Opinion: Trump's trials are turning all of us into legal scholars

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Whatever the outcome for Trump and the presidential election, as a citizenry we are much better off for having the workings of our courts laid out for the education of the American public.
49% : Did we know that one person could be convicted 34 times for essentially one cover-up of an alleged fling with a porn star?This Stormy Daniels case also provided an introductory course in ethics, as lawyers for Trump and the district attorney battled over what circumstances required a judge to recuse -- or not -- because he and his law clerk made political contributions to a Democratic opponent of Trump.
39% : Jurors ultimately convicted Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records, making him a felon.
34% : And when Engoron rendered a judgment against Trump for more than $400 million, TV network commentators (including me on several occasions) were all over the airwaves explaining how any person could suspend enforcement of a state court judgment by obtaining an appeal bond.
32% : We were even reminded that the law has not abandoned the use of mumbo jumbo, when the trial judge, Lewis A. Kaplan, applied the doctrine of "collateral estoppel" in the second Carroll defamation trial, determining that Trump could not relitigate the issue of liability and that the court would only hear arguments about damages.
29% : Meanwhile in D.C. and Florida, charges against Trump in the Jan. 6 case and the classified documents case have led to a basic class in constitutional law, with lessons on presidential powers and the 4th Amendment.
29% : Now that the Supreme Court has declared that the president has substantial immunity from prosecution, how will courts apply that in the pending criminal cases against Trump?
25% : Opinion: The Supreme Court just showed us that Trump is not incompetent.
17% : Gen. Letitia James, accusing Trump of exaggerating his wealth.
12% : Others believe that Trump has been victimized simply because he is Trump.

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