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Blind Justice or Blind Rage: New York’s Legal System Faces Ultimate Test With Obscene Trump Award

JonathanTurley

Yet, the New York law used by James is a curiosity because it does not actually require a victim. Having campaigned on bagging Trump on any basis, James turned the law into a virtual license to hunt him down along with his family and his associates. Even when the Alabama Supreme Court reduced that to $2 million, the U.S.

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The Curious Fraud Case Against Trump Just Got ‘Curiouser’

JonathanTurley

It is relatively rare for civil damages to trigger constitutional review, and it is still far from clear that this case will rise to that level. The New York law is unique in allowing massive penalties without the loss of a single dollar by a bank.