“A Clown Living On Credit”

What happened to this? https://t.co/BuLFC25WWy

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) March 18, 2024

Better to be pretty than smart. And if you’re neither?

Dear @realDonaldTrump, pic.twitter.com/T3hYHCpVBT

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 18, 2024

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Trump’s Motion Today: In short, "a bond of this size is rarely, if ever, seen. In the unusual circumstance that a bond of this size is issued, it is provided to the largest public companies in the world, not to individuals or privately held businesses." Id. 9 16.

On 2-16-24: https://t.co/JGZcat0q9M

— Ben Meiselas (@meiselasb) March 18, 2024

Sucks to be you, bro. And it’s time to reiterate that a final judgment is presumptively valid unless and until a superior court finds otherwise. The appeal bond is to secure that validity against attempts to use the appeal to escape execution of the judgment by extra-legal means.

So I’m pretty sure the court’s response to this motion will be: “Sucks to be you, bro. Put or shut up.”

Whatever the *direct* effect of the Judicial Conference judge-shopping policy, the real story is that *that* body is so publicly disavowing a practice that had principally been the subject of only *academic* criticism. It’s another sign that public attention to procedure matters.

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) March 18, 2024

?????

Because appeal bonds are a procedural matter. Trump is unlikely to get a break not usually given to others. Attention to procedure matters. And Trump has brought a lot of attention to himself, and so to the procedure followed in this case.

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Sad trombone. https://t.co/cp602gQhU8

— Jon Cryer (@MrJonCryer) March 18, 2024

Donald Trump is not a billionaire. Alternatively, “billionaire” doesn’t designate what we all think it designates. That is, Trump is a billionaire; but “billionaire” doesn’t mean anything.

Rick Wilson says a properly rich man insisted to him that Trump was not rich, but “a clown living on credit.” Looks like we’ll finally find out.

Trump to judge pic.twitter.com/jXT0bfuqCs

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) March 18, 2024