12

President Felon is a felon? No way! Don't tell anyone! /nt bucolic_frolic Jan 9 #16

That will hurt his feefees. ProudMNDemocrat Jan 9 #18

Looks like Trump didn't offer a bigger bribe to the SC Justices. Irish_Dem Jan 9 #19

He got Alito Mad_Machine76 Jan 9 #44

Of course Alito should have recused himself but he is corrupt like the other GOPers. Irish_Dem Jan 10 #72

It's a good thing I bought some shares of Heinz a couple of days ago! madinmaryland Jan 9 #20

After sentencing can he appeal his conviction ? Beachnutt Jan 9 #21

I read he could Mad_Machine76 Jan 9 #45

I Am Not A Lawyer DallasNE Jan 9 #46

He's the sorest loser brakester Jan 10 #83

I Predicted Trump Would Go Running To Alito Hours Before DallasNE Jan 10 #86

Good call! brakester Jan 12 #88

Shocked! Shocked, I say! ... aggiesal Jan 9 #23

Now we can officially call trump The Felon President. ancianita Jan 9 #25

The forever title: Convicted Felon Donald Trump Auggie Jan 9 #26

He is a.... sheshe2 Jan 9 #33

Very good news! liberalla Jan 9 #27

But get this. Though he's said otherwise, Judge Merchan still might NOT grant unconditional discharge. ancianita Jan 9 #28

I did not know that about Bush, Canada and his DUI LeftInTX Jan 9 #31

Maybe it was vaguely mentioned? Shows how corporate media have ignored such negatives about their guys for a long time. ancianita Jan 9 #40

Imagine if a different (Democrat) First Lady had run over someone and killed them. Teacher of the Year Jan 10 #82

Let's imagine ourselves making more positive demands of our congress people and stop staring at the FOX trainwreck. ancianita Jan 10 #84

Note that was for a DUI, brakester Jan 10 #85

He is and always will be a "convicted felon". republianmushroom Jan 9 #32

From Imagine BidenRocks Jan 9 #34

Nicely played malaise Jan 9 #37

Tune in tomorrow for the sentencing of theSlobfather aka the Blobfather malaise Jan 9 #35

It's still a scary slim majority. Do the dissenting four explain themselves anywhere? LAS14 Jan 9 #38

They lied under oath to get confirmed.I don't think they care about explaining themselves. BComplex Jan 9 #58

Midas Touch discussion Sancho Jan 9 #39

Excuse me, but fuck that guy. dchill Jan 9 #41

WOW!!!!!!!!!! ShazzieB Jan 9 #42

Convicted forever? No... reACTIONary Jan 9 #43

Altogether now: Disaffected Jan 9 #47

This made me smile LetMyPeopleVote Jan 9 #48

Donald Trump can be sentenced Friday in hush money case, Supreme Court says in 5-4 ruling LetMyPeopleVote Jan 9 #49

There will be a recording of the sentencing hearing that will be released LetMyPeopleVote Jan 9 #50

What will history record about those four? Boomerproud Jan 9 #52

I don't find if his miserable sad ass has to be in the court. underpants Jan 9 #53

He doesn't. Iggo Jan 9 #65

This makes me so happy 😁!!! iluvtennis Jan 9 #56

Maybe they are starting to see the outrageous out of control monster that they created. usaf-vet Jan 9 #60

i think he just won't show up. Takket Jan 9 #64

He doesn't have to show up. Locutusofborg Jan 10 #68

They said no because he wasn't going to get anything orangecrush Jan 10 #73

Excellent. Martin68 Jan 10 #76

I hate to rain on the parade gab13by13 Jan 10 #77

It's only words. and words are all we have to take his insanity away... GreenWave Jan 10 #80