Court upholds gag order

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : A five-judge panel ruled trial Judge Juan M. Merchan was correct in keeping parts of the gag order until Trump is sentenced because the case is still pending and his conviction doesn't constitute a change in circumstances that would warrant lifting it.
30% : Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 18, but the case and the gag order could be terminated earlier if Merchan grants a defense request to throw out his conviction in light of the Supreme Court's presidential immunity ruling.
29% : In June, Merchan lifted a ban on Trump publicly commenting about witnesses and jurors in the case, and he was always free to speak directly about the judge and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, an elected Democrat whose office prosecuted the case.
11% : The gag order bars Trump from speaking about members of the prosecution team, court staffers or their families, including Merchan's daughter, a Democratic political consultant who was a target of Trump's complaining in the past.

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