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Supreme Court May Prevent “Irreparable Harm” To Trump, Says Influential Yale Law ProfessorLiberal Constitutional law scholar Jed Rubenfeld says New York “hush money” case may violate Trump’s constitutional rights and that he would appeal to federal courtsOver the last week, America’s leading legal scholars and journalists have explained that former president Donald Trump is now a convicted felon. A jury found Trump guilty of many crimes, including falsifying business records and interfering in an election.But according to an influential constitutional law scholar at Yale University, legal scholars and journalists got the story all wrong. Trump is not, in fact, a convicted felon. “You're not convicted unless the judge enters a judgment of guilt against you,” explains Yale’s Jed Rubenfeld, “And the judge still has the power… to throw out that verdict and enter a judgment of acquittal.”Rubenfeld acknowledges that “it's very likely that Judge [Juan] Merchan will enter that judgment of guilt against Trump on the same day that he issued sentencing, July 11.”But Trump’s lawyers can still sue New York City District Attorney Alvin Bragg, said Rubenfeld, “and ask the judge — the federal judge — for an emergency temporary restraining order, halting Judge Merchan from entering that judgment of guilt until the federal courts have had an opportunity to review and rule on the serious constitutional arguments that exist here.”Rubenfeld made his remarks in a video, and I reached him by phone. He elaborated on how the Supreme Court could rule on the case.“If Trump’s lawyers file in a federal district court, they would ask for TRO, Temporary Restraining Order, on an emergency basis,” he told Public. “The court would set a briefing schedule and ask for ‘hurry up’ schedule by July 11. If the court said, ‘No, we’re not issuing a TRO,’ you could appeal to the court of appeals. And then, whatever that court did, you could appeal to the Supreme Court.”Said Rubenfeld, “You could even go over the circuit court to the Supreme Court.”Rubenfeld is a law professor and does not work for the Trump campaign. He is most famous for his liberal positions on issues like affirmative action and same-sex marriage. Rosenfeld expressed concern over three potential violations of the Constitution by the New York state court. First, a felony conviction could cause “irreparable harm” to Trump and his effort to become president. Second, it could have been a case of “selective prosecution” by Bragg, who campaigned on convicting Trump. Third, the court may have violated Trump’s Sixth Amendment rights, which is that the accused must know what they are being accused of....Please subscribe now to support Public's award-winning journalism, read the rest of the article, and watch the rest of the video!
