{"id":2372720,"date":"2024-11-24T07:16:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T12:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-op-ed-end-criminal-cases-against-trump-the-people-have-spoken\/"},"modified":"2024-11-24T07:18:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T12:18:35","slug":"new-york-times-op-ed-end-criminal-cases-against-trump-the-people-have-spoken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-op-ed-end-criminal-cases-against-trump-the-people-have-spoken\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Times Op-Ed: End Criminal Cases Against Trump, the People Have Spoken"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-york-times-op-ed-end-criminal-cases-against-trump-the-people-have-spoken%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2372720&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An opinion piece published in The New\u2062 York Times argues for the dismissal of all\u2064 criminal\u200c cases \u200dagainst Donald Trump following his recent election victory. Written by \u2062Thomas Goldstein,\u200c a former appellate attorney \u200band Harvard\u2063 Law School lecturer, \u200cthe article \u200bcontends that since \u200cthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-yadira-caraveo-concedes-to-republican-challenger-in-swing-colorado-house-race-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Democrat Yadira Caraveo concedes to Republican challenger in swing Colorado House race - Washington Examiner\">election outcome reflects<\/a> the will of\u2064 the people, the\u2064 legal\u200b proceedings should be\u2064 abandoned to preserve the integrity of democracy. Goldstein states that\u200b Trump made \u2064these \u200blegal \u2064challenges a focal point of his campaign, and noted that the Republican candidate won both the Electoral College and\u2062 popular vote. He mentions Trump is\u2064 currently \u200bfacing four criminal cases,\u200d with indications that they may not proceed further. Goldstein suggests\u200c that the unique and \u200cunusual legal theories behind these cases, particularly \u2063those involving\u2062 state prosecutors, threaten political stability \u200cand warns \u2063of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/intel-officials-warn-hezbollah-could-soon-strike-within-us-using-capability-other-terror-groups-dont-have\/\" title=\"Intel officials caution that Hezbollah possesses a unique capability that could enable them to launch an attack within the United States\">potential retaliatory actions<\/a> against Democratic candidates in the future. He concludes that\u2063 prioritizing these criminal cases over\u200b the democratic process is \u200cmisguided, emphasizing the need for a government system capable of lasting for centuries.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The New York Times published an opinion piece calling for all the criminal cases being brought against Donald Trump to be dropped in light of his victory in this month&rsquo;s election.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Goldstein &mdash; former appellate attorney, publisher of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/author\/tom-goldstein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCOTUS blog<\/a>, and lecturer at Harvard Law School &mdash; wrote a Nov. 15 article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/15\/opinion\/trump-criminal-cases.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">titled<\/a>, &ldquo;End the Criminal Cases Against Trump.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With the election now over, the courts have to decide quickly whether to move forward with the criminal cases against Donald Trump. Although this idea will pain my fellow Democrats, all of the cases should be abandoned,&rdquo; he began.<\/p>\n<p>Goldstein, who represented former Vice President Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election case Bush v. Gore, noted that Trump made the criminal prosecutions a central issue in his campaign and the people have spoken.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/11\/05\/us\/elections\/results-president.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">won<\/a> the Electoral College vote 312 to 226, and the popular vote by approximately 76.8 million votes to Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo; 74.3 million.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Goldstein then recounted that Trump still technically faces four criminal cases: two federal criminal and two state.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Justice has indicated that special counsel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-report-jack-smith-cases-trump-headed-exit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack Smith<\/a> &mdash; the 2020 election interference and the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">classified documents case &#038;mdash<\/a>; will not be proceeding.<\/p>\n<p>If they are not completely wrapped by the end of the current administration, they certainly will be dropped during the next.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday New York Judge Juan Merchan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/judge-merchans-new-ruling-hush-money-case-called-massive-trump-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">removed<\/a> the sentencing hearing from the court calendar in Trump&rsquo;s business records case by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and is allowing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-cant-deny-responsibility-for-our-so-so-divided-nation\/\" title=\"Biden Can\u2019t Deny Responsibility For Our \u2018So, So Divided\u2019 Nation\">president-elect&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s attorneys to file a motion to dismiss it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680;BREAKING: Judge Juan Merchan has granted President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s request to file a motion to dismiss the charges in the so-called &ldquo;hush money&rdquo; case (New York v. Trump) and removed the sentencing date for the president-elect indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p>The legal assault against&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3LIEzA75CP\">pic.twitter.com\/3LIEzA75CP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliekirk11\/status\/1859994848054620439?\">November 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Finally, Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis&rsquo; 2020 election interference case against Trump is currently at the state Court of Appeals. But the court issued an order Nov. 18 saying oral arguments were postponed until further notice, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/donald-trumps-court-hearing-about-fani-willis-canceled-1987889\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Goldstein wrote concerning the New York and Georgia cases, &ldquo;[T]he prosecutors&rsquo; legal theories were and are unusual, to say the least. Their premise is that financial shenanigans and political strong arming in hard-fought battles for the presidency are serious felonies that can be pursued by local prosecutors in local courts. But these are fundamentally federal, not state, concerns.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That doesn&rsquo;t prove that they were brought for political reasons. But the Constitution trusts the judgment of the American people to decide whether the cases against Mr. Trump, as he has argued, were political and calculated to stop him from being elected,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Goldstein further argued, &ldquo;For many Democrats, dismissing the cases feels profoundly wrong because they see them as the last chance to bring Mr. Trump to justice. In truth, support for the cases among many Democrats doesn&rsquo;t seem to be based on confidence in the prosecutors&rsquo; legal theories and evidence. Instead, it seems to be driven by politics and hatred of Mr. Trump. That reinforces why they must be dismissed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The legal expert asked his fellow Democrats to imagine a world in which Republican state and local prosecutors went after Democratic presidential candidates. That is what will happen if the current litigation efforts were allowed to stand, Goldstein predicted.<\/p>\n<p>He concluded, &ldquo;[T]he Constitution isn&rsquo;t concerned with preserving a couple of criminal cases. It is concerned with having a system of government that can hold our democracy together for centuries.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times is certainly no friend of Trump, but it published a story anyway saying, for the sake of the country, the cases against the president-elect should end.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Thomas Goldstein, a former appellate attorney and Harvard Law School lecturer, authored the piece on November 15, titled &#8220;End the Criminal Cases Against Trump.&#8221; He argued that with the election concluded, courts must swiftly decide whether to proceed with Trump&#8217;s criminal cases, suggesting they should be abandoned despite potential discomfort for Democrats. Goldstein highlighted that Trump had made these prosecutions a key issue in his campaign and noted his Electoral College win of 312 to 226 and a popular vote lead over Vice President Kamala Harris. He mentioned that Trump still faces four criminal cases\u2014two federal and two state\u2014and indicated that if not resolved by the current administration&#8217;s end, they would likely be dropped later. Additionally, he pointed out unusual legal theories in ongoing New York and Georgia cases against Trump and emphasized that political motivations seem to underlie support for these prosecutions among some Democrats. Goldstein urged consideration of how similar actions against Democratic candidates could unfold if allowed to continue. He concluded by stating that preserving democracy is more important than maintaining these criminal cases<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2372721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture-28.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[39631,33263,15322,3634],"class_list":["post-2372720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-criminal-cases","tag-new-york-times","tag-op-ed","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture-28.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2372720"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2372728,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372720\/revisions\/2372728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2372721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2372720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2372720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2372720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}