Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson was booed on Saturday for claiming there is a good chance former President Trump could be found guilty of a felony.
He is the latest GOP candidate to be booed for criticizing Trump
You don’t always get to appeal all the way up. Now, I’m not a lawyer, but my understanding is that an appeal can be heard or rejected. Let’s say Trump is convicted in the DC case and sentenced to 20 years in prison. (Which, for him, might as well be a life sentence.)
Trump would appeal. The appeals court could decide to hear his case or deny his appeal. If they deny it, that’s it. Game over. He can’t appeal the appeal denial.
If they accept and hear the case, they can overrule the verdict, overturn part of it (e.g. instruct the judge to use different metrics to decide on how long a sentence should be), or rule against him.
If the appeals court hears his case, but rules against him, he might be able to appeal up a level, but he might not be allowed or the higher up level might deny it (game over again).
And even if it gets to the Supreme Court, they might not take up the case and might not rule for him. For all their horribleness (which is plenty), the conservative Supreme Court justices seem hell bent on pushing a conservative agenda. They realize that Trump wants to push a Trump agenda. This might include some conservative elements, but it also might mean doing things that even they (the conservative Supreme Court justices) find distasteful. They might toss Trump to the curb so that a more conservative Republican could take office.
You don’t always get to appeal all the way up. Now, I’m not a lawyer, but my understanding is that an appeal can be heard or rejected. Let’s say Trump is convicted in the DC case and sentenced to 20 years in prison. (Which, for him, might as well be a life sentence.)
Trump would appeal. The appeals court could decide to hear his case or deny his appeal. If they deny it, that’s it. Game over. He can’t appeal the appeal denial.
If they accept and hear the case, they can overrule the verdict, overturn part of it (e.g. instruct the judge to use different metrics to decide on how long a sentence should be), or rule against him.
If the appeals court hears his case, but rules against him, he might be able to appeal up a level, but he might not be allowed or the higher up level might deny it (game over again).
And even if it gets to the Supreme Court, they might not take up the case and might not rule for him. For all their horribleness (which is plenty), the conservative Supreme Court justices seem hell bent on pushing a conservative agenda. They realize that Trump wants to push a Trump agenda. This might include some conservative elements, but it also might mean doing things that even they (the conservative Supreme Court justices) find distasteful. They might toss Trump to the curb so that a more conservative Republican could take office.