Article 78 didn’t work. Will the Article III option fare any better for Donald Trump?
We’ll see soon enough, it appears. Having had his Article 78 lawsuit tossed out by the appellate court in New York, Trump has now filed an emergency application to the Supreme Court to stop the upcoming sentencing hearing by Judge Juan Merchan:
In a request for emergency relief filed with the Supreme Court, the president-elect asked the justices to temporarily block further criminal proceedings in New York state court, including his upcoming sentencing, before he takes office. Trump was found guilty of 34 felony counts for falsifying business records earlier this summer and is scheduled to be sentenced Friday at 9:30 a.m.
The Article 78 lawsuit was a long shot, for reasons I explained on Monday. This also looks like a long shot, since the Supreme Court does not usually…
