Supreme Court Rebuke of Trump on Sentencing Shows Its Divisions NYT | Top Stories Adam Liptak 10 January 2025 at 11:12 Two Republican appointees, Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Barrett, joined the court’s three liberals in ordering the president-elect to face sentencing on Friday. © Eric Lee/The New York TimesThe Supreme Court rejected President-elect Donald J. Trump’s request to be spared from being sentenced for 34 felonies in New York.