SCOTUS Emergency docket

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/01/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-intervene-in-hush-money-sentencing/Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who handles emergency appeals from New York, directed the prosecutors to respond to Trump's request by Thursday at 10 a.m.Trump was found guilty in May of 34 counts of falsifying business records to hide reimbursements made to adult film star Stormy Daniels in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election.
28% : Trump sought dismissal of the charges against him, arguing (among other things) that he should not be sentenced because he is the president-elect and that the charges against him were politically motivated.
27% : In Wednesday's filing at the Supreme Court, Trump cited the justices' decision last year in Trump v. United States, arguing that the criminal proceedings in state court should be put on hold while his claims of presidential immunity granted in that case are addressed.
4% : The judge in the case, Juan Merchan, has indicated that he does not intend to sentence Trump to jail time, but instead plans to give Trump an "unconditional discharge" - which would mean that Trump would not face any serious punishment, but the fact of his conviction would remain.

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