Posted on 03/19/2015 11:38:46 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
President Obama doesn’t need his phone for this job — just a pen. With but a stroke of it, he could pardon Hillary Clinton for any crimes she may have committed in Emailgate and spare the rest of us the long drama.
At first blush that might seem ridiculous. Though the press is rattling on about how the former secretary of state has broken all sorts of federal laws in connection with her email, Clinton hasn’t been formally accused of anything.
That doesn’t mean that she couldn’t get a presidential pardon. Richard Nixon hadn’t been indicted for any crime when President Gerald Ford gave him a pardon.
Nor had most of the Vietnam-era draft dodgers whom President Jimmy Carter pardoned (on his first day in office).
Fact is that the pardon is the least-fettered presidential power. The president can pardon anyone for any offense against the United States, except in cases of impeachment.....
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Obama do something for someone that’s not Muslim or An Illegal ,NEVER ,LOL
The issuance of and acceptance of a pardon is a tacit admission of guilt.
Obama: F-— Hillary.
It’s an interesting idea from another angle. Issuance of a pardon for Hillary during her political campaign would certainly compromise it and might even derail it, given that it would suddenly and sharply focus on her performance in office. Not that 0bama would ever want to sabotage Hil...
Pardons should be restricted to those that have been convicted of a crime.
Vote for Hillary; she’s been pardoned!
He will but he’s got to indict her first. Then he can trade a pardon for a promise to clear the field for Comrade Warren.
Gerald Ford saw it differently but you’re right.
Proclamation 4311
“I, GERALD R. FORD, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, pursuant to the pardon power conferred upon me by Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States which he, Richard Nixon, has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974.”
pardon hillary?
HOw about putting her sorry corrupt, murdering ass in stock along the reflecting pond for all to throw rotten garbage at like she deserves?
Wouldn't that be great right before she officially announces, or better yet wait till she does.
Maybe so, but Lipsky mentions two precedents to the contrary (Ford pardoning Nixon prospectively and Carter pardoning the Vietnam draft dodgers both prospectively and as a class, as opposed to a list of specific individuals). Moreover, neither Congress nor the Supreme Court has the power to overturn a pardon.
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