The Trumped Up Conviction and its Consequences

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : "The great Iowahawk (David Burge) thinks the Democrats' idea that they can beat Trump through lawfare is absurd: "This is wishful thinking on the level of 'hey let's trap Godzilla with the high voltage lines'"Benny Johnson's crew did a fun video takeoff on the movie It's a Wonderful Life, portraying the groundswell of donations to Trump like the townspeople pouring money in to save Jimmy Stewart and his bank.
54% : In a long explanation he told how he had changed his mind about Trump and why this is "one of the most important elections of my lifetime.
53% : Effect on Trump's ReelectionWithin 24 hours of the verdict, almost $53 million was donated to Trump, about a third of it reportedly from new donors.
50% : Some donations were small, some were big, Elon Musk and other very wealthy Americans threw their support to Trump, including Sequoia Founder Shaun Maguire, who donated $300,000.
46% : The most creative suggestion is that of Mark Levin, who says Trump should preserve his right to appeal to the NY Supreme Court but simultaneously go right to the U.S. Supreme Court.
45% : It's not obvious how to classify an NDA [ed: Non-disclosure agreement] expense, and the idea that Trump -- who was President at the time of the alleged falsification -- was paying attention to how expenses were being recorded in drop-down menus on accounting software strains belief.
40% : Most importantly, the DA's charges against Trump push the outer boundaries of the law and due process.
39% : It's not remotely clear that a. the records were false or b. that Trump knew anything about the attempt to falsify them.
39% : There might be some question as to whether he could vote in some states -- depending on the sentence, but Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has announced as chair of the Florida Clemency Board he would grant Trump clemency to vote in his home state.
36% : [snip]The charges against Trump are obscure, and nearly entirely unprecedented.
32% : If President Trump is found guilty of any of the thirty-four charges, I would strongly encourage his attorneys to seek an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court based, at least in significant part, on Bush v. Gore.
31% : In these key respects, the charges against Trump aren't just unusual.
20% : I felt much the same upon reading of the verdict in the New York case against President Trump.

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