re: #26 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

The closest analog we’d have with Trump’s malfeasance in the courtroom and violations of the gag order(s) would be mob bosses or gang members who threaten witnesses or jurors or court officials. It is not common.

Gag orders are not uncommon, as the parties will try to keep certain issues from being litigated in the media, rather than the courtroom, but Merchan’s gag order isn’t limiting the media- it’s telling Trump to stop making statements that threaten jurors, intimidate witnesses, etc. And those kinds of gag orders are likely to be upheld because of the interplay between the 1st and 6th Amendments (now subject to how the seditious six SCOTUS respond to the issue if it comes before them).