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Obama Seeks Wider Authority To Release Drug Offenders
KPBS: A public service of San Diego State University ^ | April 21, 2014 | Liz Halloran

Posted on 04/21/2014 11:30:23 AM PDT by fwdude

Attorney General Eric Holder announced Monday that the Obama administration is formulating new rules that would give it, and the president, far more latitude to pardon or reduce the sentences of thousands of drug offenders serving long federal prison sentences.

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Obama wants to release his friend on society.
1 posted on 04/21/2014 11:30:23 AM PDT by fwdude
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To: fwdude

Holder likes to release terrorists. He purposely released The Puerto Rican terrorists who shot up Congress at the end of Clinton’s reign. They weren’t Muslims, the were Communist terrorists.


2 posted on 04/21/2014 11:34:33 AM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: fwdude

I have to wonder if any cartel money has made its way into the US political system.


3 posted on 04/21/2014 11:50:17 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: fwdude

Obama and Holder want Judicial power as well as executive power.

The executive has full pardon authority, which is a check to the judicial, but has no authority to assign, increase, or reduce sentences, and the legislative has not authority to grant it. It is strictly within the judicial power, as set forth by the legislative. But the executive should have nothing to do with it.


4 posted on 04/21/2014 11:53:31 AM PDT by cotton1706 (ThisRepublic.net)
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To: fwdude

“Attorney General Eric Holder announced Monday that the Obama administration is formulating new rules that would give it, and the president, far more latitude to pardon or reduce the sentences of thousands of drug offenders serving long federal prison sentences.”

Just invent a law giving yourself more power. Why haven’t other Presidents done the same? Hugo Chavez used the same playbook.


5 posted on 04/21/2014 11:55:41 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Unions are an Affirmative Action program for Slackers! .)
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To: Menehune56

That is probably why no US president makes any serious effort to control our southern border.


6 posted on 04/21/2014 11:57:15 AM PDT by Texas resident (The democrat party is now the CPUSA)
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To: Beagle8U

They have to get recruits from somewhere for their “civilian national security force,” after all.


7 posted on 04/21/2014 12:02:53 PM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: Menehune56

I don’t.


8 posted on 04/21/2014 12:02:54 PM PDT by WayneS (Help Control Politician Overpopulation - Spay or Neuter Your Senator or Congressman Today!)
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To: Menehune56
? the same people who just DEBUTED the new shipping company


9 posted on 04/21/2014 12:05:17 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: fwdude

Obama creating as much chaos as he can...


10 posted on 04/21/2014 12:06:18 PM PDT by Rapscallion (Obama stands for the corruption of America in all aspects.)
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To: Menehune56
I have to wonder if any cartel money has made its way into the US political system.

I asked about Fast and Furious for months but they ignored the question. Still wonder whether the weapons were provided to the Mexican cartels in return for large bribes from the drug dealers to the democrats.

11 posted on 04/21/2014 12:09:24 PM PDT by Rapscallion (Obama stands for the corruption of America in all aspects.)
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I think once they get looking into it they will find that there aren’t any non-criminals in prison for just doing drugs.

If they spring a bunch of gangbangers it would be a matter of months before they kill someone and O’bastard has his own Dukockus moment X1000 to try to explain away.

The Demoncraps would be doomed in 2016.


12 posted on 04/21/2014 12:12:54 PM PDT by Beagle8U (Unions are an Affirmative Action program for Slackers! .)
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To: fwdude

The Democrats always take the side of the criminal.


13 posted on 04/21/2014 12:24:53 PM PDT by Siegfried X
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while he can grant clemency, it wasn’t meant to be used like this.


14 posted on 04/21/2014 12:38:36 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau

Just another democrat effort to get out the vote in time to gin the 2014 election in his fsvor.


15 posted on 04/22/2014 3:25:04 AM PDT by urbanpovertylawcenter (the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
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