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Obama will spare Bergdahl his just deserts
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Posted on 01/01/2016 6:52:17 AM PST by luke1825
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To: Pollster1
Presidential pardons can be reversed, even when they come from real presidents.Presidential orders, yes, but pardons? I thought they were absolute.
To: luke1825
Yes because bergdal is a muzzy like him.
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posted on
01/01/2016 7:50:24 AM PST
by
I want the USA back
(Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
To: luke1825
He might... But this is an article making “predictions for 2016”.
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posted on
01/01/2016 7:53:35 AM PST
by
Tallguy
To: G Larry
It will all depend on the timing. A trial before BO leaves office could soil his legacy and possibly swing a few votes. A pardon would also soil his legacy and possibly swing a few votes, but less than a trial. A pardon would disappear from the news cycle in three days, tops. A trial would take longer.
As in all decisions BO makes, he will pick the option which minimizes political fall-out.
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posted on
01/01/2016 8:25:19 AM PST
by
Vigilanteman
(ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
To: luke1825
Here is my prediction:
Obama will pardon Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook).
To: SuzyQue
His prosecution makes Obama look bad for the exchange. Obama worries more about his legacy than actually doing a good job.
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posted on
01/01/2016 8:26:16 AM PST
by
wiggen
(#JeSuisCharlie)
To: luke1825
Obama’s going to do that and MUCH, MUCH worse as his parting shots at completing his attempts to destroy the United States of America.
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posted on
01/01/2016 8:35:01 AM PST
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: Blue Collar Christian
Without a doubt, the most anti-American president in history, probably future as well as past
for sure
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posted on
01/01/2016 8:36:53 AM PST
by
Big Horn
(Rebuild the GOP to a conservative party)
To: jim_trent
Obama will pardon Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook). Can't happen.
The president's pardon authority extends only to those accused of or convicted of a federal crime. Mumia Abu-Jamal is in a state prison, convicted of a state crime.
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posted on
01/01/2016 8:52:25 AM PST
by
okie01
(The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
To: smoothsailing; hanamizu
President Bush reversed his own pardon of Isaac Robert Toussie. Ulysses Grant revoked two pardons that were given out by President Andrew Johnson. Litigation follows when that happens, but there is precedent.
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posted on
01/01/2016 9:26:48 AM PST
by
Pollster1
("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
To: Pollster1
In the case of Toussie the pardon was revoked the day after it was issued. Since the pardon never was received, the Jusice Department argued that that it wasn’t ever in effect. I’m curious, do you know how the courts treated U.S. Grant’s revocation of Johnson’s pardons? Imagine if Carter had revoked Ford’s pardon of Nixon or more interestingly if Reagan had revoked Carter’s pardon of the draft dodgers.
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posted on
01/01/2016 9:50:36 AM PST
by
hanamizu
To: luke1825
Obama’s legacy will forever be fixed as being the first Black American president. However, what follows in that narrative will forever be marred by his failed administration and his anti-American actions. Obama may pardon Bergdahl but that surely doesn't make the traitor Bergdahl innocent. His traitorous act will follow him the rest of his life.
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posted on
01/01/2016 10:13:37 AM PST
by
Doc91678
(Doc91678)
To: luke1825
Obama’s legacy will forever be fixed as being the first Black American president. However, what follows in that narrative will forever be marred by his failed administration and his anti-American actions. Obama may pardon Bergdahl but that surely doesn’t make the traitor Bergdahl innocent. His traitorous act will follow him the rest of his life.
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posted on
01/01/2016 10:14:54 AM PST
by
Doc91678
(Doc91678)
To: Pollster1
It would seem that reversing a pardon could be seen in some cases as a form of double jeopardy.
To: Da Coyote
That’s exactly what I was thinking. I cannot imagine that the families of the men who were killed or wounded in the search for Bergdahl will quietly walk away if Obama pardons him!
To: luke1825
Of course he'll pardon the creep - traitors of a feather stick together.
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posted on
01/01/2016 1:52:56 PM PST
by
lapsus calami
(What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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