06-04-2024, 06:01 PM
(06-04-2024, 05:47 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Which I didn't dig into because that information is not misinformation. However, context is helpful as this was something that had been discovered before trial, Merchan sought outside opinions on and was told he did not need to recuse and he was disciplined with a caution. When he denied the motion for the recusal, this was something that Trump's team could appeal, and they chose not to.
In addition, Merchan was very even handed with the courtroom. There were times where he had an opportunity to really tip the scales against Trump and chose not to. My opinion on this is much like other things. I know everyone has a bias; you have to account for that. However, there are people who are capable of setting aside biases in order to manage things within the laws and regulations that guide their jobs. That is what you want in career civil servants, and that is what I saw in Merchan's handling of the case.
For the record, I don't have any issue with how the judge handled the case, while acknowledging I didn't follow the case on a day by day basis.
Quote:From my understanding of NY's criminal procedures, a change of venue motion is only done in criminal cases to move the trial to an adjoining jurisdiction in order to broaden the jury pool: https://law.justia.com/codes/new-york/2022/cpl/part-2/title-j/article-230/230-20/
My guess is that this would have been a consideration had jury selection gone on much longer. But as it was, they seated a jury in a relatively timely manner.
Which is funky to me. If the venue carries inherent bias, and I'd argue a case could easily be made in Trump's case, then it should not be used. I'm aware that you can't right a law to cover every possible scenario, but this isn't exactly a standard case.
Quote:Which is fair. This isn't necessarily about saying nothing is a concern about this case. This is more of a "focus on the right things, not the inflammatory propaganda" type of thing.
Which I appreciate and acknowledged. I'm never going to be ok with it for reasons already mentioned.
