Read previewLate Thursday morning, Donald Trump lost his last state-level appeal of his hush-money gag order. These two new legal losses now leave the door open for Trump to run to the US Supreme Court, according to constitutional law expert Michel Paradis. New York CourtsBoth losses are eligible under federal statute for Trump to seek Supreme Court review, also known as petitioning for "certiorari," or "cert" for short. Related stories"Ordinarily, the Supreme Court will only agree to hear questions that were decided by a lower court. AdvertisementAnd because Trump is Trump — and because "the Supreme Court can basically do whatever it wants" — the former president will likely dream big, Paradis predicted.

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