337
submitted 5 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 32 points 5 months ago

Wouldn't it be the NY Superior Court here and probably never make it to the actual US Supreme Court?

[-] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 42 points 5 months ago

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.

[-] dhork@lemmy.world 38 points 5 months ago

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.

[-] xtr0n@sh.itjust.works 16 points 5 months ago

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.

[-] bazus1@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago

Ah yes, Bush v Gore. I'm fairly certain that Y2K is where our current shitty timeline diverged from the good one.

[-] r00ty@kbin.life 10 points 5 months ago

No, it was 2012. The mayans were totally right, it just wasn't the sudden flip switch end of days people expected. :p

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

That's when the Matrix glitched out and now we're all living in human battery hell.

[-] bazus1@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

"Mr. Architect, please, try the Utopia setting again. I promise we won't reject it!"

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

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.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

Personally, I blame the asshat that shot Bobby Kennedy.

[-] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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.

[-] Fal@yiffit.net 1 points 5 months ago

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

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

load more comments (11 replies)
this post was submitted on 03 Jun 2024
337 points (96.7% liked)

News

23388 readers
1839 users here now

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil


Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.


Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. We have an actively updated blocklist, which you can see here: https://lemmy.world/post/2246130 if you feel like any website is missing, contact the mods. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.


Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.


Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.


5. Only recent news is allowed.


Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.


No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.


7. No duplicate posts.


If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.


Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners.


The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body


For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS