Trump implores SCOTUS to stop hush-money sentencing based on presidential immunity

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

37% : "President Trump noted that, upon his inauguration as the 47th President of the United States on January 20, 2025, he will be completely immune from all criminal process, state or federal," the filing states.
36% : "President Trump also stated that the doctrine of sitting-President immunity shields him from criminal process during the brief but crucial period of Presidential transition, while he engages in the extraordinarily demanding task of preparing to assume the Executive power of the United States.
36% : "There has never been any case like this before, so no," Blanche, who Trump has already named as his deputy attorney general, reportedly replied.
36% : While Friday's sentencing hearing is becoming more of a reality for Trump, Merchan has already signaled that he is likely to let the president-elect off the hook with no meaningful legal consequences and will allow Trump to appear remotely due to the rigors of the presidential transition period.
28% : As he has already repeatedly done, Trump used the opportunity to malign Acting New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, and his former fixer Michael Cohen, claiming the entire case against the president-elect was political theater.
20% : Donald Trump is imploring the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and halt Friday's sentencing hearing in his criminal hush-money case out of New York, arguing that a president-elect is entitled to the same prosecutorial immunity as a sitting president.
19% : "In the meantime, the New York trial court lacks authority to impose sentence and judgment on President Trump -- or conduct any further criminal proceedings against him -- until the resolution of his underlying appeal raising substantial claims of Presidential immunity, including by review in this Court if necessary," the filings states.

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