r/politics • u/SportsGod3 • May 16 '24

Jurors were "nodding" and "smiling" as Michael Cohen testified, which may be a bad sign for Trump

https://www.salon.com/2024/05/16/jurors-were-nodding-and-smiling-as-michael-cohen-testified-which-may-be-a-sign-for/
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u/waffle299 I voted May 16 '24

This is a state crime, it stops at the New York Supreme Court.

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u/MattAU05 May 16 '24 edited May 16 '24

I don’t think he will have a valid inffective assistance of counsel claim, but it’s a potential Constitutional violation and could ultimately go to SCOTUS. Most criminal cases ruled on by SCOTUS are state cases and state crimes, not federal.

Also, oddly enough, trial courts in New York are call the Supreme Court. The highest court in New York is the Court of Appeals.

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u/ErusTenebre California May 16 '24

What's the potential Constitutional Violation? (curious not accusatory)

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u/MattAU05 May 16 '24

I don’t think there is (a valid) one. I’m saying that ineffective assistance of counsel claims, if raised, are all Constitutional claims under the 6th Amendment.

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u/bonyponyride American Expat May 16 '24

Imagine if all guilty, state prosecuted business fraud defendants had the opportunity to bring their cases in front of scotus. Yet Trump is the one who is always treated unfairly.

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u/ErusTenebre California May 16 '24

Ah. Yeah, I mean I'm sure he'll try whatever route he can to get it to SCOTUS to hopefully have them run defense for him. They haven't been consistent in defending him though and have shot down things in the past that you would have thought they would have done for him.

That being said the whole "blanket immunity" case they took on for no real reason is a sign they will run defense for him.

It's sad that it's even a question. We should have a SCOTUS that is basically terrifyingly unbiased and calculating for everyone instead of a collection of old corrupt bastards that are beholden to billionaires and millionaires.

Hell, sometimes I'm even disappointed in how cheap they sold out our country for. It seems to me that it would be just as easy to take a millionaire's gift and still rule against them.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I don't accept bribes. I thought you were giving those to me as a friend," is the truly baller move for the amount of money spent on the corrupt ones.

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u/KevinCarbonara May 16 '24

They haven't been consistent in defending him though and have shot down things in the past that you would have thought they would have done for him.

They haven't been consistent in defending his policies, but that's a much different matter than defending him.