sentenced to time behind bars? i think the fact that the judge is talking about it is significant. the fact that there was one juror who said in a social media post in 2017 that he should be locked up, when judge merchan saw the post he said, look, the potential jail sentence here, there is a potential jail sentence here. i can t seat this juror. he s not saying, hey, jail is off the table here. he s not saying, oh, given what the crimes are, you know, this isn t something that is possible, like, it s very much possible. i think it is definitely something that trump should be worried about. look, we ve watched the judge in this case be so careful around things like that, it makes sense that that would be something we point out here. before we get to talking about jail time, you have to unanimously convince this jury about trump s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. why might that be hard?
break as our appeals process expert. assuming it guilty verdicts in both federal trials, in the washington d.c. case in the documents case, how long would you expect the appeals process of those convictions to take? 2 to 3 years, lawrence. what that means, practically, is let s say trump is convicted by, let s just pick the federal case, the march 4th trial date for january six, the insurrection. if he is convicted in june or july he may file a notice of appeal. he will file something called a motion for bail pending appeal, which means he will be out of jail, out free, generally, there may be some restrictions, while his appeal is pending. his appeal will take over a year to be resolved by the court of appeals. in that interim, if he wins the election, he can order his solicitor general, it s not kosher but of course trump does everything not kosher, he can order his solicitor general to
legitimate way possible to avoid deciding whether the former president is disqualified. there are very, very few if any off-ramps that will allow the supreme court to avoid a decision in this case. indeed, i believe that there are none. section three at the 14th amendment simply could not be any clearer, that the former president is disqualified from the presidency. as we continue tonight s combined law school class and history class, we re joined now by david white, professor of american history and african american studies. he won the pulitzer prize in history for his book, frederick douglass, profit of freedom. he s also the author of several other books including race and reunion in the civil war, in america memory. and eric phoner joins us,
request. that is as goofy as lawyering gets. the lawyers donald trump paid shows chose not to have a jury trial. for donald trump to complain about not having a jury trial is for donald trump to confess that he is the single stupidest client ever to appear in that courtroom. days ago donald trump claimed that he wanted to present himself the final arguments in this case. the judge in the case went along with that game and imposed, of course, the standard rules for such presentations, the same rules that apply to lawyers and court, which donald trump refused to agree to. the judge then let donald trump speak today, anyway, since it doesn t matter because there s no jury present and no one could be unduly influenced by the are irrelevant let ramblings of a 77-year-old man who doesn t know what your
civil or military, under the united states, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of congress, or as an officer of the united states, or as a member of any state legislature, s executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the constitution of the united states, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. but congress made by a vote of two thirds in each house remove such ability. former federal appeals court judge michael luttig, who is appointed to the court by republican president george h. w. bush believes section three could not be any clear. the supreme court does not want to decide this case, and it will likely look for every legitimate way possible,