The Supreme Court rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s effort to stop a sentencing hearing in his hush money case on Thursday, essentially guaranteeing the first-ever sentencing of a former president on criminal charges will take place Friday in New York—though Trump will likely face few,

The court’s 5-4 order Thursday clears the way for Judge Juan M. Merchan to impose a sentence Friday on Trump, who was convicted in what prosecutors called an attempt to cover up a $130,000 hush money payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels.

The Supreme Court refused to block President-elect Donald Trump’s criminal sentencing for covering up hush money paid to adult-film star Stormy Daniels, clearing the way for an unprecedented court proceeding in New York.