. He is an expert on legal ethics and civil procedure, was the Associate Director of the Urban Justice Center in New York City, and served as law clerk to the Hon. Constance Baker Motley, former U.S. District Court Judge in the Southern District of New York. All opinions are his own.An appeals court on Monday gave Trump a little more time to pay his massive bond. But in another courtroom, a judge lambasted his legal team and ordered the trial to proceed.
The brief delay in the New York trial is just a small victory for Trump. The really consequential stuff hasn’t gone his way lately.The Trump-friendly judge is so obviously putting her thumb on the scales of justice in favor of the ex-president that she might not end up adjudicating the trial at all.SCOTUS agreed to hear Trump’s claim that he’s immune from prosecution for trying to steal the 2020 election, which likely will delay his trial until after the 2024 election.