Appeals court in NY eases up ever-so-slightly on Trump
The decision went like this:
The Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division agreed to block former President Donald Trump’s $464 million bond if he posts $175 within the next ten days for his New York civil fraud case.
Trump’s lawyers asked the court to lower the bond of pause payment, which was due today.
The decision continued the restrictions on Trump and several others in the company (including family members) from doing business in New York by applying for loans, or serving as officers of any corporation, for varying amounts of time. At this point I can’t imagine why they – or anyone else, for that matter – would want to do business in New York after a persecution such as this.
And perhaps that’s why the judges voted to make the process slightly less Draconian: they probably realize the danger the case presents to investments in NY if people are scared away. It doesn’t really change the basic injustice, however. And $175 million only seems small compared to the original figure. But it’s still an absurd amount in an absurd case that’s right out of the trials in the Alice books and only a few steps away from the Stalinist show trials; the torture here is only mental and financial so far, and the potential punishment isn’t death.
Jonathan Turley has this to say:
…The true sunk costs of this controversy are likely born by Democrats who are seen as engaging in raw lawfare. Turning the New York legal system into an inescapable political vortex is repellent for many citizens and companies alike.
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) March 25, 2024
Yes, “repellent for many” – but for how many? It should be repellent for all.
ADDENDUM: And let’s not forget the other NY lawfare against Trump, the hush money case that’s due to start next month.
The judges on the panel are attempting to keep Trump from taking this directly to federal court. I don’t think it is going to work, but it might delay to federalization of the case for a few weeks.
Michael Steele, former Republic Party Chairman, tweets:
https://twitter.com/MichaelSteele/status/1772285945162670117?t=Hrr3hglfBmYn5CxgC1kPzw&s=19
Any wonder that Republicans are often viewed as clueless jerks by their own ostensible allies?
That Steele tweet is incredible. “His own private system of justice?” What’s going on is a system of injustice focused on a politically disfavored person.
Kate:
Yes, TDS is a powerful force even among many people who used to be known as Republicans.
Steele was apparently the token Democrat running the RNC.
They dropped the bond from $354 million to $175 million. Remember there was approx. $100 million accrued in interest. No mention whether that will be adjusted down or is included in the $175 million.
“Yes, “repellent for many” – but for how many? It should be repellent for all.
Any business that has the wherewithal to leave but stays… will deserve what they eventually get because the nature of progressivism ensures that the productive will in time be enslaved to the system.
Michael Steele is a political weasel. Nikki Haley another, the GOPe is infested with them.
I would call Steele a RINO, but I don’t know if he even identifies as a Republican. He works for MSDNC, endorsed Biden in 2020, and has opposed Trump since 2016.
Some Republican!
https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Michael+Steele
Limited hang-out route.
Nixon’s attempt to head-off the damage of Weathergate.
Er … Watergate.
}}} only a few steps away from the Stalinist show trials;
Well, since “Climate Science” is increasingly resembling Lysenkoism, this seems reasonable.
I have no idea how much anyone understands about the properties of water, but, among other things, it has tremendous power to absorb heat energy. This is why it works so well via the radiator in your car.
Well, before the earth can warm, the oceans have to warm substantially, too.
And a direct result of ocean warming would be a substantial increase in cyclones — hurricanes, tornadoes, etc.
The term for this is “Accumulated Cyclonic Energy” — ACE.
And it seems that the Total ACE worldwide has, in fact, been decreasing since 1990.
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021GL095774
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Now, there’s no doubt that they have lots of mealy-mouthed excuses for why this does NOT indicate a decrease in global temperatures, but there is zero question that it does indicate exactly that, and is a serious challenge to the entire basis for AGW/”Climate Change”
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This is not a short term metric, it’s a consistent pattern for literally 30 years!!
And in exactly the timeframe for which AGW is supposedly building.
I re-iterate my thesis: AGW/CC is essentially a form of Lysenkoism. Even down to people calling for the arrest and conviction of anyone skeptical enough to question and challenge the bovine excreta.
BTW, Side Note — Remember, after Katrina, how all the merdia was screaming about how “This was the new normal” and how “We’d all have to get used to this”?
Well… It should be remembered that, in the ensuing decade, what we ACTUALLY had was the longest period in recorded history (since about 1820, when there were enough people scattered along the Eastern Seaboard) of no — repeat NO class-3 or above hurricanes striking the entire Eastern Seaboard from Texas to Maine. This surpassed a record which had been in place since the decade of the Civil War.
According to this summary at LegalInsurrection, the order reducing the bond also stayed enforcement of the disgorgement and most of the restrictions on Trump and his sons, as well as dismissing the order for a Monitor and a Compliance Officer for the Trump Organization so long as Trump is ready to try the appeal by the September 2024 court term.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/03/appeals-court-blocks-trumps-464-million-bond-if-he-posts-175-million-in-10-days/
I have been dwelling on this from a tactical perspective all day.
I think Trump should use Mar-a-lago as the bond’s collateral. Several estimates put it around 150 -200 million in value.
Then when the appeal happens. Simply point to the bond’s issuance to prove one of the conclusions drawn by the judge (his low valuation) of said property. As a clear error in fact.
Seems to me it would be a great way to introduce the discrepancy into the record
Elon Musk on Monday and this week has posted his fears for November’s 2024 election on X — without a Red [Republican] Wave, America is toast.
That almost a direct quote.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/musk-america-toast-red-wave
He couches this as a Democrat voting Centrist mugged by reality:
“This is a battle to the death with the anti-civilizational woke mind virus,” Musk wrote. “My positions are centrist,” he added, listing, “Secure borders,” “Safe & clean cities,” “Don’t bankrupt America with spending,” “Racism against any race is wrong,” “No sterilization below age of consent.” He then asked, “Is this right-wing?”
In May 2022, Musk tweeted that the Democratic Party had “become the party of division & hate,” adding, “so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican.”
The day before the 2022 midterms, Musk urged “independent-minded voters” to vote for GOP candidates.
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And he sees the Democrats aim at one party rule through illegal immigration.
The man Musk has manned-up.
Some New Yorkers no doubt hate Trump for deep-seated reasons sufficient to overcome their business sense. Still, I’d imagine more than a few businessmen are re-thinking the whole banana-republic thing, no matter how much confidence they have that, for now, the banana-ness is on their side.
Any wonder that Republicans are often viewed as clueless jerks by their own ostensible allies?
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Recall Robert Conquest’s remark that bureaucratic behavior could be most readily explained by assuming an organization was controlled by a secret cabal of its enemies. The Republican National Committee was run by Michael Steele and Ronna Romney McDaniel, the Senate Republican caucus by Glitch McConnell, and the Commission on Presidential Debates by one of Steele’s predecessors, one Frank Fahrenkopf. When they’re not bought and paid for, they are clueless jerks.