#Pardon

Jonathan Turley

JonathanTurley

Adam Schiff just declined on ABC to answer whether Pelosi’s unconstitutional proposed limits on pardon authority is clearly unconstitutional. The fact is that Pelosi's proposal would be dead on arrival

Gail Helt

ghelt

To people citing the Nixon pardon as a way to justify a pardon of Trump and those involved in Wednesday’s #insurrection at the #Capitol, to create unity: The Nixon case

emptywheel

emptywheel

Some problems with Frum's piece here. First, Flynn may not have been involved in STONE's convos with Trump abt WikiLeaks. He WAS involved in a post-Podesta convo abt reaching out

Oliver Stone

TheOliverStone

Why @realDonaldTrump should pardon @Snowden & #Assange: 1. It will take the edge off his pardons for his family & loyalists by being unselfish and not self-serving. And at the

Asha Rangappa

AshaRangappa_

THREAD. I am failing to see any better path for Trump apart from resignation. (Yes, I know you will say, "He'll never do that" but also did you ever think

Frank Bowman

FOBowman3

1/7 This is precisely the problem. You are a guy who practiced state crim law (which is terrific, so did I in my youth). But you are not someone who

David Leonhardt

DLeonhardt

Right now, public discussion of the vaccines is full of warnings about their limitations, like: They’re not 100 percent effective. And: Even vaccinated people may be able to spread the

Eric Garland

ericgarland

Statement of pants-pissing fear from the White House. This is a Newsmax/QAnon word salad.Because I have a question: Was the Office of Pardon Attorney even *involved?* Because this GatewayPundit/Devin

Tomi T Ahonen of the Smile Police

tomiahonen

Now that we have a FRESH Trumpomobster pardoned, let me show you how 2021 will play out - for ALL Trumpomobsters that Trump pardons (note, he also pardons OTHER monsters,

A.C. Spollen

ACSpollen

Obama holds the record for the largest single-day use of the clemency power, granting 330 on January 19, 2017, his last day in office. He also issued more commutations than

Asha Rangappa

AshaRangappa_

THREAD. Remember that Manafort was the linchpin of Russia’s efforts with the Trump campaign. He was the one with direct contacts with Russian intel. He was the one sharing info

Darth Hoo

DarthHoo744

Troy makes some strong points, however, I still would adamantly oppose this. Why should we be scared of pursuing justice for a powerful plutocrat? Does the rule of law only

S. B. Anthony Museum

SusanBHouse

On news of a presidential pardon for Susan B. Anthony on August 18, 2020: Objection! Mr. President, Susan B. Anthony must decline your offer of a pardon today! Anthony wrote

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

The Pardon Clause prohibits using the pardon power to obstruct impeachments. Trump repeatedly opined—rightly—that Mueller's probe could lead to a referral for possible impeachment (which it did). The pardons he

Jed Shugerman

jedshug

This is too alarmist, @Lawrence. Pardons don’t have to be announced or publicized by noon tomorrow, but like all official acts, they have to be documented by noon, and Congress

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

Anyone telling you that we've seen pardons of this sort before—and therefore we can be sure of their legality under the Constitution—is blowing smoke. These pardons are a matter of

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