Trump the felon: Hush money criminal case concludes with unconditional discharge

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Yesterday, Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to officially become a convicted felon.
48% : Not that it necessarily should have been anything else; Trump was a first-time nonviolent offender, after all, and while we stand steadfastly behind the principles of equal application of the law, it is inarguable that having any kind of detention or probation conditions against a sitting president would have heavy logistical and legal impediments.
43% : Their agreeing to interfere came right after Trump spoke by phone with Alito, ostensibly about an applicant for an agency general counsel position that had been an Alito clerk.
40% : But that doesn't bother the four justices who wanted to help Trump: Clarence Thomas, Sam Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.
25% : That any justices at all would have seen fit to intervene in this state-level sentencing of an individual found guilty by a jury after a full criminal proceeding -- not on any procedural or due process arguments but simply because Trump doesn't feel like being labeled a convicted felon throughout his presidency -- is just one more embarrassment for the court.

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