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Trump’s Supreme Court appeal targets #MeToo injustice that’s warping our courts

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When the accusation is sexual assault or rape, the rights of the accused go out the window.

President Donald Trump knows that firsthand — and he’s asking the US Supreme Court to remedy it.

Prosecutors and plaintiffs’ lawyers can drag in character assassins who know nothing about the alleged assault, but instead make their own claims — without proof — that they too were victims of the accused, often years or even decades earlier.

That’s what happened to Trump in the E. Jean Carroll case, and why he’s appealing the jury’s decision.

Last week, the justices delayed for the 11th time answering whether they will take up E. Jean Carroll v. Trump. 

A New York jury awarded Carroll $5 million in 2023 after finding Trump liable for sexually abusing her in a Bergdorf Goodman’s lingerie dressing room years earlier. 

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Court watchers speculate the justices are delaying until a companion case, also involving Trump and Carroll, weaves its way up to them.

Whatever the reason, it’s crucial for the court to strike down the jury’s verdict — and halt this egregiously unfair character-assassination........

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