Set Maxwell free, and prepare yourself for five new, liberal justices in 2029.

What do you think about the merits of the appeal? There's at least something to the idea that if you make a deal with federal prosecutors in the Southern District of Florida that deal has to be honored in the Southern District of New York as well, no? The Roberts court has of course been perfectly happy to smash federalism when it benefits the Republican Party and inflate a giant Leviathan of federalism when it suits the Republican Party, so there's no telling how their supposed belief systems will view this federalist argument. They would at least get to knock it down while pretending to their usual antifederalist nonsense. I suspect they'll avoid the issue altogether and simply say that the agreement must explicitly apply to Maxwell or the question is moot, thereby avoiding the whole problem of turning every local US Attorney's office into a de facto separate jurisdiction.

I was just projecting the likely fallout if the Roberts court was foolhardy enough to overturn Maxwell’s conviction.

The uproar would create a momentum for court expansion that Dems could act upon, kill the filibuster and expand the court without fear of voter backlash.

as commanded by their masters.

extends to Maxwell implicitly is another matter.

That said, it does seem to beg the question of why Epstein would kill himself so early in the process if he did have a fairly good grounds for appeal on this issue - certainly better than Maxwell's, since the agreement was explicitly with him.

So I hope they say NO !!

They will decide to drop her charges and release her from ever testifying again. The FIX is in. (Please tell me i'm wrong in my thinking)

It's a lose/lose situation for Roberts, and he's a coward, so probably not going to take the bait.

I'm not a legal eagle, but an observer of cowards from way back. Roberts knows the ice under him is getting mighty thin.

it's so disgusting that I'm sure she'll have five safe votes.

Unless she was specifically named in the non prosecution agreement, she has no grounds

She forgot a couple of things:
She's female and therefore her entitlement card isn't as good as if she was male.
She has become an inconvenience to a lot of powerful entitled males. Wonder what the actuaries are for women like her.

She wasn't involved in the Epstein 2008 plea deal at all.

The non-prosecution agreement provided that "if Epstein successfully fulfills all of the terms and conditions of this agreement, the United States also agrees that it will not institute any criminal charges against any potential co-conspirators of Epstein, including but not limited to Sarah Kellen, Adriana Ross, Lesley Groff, or Nadia Marcinkova."

The decision to allow the prosecution of Maxwell did not turn on a finding by the court below that it wasn't intended to cover her. It turned on the issue before the SCOTUS -- is the agreement enforceable only in the district where it was entered or in any district in the country.

Personally, I think the Court should uphold the ruling below that allowed the prosecution to move forward, but it's hardly a slam dunk

All this court needs is any kind of loophole that will protect TSF. I say it's a SLAM DUNK for this court to allow her to go free! (then turn up dead later)

of the agreement? SInce he"died" I would think, no, but I don't work for tramp.

Per the agreement, he appeared in state court and pled guilty to the pending state indictment charging felony solicitation of prostitution and, pursuant to the NPA, to a criminal information charging him with procurement of minors to engage in prostitution. Upon the joint request of the defendant and the state prosecutor, and consistent with the NPA, the court immediately sentenced Epstein to consecutive terms of 12 months’ incarceration on the solicitation charge and 6 months’ incarceration on the procurement charge, followed by 12 months of community control. Epstein began serving the sentence that day, in a minimum-security Palm Beach County facility.

Soon after he was incarcerated, Epstein applied for the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s work release program, and the Sheriff approved his application. In October 2008, Epstein began spending 12 hours a day purportedly working at the “Florida Science Foundation,” an entity Epstein had recently incorporated that was co-located at the West Palm Beach office of one of Epstein’s attorneys. Although the NPA specified a term of incarceration of 18 months, Epstein received “gain time,” that is, time off for good behavior, and he actually served less than 13 months of incarceration. On July 22, 2009, Epstein was released from custody to a one-year term of home detention as a condition of community control, and he registered as a sexual offender with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

Why, I'll bet

so he can play dumb and deny any knowledge or culpability. He learned that trick from Roy Cohn.

He always tries to avoid getting his own hands dirty at all costs... Just ask his caddies.

after she says exactly what he wants her to say.

The fix is in.

Just like the rightwing SCROTUS judges.