The Supreme Court Probably Won't Be Able To Save Donald Trump

Republicans in the House and Senate are maintaining that the US Supreme Court is going to get Donald Trump out of all of his legal trouble. But that may not be the case. These are state charges, so in order for the Supreme Court to even take the case Trump's lawyers will have to present a Constitutional issue with the criminal trial, and that is going to be virtually impossible to do. Farron Cousins explains how all of this works.

Listen to our videos in an audio format by subscribing to our podcast

Don't forget to like, comment, and share! And subscribe to stay connected!

Connect with Farron on Twitter

*This transcript was auto-generated. Please excuse any typos.

Moments after Donald Trump got his criminal conviction, the jury came out and read that verdict for the world to hear. Moments after that happened, Republicans across the country immediately began telling us, don't worry, the Supreme Court's got his back. You know, once this gets to the Supreme Court, everything's gotta be fine. We heard it from Ted Cruz, from Rand Paul, from the people at Fox News, from members of the House, other members of the Senate, all the Republicans like, ah, no big deal, right? Supreme Court's got this one in the bag, you know, because we got a big conservative majority there. But can they actually save him? Is the question. In fact, it is quite literally the question from Jackpot 7 2 4 5, who asks, I keep seeing the Trumpers saying that it's going to the Supreme Court for his conviction. It's my understanding that it's a state case and that unless there is a question of unconstitutional basis that SCOTUS doesn't have jurisdiction over state law.

Am I correct that the State Supreme Court is as high as it could go? Um, you're right in your analysis of it, but the State Supreme Court is not as high as it could go. Because as you point out, technically it can go to the US Supreme Court, but Trump has to get past two appellate courts before he could make it to the Supreme Court. Unless, 'cause there's always, there's always a caveat, and I hate it, but if Trump's legal team were to identify some kind of constitutional basis to get the case in front of the Supreme Court, they could file, you know, for an emergency injunction saying, Hey, we gotta bypass the appellate courts, get it to you because there's a huge constitutional problem here with state law. Right off the bat, I'm gonna tell you, like that's almost impossible to even prove. And if they were to do that exhaust their case at the Supreme Court, then great, hey, you're done, idiot.

But more likely they will have to go through the regular appellate process. So the appellate court, which we know is a panel made up of all female black justices. So let's see how that goes for Donald Trump. They will rule on it. And you know, I think we know where that's gonna go. Then the New York State Supreme Court where Judge Juan Marshan is also a justice. So I think we pretty much know where that's gonna go. And then at that point, if Donald Trump's lawyers are in fact able to identify something that they claim is a constitutional issue, then they could try to appeal it to the US Supreme Court. Now, I say if they can prove there is a constitutional issue, but let's face it, we have the most corrupt Supreme Court in history. So even if they don't have a clear constitutional issue, there's still a very good chance that the US Supreme Court would still take the case.

But I think what is far more likely to avoid any kind of political issues to avoid any kind of, you know, ramifications, I think the Supreme Court would simply reject it. Like, sorry, we're not gonna take up the case. Your constitutional issue does not exist. It's the lower or state Supreme Court's decision is final. That is the most likely outcome. And I'll tell you why. It will take at least a year, possibly more than a year for Donald Trump to get his case through the appellate system. I mean, technically they could drag it out four or five years if they want. I mean, judge Eileen Cannon seems to be doing it just fine with the documents case. So why can't those judges just do the same, right? Give him a taste of his own medicine perfectly. Legal may not seem ethical, but it's legal. And by that time, do you know who's probably not gonna be on the Supreme Court anymore?