Trump was expected to start the GOP convention on 7/15 with a criminal sentence. Now, he’ll go to Milwaukee having told the sentencing judge on 7/10 that the verdict must be set aside because it relied on evidence the prosecutors should never have been allowed to use. 1/
The breadth of the Court’s ruling — especially as it pertains to the admissibility of evidence and the legal irrelevance of a defendant president’s motive or purpose in determining what is and is not off limits — is just starting to reveal itself. 2/
And perhaps what’s worst of all is that underneath all that breadth is a gaping lack of guidance, which means lower court judges striving to do the right thing will almost certainly run afoul of this higher court or that one. 3/
The best case scenario now is months, if not years of further litigation. Why? Because the Supreme Court has also said that immunity issues must be resolved before any other pretrial proceedings can move ahead. 4/
The bottom line is that the Court’s ruling will reverberate even in places folks were sure would be unaffected. And those who believed the courts, by exposing Trump’s criminal conduct, would highlight his unfitness for office must confront a new reality. 5/
And it’s this: The only judgments and verdicts that matter now are your own. FIN.
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