In America, no one is above the law, except apparently, Donald Trump. A judge imposed a penalty of $454 million on Trump. He did not have the funds. Almost any other defendant would have to face the consequences of coming to court empty-handed. Kalief Browder, arrested at 16 for an alleged robbery of a backpack, spent three years at Rikers, without trial, because his family could not afford a $3,000 bond. Not Trump. On the day the money was due, a New York appeals court said that it would accept a far smaller bond of $175 million, a significant victory for Trump.