#Pardon

So I’m a big @jacklgoldsmith fan but as I delve into the spreadsheet I’m increasingly skeptical of the methodology—in particular the very capacious definition of “advance political agenda.” 1/https://twitter.com/jacklgoldsmith/sta
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Much to say about yesterday’s pardons and commutations. Before getting to the updated chart, some general reflections. Trump has upended the traditional criteria for clemency: https://www.justice.gov/jm/jm-9-140000-pardon-attorney#9-140.1
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Student loan forgiveness would absolutely help me, and *many* other Black people who have no generational wealth and had to take on all that debt just for a chance at
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Oh, for fuck's sake, Seth. Can't you take like two weeks off from misinforming people about the law?Almost every word of this thread is wrong, starting from its fundamental premise.
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This could not be a dumber take. We need far more mercy in our cruel, barbaric, all too often unjust system, and executive clemency is embedded into the Constitution for
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If Trump follows through on a pardon of @Snowden, it'd be a huge victory against CIA/FBI/NSA abuses.Everyone from @RandPaul, @MattGaetz & @TulsiGabbard to @ACLU, @BernieSanders & @NYTimes have advocated this.The
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1/ (thread)We are watching a movie.This entire situation is political theatre in order to bring JA into the light to prepare the public for the massive truth bombs that are
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The big loser in this expose seems to be Abbe Lowell. Diller's dead. Baras has served his time. Broidy's already taken a zillion PR hits. But this suggests that DOJ
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It appears that the person who was upset about my discussion of the interaction between the pardon power and impeachment last night remains upset (46-tweet-thread upset, in fact) about it
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Lots of commentary on Twitter about Pres. Trump's clemency actions over the past few days. Some commentators saying the pardon power should be limited because of how it is being
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Good coverage of the latest messaging disaster, in a year with many. We are dramatically underselling the amazing vaccines, exaggrating the uncertainties and people trying to emphasize the good news
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On this day in 1992, President George H. W. Bush issued pardons for six men. Arguably, these pardons did more to enable future criminal presidencies even than Gerald Ford’s pardon
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I'd love to believe that Trump's claims of "rigged" elections will depress GOP turnout in Georgia on Jan. 5. But I don't buy it. I think his voters know Trump
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You know what happened here?A US Attorney is investigating a bribery scheme involving contributions in exchange for a presidential pardon. All the dates are redacted.BUT the **media** is assuming it
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The best answer I know:No, the pardons can't be overturnedCorrupt pardons can be prosecuted as a separate crimeTrump can't pardon himself, so if he pardons all the insurrectionists, he'll be
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The illogical basis of gender ambiguity explained.A must watch! Here's the rest of the video. I couldn't have worded it better myself. Pardon me, there's a little more.
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