President-elect Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to . Trump鈥檚 lawyers turned to the nation鈥檚 highest court Wednesday after New York courts refused to postpone the sentencing by Juan M. Merchan, the judge who presided over Trump鈥檚 trial and conviction last May on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
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Legal Implications
Walter S. Cox Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School, is one of the world鈥檚 foremost theorists on the interactions among legal systems. Professor Berman is an expert on constitution and administrative law. Berman can discuss the legal implications to this request and how it relates to presidential immunity.
Political Implications
is a professor of political science. Binder's work focuses on the politics of legislative institutions, including their origins, development and impact on policy outcomes. Her areas of expertise include Congress, Legislative politics, American political economy, and political parties.
is the director of the Legislative Affairs program at the Graduate School of Political Management and host of its . Prior to joining GSPM, Burgat was a Senior Governance Fellow at the R Street Institute where his research focused on issues of congressional capacity and reform. Burgat co-authored Congress Explained: Representation and Lawmaking in the First Branch, a textbook on all things Congress.
is the director of GW鈥檚 School of Media and Public Affairs. He has nearly 30 years of experience in politics and communications, having served as a deputy to the chief of staff for Sen. Edward Kennedy during the 1995 shutdown, a VP at the US Institute of Peace in 2013, and held senior positions for three members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Loge currently leads the Project on Ethics in Political Communication at the School of Media and Public Affairs and continues to advise advocates and organizations.
is the director of the Political Management Program at the GW Graduate School of Political Management. Belt is an expert on the presidency, campaigns and elections, mass media and politics, public opinion, and political humor. In addition to his expertise, Belt is co-author of four books and helps to run GW鈥檚 political poll, which recently shared .
Historical Context
, a professor at GW鈥檚 Graduate School of Political Management, is a political historian with expertise in the intersection of social crises and political transformation, the evolution of the modern conservative movement, and liberalism and its critics. Along with four co-authored books, Dallek is the author of Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right, which explores the history and influence of America鈥檚 right-wing activism. As a renowned political historian, Dallek can explain the historical significance of the case and look back at other presidents who found themselves in hot water with the law.
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