Posted on 10/27/2016 9:36:53 AM PDT by detective
What was Nixon convicted of?
Ford pardoned Nixon, he wasn’t even impeached, he resigned.
while that is true, the pardon was never taken to court as being illegal
the pardon was not challenged because it was moot
Let him pardon her then follow the threads and go after all her “enablers” from Slick to Huma to Podesta and with a little luck back to Zero! She can be subpoenaed to testify!
This is simply not true.
Ford gave Nixon a full preemptive pardon even though Nixon had not been charged.
Gerald Ford gave Richard Nixon a full and unconditional pardon for any crimes he might have committed against the United States while president.
A president can pardon whoever he wants for any Federal crime regardless of whether their has been any charges at all.
In 1866, the Supreme Court ruled in Ex parte Garland that the pardon power “extends to every offence known to the law, and may be exercised at any time after its commission, either before legal proceedings are taken, or during their pendency, or after conviction and judgment.” (In that case, a former Confederate senator successfully petitioned the court to uphold a pardon that prevented him from being disbarred.) Generally speaking, once an act has been committed, the president can issue a pardon at any time—regardless of whether charges have even been filed.
in 2017 the pardon with no trial will be challenged
Count on it
“in 2017 the pardon with no trial will be challenged
Count on it”
On what legal basis could it be challenged?
Lawyers will find a basis
Shade tree lawyers will not be involved
Just recently learned that! Isn’t that something.
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