Trump goes to the Supreme Court to stop his hush money sentencing

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : The high court handed Trump a major victory this summer when it ruled 6-3 that presidents enjoy a form of immunity from prosecution for official acts while in office.
51% : That includes his Oval Office meeting with Cohen and Trump signing some of the checks that constituted the $130,000 payment to Daniels.
42% : I can't even talk about aspects of the case that are the most vital aspects,' Trump, 78, complained at Mar-a-Lago at an event where he wouldn't rule out using force to obtain Greenland and the Panama Canal.
38% : Read MoreBREAKING NEWS Trudeau lashes out after Trump unveils his plot to 'force' Canada to become the 51st U.S. stateMerchan said he would move forward anyway, and said his legal teams raised arguments were mostly 'a repetition of the arguments he has raised numerous times in the past.'
34% : However even that outcome would give Trump the permanent stain of being the first president to be a convicted felon when he is sworn in on January 20th.
31% : Merchan signaled this week that he might not impose jail time - though that didn't stop Trump from going after the judge in a rambling press conference.
29% : He has said he won't likely send Trump to prison, and may give him a conditional discharge.
22% : Lawyers for Donald Trump are asking the Supreme Court to grant an emergency decision that would stop Judge Juan Merchan from sentencing Friday in the Stormy Daniels hush money case.
20% : Trump denies the affair.
17% : Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts related to hush payments to porn star Stormy DanielsJustice Juan Merchan on Monday denied the incoming president's motion to delay the caseTrump is taking his hush money case to the Supreme Court, which already gave him an important victory in its presidential immunity decisionTrump has yet to be sentenced after his May jury conviction in Manhattan'This Court concludes that if error occurred regarding the introduction of the challenged evidence, such error was harmless in light of the overwhelming evidence of guilt,' Merchan wrote.
9% : A New York jury convicted Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records in a trial that featured testimony by former Trump 'fixer' Michael Cohen and porn star Stormy Daniels, who claims she had a sexual affair with Trump.

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