The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 2nd June 2024

Read The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 2nd June 2024 to understand the contextual meanings of difficult words covered in the article. Candidates should know new words to prepare for government exams. Many questions related to vocabulary asked in the English section.

Hindu Editorial Vocab On Trump Verdict Ahead of Elections

Donald Trump is now the first ever former U.S. President to become a convicted (having officially been found guilty of a crime in a law court) felon after a New York state jury returned a guilty verdict (an opinion or decision made after judging the facts that are given, especially one made at the end of a trial) for all 34 charges in the case relating to hush money that he paid to adult film actor Stormy Daniels in 2016. Trump has thus been found guilty not only of the relatively less serious charge of falsifying business records — which stemmed from the $1,30,000 reimbursement that he settled with his former lawyer Michael Cohen after the payout to Ms. Daniels following their alleged affair in 2006 — but also the damaging charge of election fraud linked to his attempt to hide such information from voters on the eve of the 2016 election. The judge has set sentencing for July 11, just ahead of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, where party leaders are expected to nominate Trump as their candidate for the presidential race. While the charge of falsifying business records is punishable by potentially four years in prison, at the sentencing hearing it is likely that, considering Trump’s age of 77 years, the lack of a previous conviction and non-violent nature of the crimes, the judge may simply impose a fine or probation. Although the allegations (a statement, made without giving proof, that someone has done something wrong or illegal) in three other criminal indictments (something that shows a policy, system, society, etc. is bad or wrong) that he faces, relating to federal and state charges of interference in the 2020 election, and the mishandling (the act or an example of dealing with something without the necessary care or skill) of classified documents, carry more severe sentences, those cases are bogged down in appeals and are unlikely to enter the trial phase before the November 5 election.

Under the U.S. constitution, the only conditions that presidential candidates would have to meet to seek election to the Oval Office are that they must be a natural born citizen, be at least 35 years old, and must have been a U.S. resident for at least 14 years. In this context, the New York conviction does not bar Trump from continuing his run as a presidential candidate. Further, it is possible that, even if he is sentenced to time in prison in one or more of the criminal cases, he could govern from behind bars. The more troubling question relates to the polarising (to cause something, especially something that contains different people or opinions, to divide into two completely opposing groups) effect that his legal travails might have on the public discourse. Reports are suggesting that the guilty verdict appears to be “… helping to unify the Republican Party’s disparate factions as GOP officials across the political spectrum (a range of different positions, opinions, etc. between two extreme points) rallied behind their embattled presumptive (believed to be something, or likely to be true, based on the information that you have) presidential nominee…” Equally, poll surveys in swing States earlier this year had suggested that 53% of voters would not vote for Trump if any of his criminal cases resulted in a conviction (the fact of officially being found to be guilty of a particular crime, or the act of officially finding someone guilty). November 2024 might be the best and final opportunity that American voters will have to decide on whether, after all, they consider Trump fit to lead their nation.

Hindu Editorial Vocab Wordlist 2nd June 2024

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• Convicted: Having officially been found guilty of a crime in a law court.
• Verdict: An opinion or decision made after judging the facts that are given, especially one made at the end of a trial.
• Allegation: A statement, made without giving proof, that someone has done something wrong or illegal.
• Indictment: Something that shows a policy, system, society, etc. is bad or wrong.
• Mishandling: The act or an example of dealing with something without the necessary care or skill.
• Polarising: To cause something, especially something that contains different people or opinions, to divide into two completely opposing groups.
• Spectrum: A range of different positions, opinions, etc. between two extreme points.
• Presumptive: Believed to be something, or likely to be true, based on the information that you have.
• Conviction: The fact of officially being found to be guilty of a particular crime, or the act of officially finding someone guilty.

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