Chances Slim for UNITE<\/strong><\/h2>\nShould the Supreme Court decide to take on the UNITE HERE v. Trump Entertainment Resorts lawsuit, the case would certainly add yet more hurdles to Trump’s summer and fall campaign for the White House.<\/p>\n
With Hillary Clinton the presumed opponent, Trump will face attacks from his Democratic foe and an ongoing legal case against the casino business he founded won’t do him any favors. Trump’s campaign is heavily based on his business record, so having former employees speak out against him, the same people he touts as proof he’s ready to lead the country to more prosperous times, could conceivably slow his momentum heading into November.<\/p>\n
The odds, however, are in Trump’s corner.<\/p>\n
According to the Administrative Office of the US Courts, the Supreme Court accepts just 100-150 of the more than 7,000 cases it is asked to review annually. For the high court to welcome an appeal, four of the justices must vote to take the case.<\/p>\n
With just two percent of petitions granted, UNITE HERE is betting on odds worse than the tie bet at baccarat.<\/p>\n
It’s quite unlikely that the Supreme Court will hear UNITE v. Trump, but then again, it once seemed unfathomable that the Donald would secure the Republican Party nomination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
UPDATE MAY 31, 2016: The Supreme Court has rejected the UNITE HERE appeal.\u00a0 Attorneys from the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City might be trekking south to Washington, DC, should the United States Supreme Court accept an appeals case brought against the casino resort by a local labor union. UNITE HERE Local 54, the largest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":36286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,13,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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