NY's highest court refuses to save Trump from 'unconstitutional' hush-money sentencing

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : "As discussed herein, the commencement of appellate proceedings seeking interlocutory review of these claims of Presidential immunity immediately causes an automatic stay of proceedings in the Supreme Court under Trump v. United States and related case law," the filing states.
29% : Trump also filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to have the criminal proceedings delayed indefinitely.
26% : "In what appears to be a novel argument for the president-elect, Trump also asserted that Merchan's decision to schedule the sentencing hearing for Jan. 10, 2025, infringed on Trump's constitutional rights.
25% : "Trump's attorney Todd Blanche wrote that he was challenging Merchan's Dec. 16 order rejecting Trump's claim of "presidential immunity based on evidentiary use of official acts," as well as Merchan's Jan. 3 order denying Trump's motion to dismiss based on his "claim of sitting-presidential immunity as extended into the transitional period while Trump is President-elect.
16% : In a 29-page emergency application filed Wednesday, Trump asked the court to issue an "immediate stay" of the criminal proceedings as he sought reversal of Acting Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan's "erroneous rulings wrongly denying President Trump's claims of Presidential immunity.

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