Should Donald Trump fail a second time to be re-elected he faces the very real possibility of jail time and massive financial penalties due to the sheer volume of criminal cases and civil lawsuits that are on hold until after the election. That is the opinion of Syracuse University law professor ...

Should Donald Trump fail a second time to be re-elected he faces the very real possibility of jail time and massive financial penalties due to the sheer volume of criminal cases and civil lawsuits that are on hold until after the election.

That is the opinion of Syracuse University law professor Greg Germain who explained in an interview with Newsweek that the former president’s only path to get out from under the federal cases he now faces is to beat Vice President Kamala Harris in less than two weeks and then push the Department of Justice to drop the cases filed against him.

As Germain stated, the multiple federal cases Trump is facing are solid and his only path to victory may be having them shut down.

Newsweek source: https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-legal-cases-georgia-washington-florida-new-york-stormy-daniels-chutkan-cannon-1974406

  • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
    71·
    23 hours ago

    Another way of saying the same thing, is that if the Voting Public want’s

    If winning the vote entailed an actual public majority, you might have some argument there. But that’s not what we have.

    • fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc
      22·
      23 hours ago

      I acknowledge that the electoral college misrepresents the popular vote, but that is the mechanism by which the will of your voting public is polled.

      That’s not really relevant to my point, which is simply that in a healthy democracy courts need to avoid influencing elections.

      • davidagain@lemmy.world
        3·
        14 hours ago

        Letting guilty insurrectionists run for re-election in clear contravention of the constitution isn’t affecting the election in any way in your view?

        • fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc
          13·
          9 hours ago

          If you mean I influence the traffic outside my house by not standing in the middle of the road, then sure the courts are influencing the election.

          • davidagain@lemmy.world
            2·
            1 hour ago

            This is more like you’re a traffic warden and when people park across the middle of a busy intersection, you do nothing and then claim you don’t want to affect the traffic.

            If you’re a teacher and you let the kids play on their phones all year, have you influenced the learning?

            Inaction is a choice and has consequences.

            • fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc
              1·
              13 minutes ago

              The purpose of traffic wardens is to direct traffic. The purpose of teachers is to educate children. The purpose of courts does not include influencing elections.

              Anyone would agree that courts deferring rulings is not ideal, but it’s better than a situation where courts are influencing elections.

              Do you have any other explanation as to why every judge in every court hearing a case against Trump has expressed reluctance to take any action that might undermine the election?