#Pardons

Charlie Savage

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New legal explainer: Trump has discussed potential pardons that could test the boundaries of his constitutional power to nullify criminal liability.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/02/us/politics/trump-pardons.html Here are some highlights,

Phil Quin

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Presidential pardons are in the news. A brief thread. The pardon power was common in monarchies, including in Britain, and already existed in several state constitutions. As such... (1/12) it

Kurt Andersen

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Concerning Article II of the not-yet-ratified Constitution, the section giving the president almost unlimited “power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States," a delegate to the

Jonathan Turley

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Jeff Toobin just said that the Stone commutation is "the most corrupt and cronyistic act in all of recent history. " He might want to review the rogue's gallery of

Kyle Cheney

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BREAKING: Trump pardons STONE, MANAFORT, CHARLES KUSHNER The Senate Intelligence Committee described Manafort – who was serving a sentence for financial crimes — as a direct conduit for Russian influence

John Scotus

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Pardons are supposed represent mercy to the contrite, not Christmas presents to political allies or to murderers, perjurers, and corrupt politicians who still claim innocence. Some of the pardons were

Glenn Kirschner

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More thoughts on Trump’s pardons: The overwhelming image conjured up by these pardons is this: it cements Trump’s image as a de facto RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization) boss.The

Laurence Tribe

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1.Ken Gormley says his executive unpardoning idea “might sound strange, even extra-constitutional.” In fact, it wd be UNCONSTITUTIONAL even though I agree a self-pardon, if issued, should be judicially declared

A Worried Citizen

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My guess: Donald Trump resigns on Friday and Mike Pence pardons him. I assume that was the topic of their meeting yesterday. He knows a self-pardon would be void. He

Nick Confessore

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The list of pardons by Trump, now swelled by a last round, now includes a large chunk of the most high-profile political corruption prosecutions of recent years, on both the

Steve Vladeck

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1. In honor of Trump’s last full day in office, and what may end up being the big story of the day, here’s a quick #thread on the President’s pardon

Simon Voget

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Now that Park Geun-hye's conviction has been finalized, the conservative media is predictably going all-out in the call for pardons for her and other convicted ex-president Lee Myung-bakhttp://www.mediatoday.co.kr/news/articleView.html?

Yoni Appelbaum

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1. A short thread of @TheAtlIdeas authors on the president’s fondness for, and propensity to extend pardons to, war criminals: 2. "Being no different from or better than our enemies

Kenneth P. Vogel

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BREAKING: TRUMP issues pardons to:STEVE BANNONELLIOTT BROIDYPAUL ERICKSON (ex-bf of MARIA BUTINA)RICK RENZI (ex-Congressman)ROBERT HAYES (ex-Congressman)DUKE CUNNINGHAM (ex-Congressman)ROBERT ZANGRILLO (college admissions scandal) TRUMP als

Teri Kanefield

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People are asking again about pardons.Pardons do not shield Trump from state prosecutions and offer no shield to civil liability.A self-pardon is most likely unconstitutional (although nobody has ever tried

Brian Kalt

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I see confusion on Twitter about pardons b/c of Roger Stone. Here's a thread—tell a confused friend.This is for those who1) didn't think Trump had the power to do this

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