New York prosecutors urge Supreme Court to let Trump's sentencing proceed - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : If the Supreme Court rescues Trump, returning him to the White House on Jan. 20 without the finality of being sentenced, it will confirm to many Americans that he is above the law.
42% : Earlier Thursday, a judge on the New York Court of Appeals in Albany, the state's highest court, declined to grant a separate request from Trump to freeze the sentencing.
41% : Their decision, coming little more than a week before the inauguration, will test the influence Trump wields over a court that has previously appeared sympathetic to his legal troubles.
37% : Alito said he was delivering a job reference for a former law clerk whom Trump was considering for a government position.
36% : The trial judge, Juan Merchan, has signaled he plans to show Trump leniency, reflecting the practical impossibility of incarcerating a president.
33% : "The district attorney's office has so far prevailed in New York's appellate courts, but Trump's fate now rests in the hands of a friendlier audience: a Supreme Court with a 6-3 conservative majority that includes three justices Trump appointed.
30% : In the filing Thursday, his prosecutors also noted that Trump would most likely avoid any punishment at sentencing.
30% : "Forcing President Trump to prepare for a criminal sentencing in a felony case while he is preparing to lead the free world as president of the United States in less than two weeks imposes an intolerable, unconstitutional burden on him that undermines these vital national interests," they wrote.
30% : Prosecutors noted that Trump had yet to have a full appellate panel rule on the matter, and that he had not mounted a formal appeal of his conviction.
28% : In July, the court granted former presidents broad immunity for official acts, stymying a federal criminal case against Trump for trying to overturn the 2020 election.
21% : (After Trump won the 2024 election, prosecutors shut down that case.)
18% : The revelation that Trump spoke this week by phone with one of the conservative justices, Samuel Alito, has fueled concerns that he has undue sway over the court.

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