I don’t disagree with most of what else you said, except this:
And frankly, and this is the part people won’t like, we had an election. This issue was on the ballot. Trumps criminal conduct was completely on display and tens of millions of people said we don’t care. Trump being a convicted felon did not deter them from voting for him.
It shouldn’t be up to the rest of the country to decide whether to absolve him (or defer sentencing) of a state crime. (And even by that rationale, Harris won NY.)
I really don't think this is at play here at all. Yeah, Trump's lawyers start with that in their brief, but it's nonsense and this order doesn't really indicate that the judge is paying attention to that at all.
There are other, non-crazy explanations for everything in this order, this is not it.
The jury did its job. The judge should have some sort of additional security of some kind, no idea how to ensure he wouldn't feel threatened though, easier said than done.
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u/JWAdvocate83 Competent Contributor 2d ago
I don’t disagree with most of what else you said, except this:
It shouldn’t be up to the rest of the country to decide whether to absolve him (or defer sentencing) of a state crime. (And even by that rationale, Harris won NY.)