Judge Set To Rule If Trump's Election Win Is Enough To Overturn His Convictions for Stormy Daniels Cover Up

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : That approach, which would involve briefings and proceedings that could stretch on for months, could prove effective for Trump.
49% : The case centered on payments Trump made, via an attorney, Michael Cohen, to an adult film star, Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford.
40% : The immunity picture is made more complicated, though, by the prospect that Trump will now be entitled to protection not only by virtue of being the 45th president, but also because he will serve as the 47th.
40% : In the immunity case, Trump v. United States, the high court warned of the "'unique risks' that arise when the President's energies are diverted by proceedings that might render him 'unduly cautious in the discharge of his official duties.'" Languishing behind bars could amount to such a diversion on presidential energies.
32% : The task of sentencing Trump for those convictions falls to Judge Merchan, whose stewardship of the trial was marked by acrimony between the jurist and the defendant, on whom he imposed a prior restraint on speech.
30% : Judge Merchan, though, could elect to sentence Trump anyway -- and dare the high court to act.
20% : Trump lamented that the judge was "wrongfully attempting to deprive me of my First Amendment Right to speak out against the Weaponization of Law Enforcement"Judge Merchan did agree with Trump's request to delay sentencing until after last week's election.
16% : Now that circumstances have changed, he could reckon that Trump's electoral victory upends the logic of sentencing Trump to prison -- the usual punishment for a felonious conviction.

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