Congress Opposes Bush Pardons »
Posted By berkeley 11 months, 3 weeks ago in Political NewsNever before has a president pardoned himself or his subordinates for crimes he authorized. The idea that the pardon power constitutionally includes such pardons ignores a thousand year tradition in which no man can sit in judgment of himself, and the fact that James Madison and George Mason argued that the reason we needed the impeachment power was that a president might some day try to pardon someone for a crime that he himself was involved in.
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berkeley11 months, 3 weeks ago
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believe it or not, i screamed just as much at clinton's pardon of marc rich, a career criminal. you just didn't hear me. and remember, scooter libby was rich's lawyer.
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rich was likely involved in and knew about a variety of crimes that implicated clinton, but he was not under clinton's direction. if bush pardon's those working for him, it's an entirely unique level of disgrace. -
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jimdoze11 months, 3 weeks ago
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As a political partisan, I would love to see the whack left flood the system with indictments and show trials of the current administration. There is nothing I could think of that would galvanize the rest of the country against them more readily.
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As a citizen, I will hope that this nonsense does not come to pass. It would make it much more difficult for the incoming administration to govern... and, in short order, would be its undoing. -
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4thchance11 months, 3 weeks ago
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Clinton went insane and pardoned all sorts of criminals and even some well known terrorists. So, for Bush to do the same thing is only fair game. Who cares that we the people are the ones who will ultimately pay for this kind of dumb behavior, so it doesn't matter. Just as long as the rich, powerful and criminal are happy and free, then nothing else matters.
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