'All Eyes on SCOTUS' After Trump Loses Sentencing Bid at Top NY Court

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : The question of votes comes amid news, first reported by ABC News, that on Tuesday, Trump called U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, one of the most far-right jurists on the top court, purportedly to discuss a job reference.
38% : Trump, he says, "makes the unprecedented claim that the temporary presidential immunity he will possess in the future fully immunizes him now, weeks before he even takes the oath of office, from all state-court criminal process.
37% : He also states that Trump "has not satisfied the stringent standards necessary to support the 'extraordinary remedy' of a stay.
37% : "READ MORE: DOJ to Release Special Counsel's J6 Report on Trump, His Lawyers Expected to Object: ReportTrump's "assertion that any invocation of presidential immunity automatically entitles him to a stay pending appeal is incorrect; this Court must instead consider whether a stay is appropriate for the particular claims of immunity that defendant has raised.
36% : "Now we find out if there are enough votes on SCOTUS to give Trump even more immunity than he already has," observed Professor of Law and former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance.
30% : "He also says there is a "compelling public interest" to move to sentencing, and notes that Judge Juan Merchan has already stated he will not sentence Trump to jail time.
20% : Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts of business fraud stemming from his "hush money" case.
3% : READ MORE: Trump Blames Wildfires on 'Biden/Newscum Duo' in Multiple Attacks as Californians Lose All"Three levels of New York courts have now rejected Donald Trump's efforts to delay tomorrow's criminal sentencing," Courthouse News' Erik Uebelacker reported.

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