that the Trump conviction was legally bogus. THAT is far from news.
In 2010, in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310, the Supreme Court held 5 to 4 that the freedom of speech clause of the First Amendment prohibits the government from restricting independent expenditures for political campaigns by closely allied corporations and groups like The Trump Organization. Under Citizens United, it was perfectly legal for The Trump Organization to pay Daniels $130,000 in hush money to conceal her alleged affair with Donald Trump.
… The U.S. Supreme Court needs to hear this case as soon as possible because of its impact on the 2024 presidential election between President Trump and President Biden. Voters need to know that the Constitution protected everything Trump is alleged to have done with respect to allegedly paying hush money to Stormy Daniels.
… The Roman Republic fell when politicians began criminalizing politics. I am gravely worried that we are seeing that pattern repeat itself in the present-day United States. It is quite simply wrong to criminalize political differences.
There is virtually no disagreement on that from scholars in the area. Or by people who are attached to logic and good sense! And then the jury instructions were a travesty that they would make… a stripper blush!
“I hate to do this, but I would be remiss if I didn’t,” Zelin said. “Whether you are driving in a Ford or a Ferrari, if someone gives you bad directions, you’re going to end up lost. And those jury instructions were just a complete, just take the Constitution, throw it out a window, burn it, shoot it, and hang it.”
EVERYONE knows that the case won’t survive appeal. Yeah, DUH! But survivability is NOT the goal of foam-flecked Lefty judge Marchand, here.
No, the point has two parts: a) Keep Trump from being able to campaign, and b) hang a conviction, however fleeting, on Trump during height of the campaign season.
So, Lefties, Mission Accomplished! Would that you had the moral sense to be ashamed–but you don’t. SCOTUS should hear this case starting tomorrow!