Have to post than headline or be confusing. Really didn't make a ruling.
Appeals court revives Trump’s effort to fight hush money conviction in light of Supreme Court immunity ruling
A federal appeals court in New York on Thursday said that President Donald Trump should be allowed to make a case for why federal courts should review his hush money conviction for possible conflicts with the Supreme Court’s landmark immunity decision last year.
A panel of three judges sent the case back to a district court judge to address certain questions raised by the Supreme Court’s decision and determine whether Trump meets the threshold to be heard a second time. The district court judge has already twice denied Trump’s effort to move the hush money case into federal court.
“We leave it to the able and experienced District Judge to decide whether to solicit further briefing from the parties or hold a hearing to help it resolve these issues. We express no view and ‘neither rule nor imply’ that the District Court should resolve Trump’s motion for leave to file a second removal notice in any particular way,” the judges wrote in Thursday’s opinion.
The decision gives Trump another chance to try to move the state case into federal court, but it does not give Trump what he ultimately asked for - to bypass the district judge and allow the appeal of his conviction to be heard before the federal appeals court judges. Trump is simultaneously appealing his conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records in New York State court.
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