Are we talking about his court clerk, or his law clerk? They have very different functions.
The court clerk is what Spoons has described.
The law clerk is typically a young lawyer, hired for a year, to act as a legal researcher for the judge. A law clerk might summarise the pleadings and the briefs of the parties, and could do independent research for the judge on the points raised by the parties. That might give the law clerk some influence on the judge’s thinking, but the point about a senior judge is that they have loads of experience and independence. If a clerk comes to them with a novel legal theory, the judge normally will do a “Are you sure?” look , and may then do their own research, using the briefs and the clerk’s memo.
It’s been specified it was the judge’s law clerk. Some judges rely heavily on their law clerks. Others not so much. Every judge I ever worked for really appreciated the work done by their law clerks but did their own final research before making any calls from the bench.
Either way, Trump has no business smearing this woman.
Thanks for that. It’s an important distinction, and you explained it well. And thanks also to @Aspenglow for the clarification that Trump’s Truth was about the judge’s law clerk.
I’ll do my best Emily Litella impression now: “Never mind.”
At this point, I’d suggest that it should at least be tried. Little to nothing seems to make an impression on Trump; he has blustered and shouted and Tweeted, and suffered hardly any consequences. He needs to be told, by his lawyers if not by the judge, “Listen, Mr. Trump, we’re not screwing around this time. You violate this order, you will be in contempt of court, and you will be a guest of the State of New York for three nights. It is in your best interests to just shut up and say nothing to the public.”
I don’t know, but I sure agree with you that it should be tried.
I’ve long thought that Trump is the biggest coward on the planet. Three days in ad seg would probably go far toward shutting him up. He’s a typical bully. Loves to dish it out, can’t take it worth a shit.
More like this:
“Listen, Mr. Trump, we’re not screwing around this time. You violate this order, you will be in contempt of court, and you will be a guest of the State of New York for three nights. It is in your best interests to just shut up and say nothing to the public. Blahblahblah"
He’s trying to intimidate the court. He knows damn well some of his unhinged supporters will stalk people that arouse his ire, and possibly do them harm. He doesn’t have to be explicit, just call out someone’s name, wink-wink, and they’re ruined. The judge is right to be extra sensitive to the bluster and commentary on social media. Lock him up!!
He has only posted one thing on Truth Social tonight (FIX THE BORDER!!!) so maybe they got through to him at least temporarily. And I imagine he’s been making some people very miserable all evening. Hold the ketchup.
“It’s got so many sides. No one has ever seen a building with so many sides. You can put Trump on each side, increase your value. Five billion for a side, that sounds nice.”
Well, it does actually consist of 5 concentric buildings, so it rally does have 10 sides already. Although only the five outer faces of the outer building has great siting for putting his name up in big stupid letters.
