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Please show me in the constitution where it mentions Department of Justice guidelines in relation to presidential pardons. Thanks.
1 posted on 08/26/2017 2:30:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara criticized President Trump's decision to pardon the controversial former Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Friday, saying on Twitter that it was "contrary" to the Justice Department's standards for issuing pardons.

The DOJ is to adhere to the Constitution's standards, not the other way around.

65 posted on 08/26/2017 5:03:16 PM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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"Preet Bharara"???!!!

Why would anyone listen to a defective with a name like that? God only knows what values he was raised believing in. Damn ferrinner...

;^)

67 posted on 08/26/2017 5:41:27 PM PDT by Gargantua (The wheel is spinnin' and it can't slow down... ;^)
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“This pardon is contrary to DOJ guidelines.” Bharara tweeted.....

CORRECTION

“This pardon is contrary to Soros/Obama/Eric Holder/Thomas Perez “Enable the Illegal Aliens” guidelines.” Bharara tweeted.....


68 posted on 08/26/2017 5:55:09 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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“Article II of the Constitution gives the president broad and unreviewable power to grant ‘’Reprieves and Pardons’’ for all offenses against the United States. The Supreme Court has ruled that the pardon power is granted ‘’[t]o the [president] . . ., and it is granted without limit’’ (United States v. Klein). Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes declared that ‘’[a] pardon . . . is . . . the determination of the ultimate authority that the public welfare will be better served by [the pardon] . . .’’ (Biddle v. Perovich). A president may conclude a pardon or commutation is warranted for several reasons: the desire to restore full citizenship rights, including voting, to people who have served their sentences and lived within the law since; a belief that a sentence was excessive or unjust; personal circumstances that warrant compassion; or other unique circumstances.”

WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON FEB. 18, 2001 New York Times justifying pardons by his administration.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/18/opinion/my-reasons-for-the-pardons.html


69 posted on 08/26/2017 5:55:34 PM PDT by DakotaRed (Why not just pass a law requiring criminals to obey the laws?)
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That is what I was thinking too. I am pretty sure Presidential Pardon Power is older than the DOJ. Luckily Bharara meets all known douche nozzle guidelines.


71 posted on 08/26/2017 6:18:21 PM PDT by jospehm20
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Trump should pardon D’Sousa just to piss him off.


72 posted on 08/26/2017 6:19:43 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Start using cash and checks or the elite class and bankers will make "cashless" the norm.)
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A Democrat whining about violating guidelines. They can’t even follow laws let alone guidelines.


75 posted on 08/27/2017 1:26:21 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Democrats want to teach anal sex in school. Republicans want to teach gun safety.)
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Trump cannot make a MOVE without getting heaped on criticism. It’s like there’s an unholy force at work against him.


76 posted on 08/27/2017 5:31:21 AM PDT by kelly4c
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I guess 0bama pardoning a traitor was just peachy


77 posted on 08/27/2017 6:01:32 AM PDT by okie 54
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I guess 0bama pardoning a traitor was just peachy


78 posted on 08/27/2017 6:04:30 AM PDT by okie 54
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