Susan Estrich in dailyherald:
A New York jury award of $5 million for sexual abuse and defamation would be enough to sink any normal candidate for high office. But Donald Trump is no normal candidate. In the wake of the jury verdict, he did it again -- that is, he again attacked E. Jean Carroll, defaming her again, notwithstanding the jury verdict in her favor.
Trump vowed to appeal, although it is not clear what grounds he will have. He presented no witnesses. Judge Lewis Kaplan, who Trump repeatedly attacked, has a reputation of being a solid judge who is not often reversed. The jury clearly compromised on the verdict, choosing to hold Trump liable not for rape but for the lesser battery of sexual abuse as well as defamation.
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What can you say about this jury? That they can't be trusted because they came from New York? Is that the best that Republicans can do?Will Republicans fall in line, like Tommy Tuberville did, or will they have the courage to stand up and say that character counts and that Trump is fatally flawed?
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