President-elect Trump was sentenced Friday in his hush money conviction, but the judge overseeing the case opted to not impose any punishment in a brief hearing in New York in which Trump and his

President-elect Trump responded to the Supreme Court’s decision allowing his hush money criminal case sentencing to move forward by not criticizing the justices, instead going after his trial judge. The high court in a 5-4 decision refused Trump’s last-ditch emergency request to block Friday’s sentencing in New York as he appeals his immunity claims,

Thursday’s decision to allow his New York sentencing to go forward is only the latest time the court has been asked to assess Trump’s power. Two votes were predictable.