With the New York Supreme Court having already refused to intervene, president-elect Trump’s last hope to put a stop to a sentencing scheduled for tomorrow was the US Supreme Court. This afternoon, they issued a 5-4 decision that they would not get involved.
The decision on a 5-4 vote with four conservatives dissenting meant the conservative-majority court changed course after having previously handed Trump two big wins last year. Trump is set to return to the presidency on Jan. 20…
The three liberal justices were in the majority with Chief Justice John Roberts and fellow conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
Here’s what the very brief decision says:
The application for stay presented to Justice Sotomayor and by her referred to the Court is denied for, inter alia, the following reasons. First, the alleged evidentiary violations at President-Elect…
