How a Trump guilty verdict could affect his ability to vote in November
By
Brady Knox
May 30, 2024 8:34 am
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With former President Donald Trump staring down a possible felony conviction this week, his ability to vote for himself in November could be stripped away.

An estimated 4.4 million people, or 2% of the electorate, were unable to vote in the 2022 elections because of felony convictions on their records, according to the Sentencing Project. New York and Florida are among the 48 states that prohibit certain felons from voting. If Trump is convicted, it raises the possibility that he could not cast a vote in November for himself or for anyone, for that matter.

However, experts speaking with NBC News hold that the possibility is unlikely.

Regarding the New York hush money case, “the only way he wouldn’t be able to vote is if he is in prison on Election Day,” Campaign Legal Center attorney Blair Bowie said.

Trump isn’t unique in that he is battling a lawsuit outside the state in which he would cast a vote. Florida doesn’t prevent all felons convicted outside the state from voting. Instead, it defers to state laws where the person is convicted.

In New York, felons can’t vote while they are behind bars, but as soon as they leave prison, they can cast a ballot again.

Even if Trump is convicted and sentenced to time in prison, the lengthy appeals process is all but guaranteed to ensure his sentence would be pushed back beyond the election.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/3021932/how-trump-guilty-verdict-affect-ability-vote/

Well, shucks...I was hoping to see Chicago riots...

 Raskin argues DOJ can force recusals of Alito, Thomas in Jan. 6 cases
by Tara Suter - 05/29/24 9:00 PM ET

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) argued that the Department of Justice (DOJ) could force the recusals of Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito in cases it is facing related to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack.

“Everyone assumes that nothing can be done about the recusal situation because the highest court in the land has the lowest ethical standards — no binding ethics code or process outside of personal reflection,” the Maryland Democrat said in an opinion piece in The New York Times published Wednesday. “Each justice decides for him- or herself whether he or she can be impartial.”

Raskin then noted that Alito and Thomas “could choose to recuse themselves,” but that “begging them to do the right thing misses a far more effective course of action.”

“The U.S. Department of Justice — including the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, an appointed U.S. special counsel and the solicitor general, all of whom were involved in different ways in the criminal prosecutions underlying these cases and are opposing Mr. Trump’s constitutional and statutory claims — can petition the other seven justices to require Justices Alito and Thomas to recuse themselves not as a matter of grace but as a matter of law,” Raskin continued.

Alito and Thomas have faced recent calls to recuse themselves from cases related to the Jan. 6 attack due to controversies over flags reportedly flown at Alito’s houses linked to the “Stop the Steal” effort and Thomas’ wife’s reported involvement in that same effort.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4692965-raskin-argues-doj-can-force-recusals-of-alito-thomas-in-jan-6-cases/

Biden tells Black voters he will put progressives on Supreme Court in second term
President Biden tells Philadelphia crowd he would put progressives on the Supreme Court if a vacancy appears in the next four years
By Chris Pandolfo Fox News
Published May 30, 2024 7:19am EDT

President Biden on Wednesday promised to nominate progressives to the Supreme Court if he wins a second term in the White House.

Biden made the pledge at a "Black Voters for Biden-Harris" rally in Philadelphia, where he predicted that more than one Supreme Court justice will retire in the next four years.

"The next president, they’re going to be able to appoint a couple justices, and I’ll be damned — if in fact we’re able to change some of the justices when they retire and put in really progressive judges like we’ve always had, tell me that won’t change your life," Biden told his audience.

The president's comments emphasize what is at stake in the next election for both conservatives, who have lauded their 6-3 majority on the court in recent years, and progressives who have decried landmark rulings ending federal protections for abortion and expanding gun rights.

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-tells-black-voters-put-progressives-supreme-court-second-term

 Trump knocks ‘naive’ Shannon Bream over Alina Habba interview
by Nick Robertson - 05/30/24 7:29 AM ET

Former President Trump labeled Fox News’s Shannon Bream as “naive” Wednesday, after she pushed back on his attorney’s assertion that his criminal hush money trial was in some way directed by the White House.

Bream said in an interview with Trump attorney and spokesperson Alina Habba that President Biden is “not responsible” for the trial, pushing back on her false claims that the case is politically organized from the top.

“I never knew Shannon Bream was so ‘naive,’” Trump said in a Truth Social post Wednesday, calling the idea that Biden isn’t involved in the case “stupid.”

“Not only is he involved, he is virtually leading it, and all of the other Trials as well — Meaning, his people, because he’s not mentally sharp enough to lead anything!” he continued. “Just take a look at the DOJ/White House Thugs involved, and everything else.”

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https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4693342-donald-trump-knocks-fox-anchor-shannon-bream-over-alina-habba-interview/mlite/