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.

President-elect Donald Trump can be sentenced Friday in his New York hush money case, the Supreme Court said in a 5-4 ruling.

In the first test of how receptive the court may be to Trump, 4 of the court's 6 conservative members said they would have granted his emergency request.

The high court’s action clears the way for the president-elect to be sentenced for his criminal conviction in Manhattan on Friday.

The Supreme Court’s ruling comes after Judge Juan Merchan and two New York appeals courts ordered the sentencing to take place Friday.

The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that President-elect Donald Trump can be sentenced Friday in his New York hush money case.

After the court declined in a 5-to-4 decision to block Donald J. Trump’s criminal sentencing, he is scheduled to face a New York judge on Friday morning.

Donald Trump’s request to halt his sentencing in his New York hush money case has been denied by the Supreme Court, meaning that Trump will face sentencing on Friday, and will likely be sworn in as the first president of the United States to be a convicted felon.

President-elect Donald Trump said he respects the Supreme Court’s decision to deny his request to stop his sentencing in New York v. Trump from moving forward, but said Thursday night he will appeal,

The U.S. Supreme Court late Thursday rejected President-elect Donald Trump's attempt to delay Friday's sentencing in his hush-money conviction that was decided back in May.

The U.S. Supreme Court denied a request by President-elect Donald Trump to halt proceedings in his criminal hush money case.