GottaLaff ,
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Via Andrew Weissmann:

Judge Merchan moving the sentencing to mid September is smart. It gives and DA and the court time to brief the issues, but Merchan will ultimately reject the weak Trump claims, and importantly the new mid-September sentencing date will make it VERY hard for Trump to then be able to appeal to before the election as he will have to appeal within NY state courts first.

JudgyGigi ,
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@GottaLaff thank you for something good to think about.

lin11c ,
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@GottaLaff
Whew. OK. Now I have to go back and change some posts. 😆

1dalm ,
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@GottaLaff

I'm pretty sure SCOTUS can choose to take up his case any time they like. They don't have to wait for anything. (Like Bush v. Gore).

PandaChronicle ,
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@GottaLaff
also puts his conviction front and center much closer to the election, when more people will be paying attention than in July. well played, trumpy!

staringatclouds ,
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@GottaLaff Well I guess the champagne won't go flat by September

franktaber ,
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@GottaLaff I wonder what legal commentators make of this argument:

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/scotus-changed-also-constitution-to-help-trump-overturn-ny-state-felonies

normalguy ,
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@GottaLaff The other thing is that Americans always have a short memory. So 48 days (9/18 to 11/5) versus 115 days (7/11 to 11/5) are better because Americans will remember it better when they go vote on 11/5.

argv_minus_one ,
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@GottaLaff

I dunno about that. We saw SCOTUS move quite quickly when Al Gore was about to win the presidency.

msbellows ,
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@GottaLaff That's heartening and wise. Thank you.

GottaLaff OP ,
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@msbellows I felt the same way. YVW.

DoesntExist ,
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@GottaLaff
It also allows Trump to continue to lack remorse in public. It further justifies maximum sentencing.

GottaLaff OP ,
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@DoesntExist Yes!

lesblazemore ,
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@GottaLaff definitely looked at the calendar when rescheduling this

tersenurse ,
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@GottaLaff OK, now it makes sense to me!

GottaLaff OP ,
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@tersenurse Yes, me too

LindaCollins11 ,
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@GottaLaff Thank you, I have been wondering why it was postponed

GottaLaff OP ,
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@LindaCollins11 YVW

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@GottaLaff https://go.paid4link.com/ATvnL2oA

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