Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: Lazamataz

Remember the Global pardon for
Vietnam War draft dodgers who moved to Canada?

http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/jan._21_1977_carter_pardons_vietnam-era_draft_dodgers/

This will be the justification for the Executive Pardon...


12 posted on 08/26/2014 8:27:57 AM PDT by HangnJudge
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: HangnJudge
Not good enough. Pardons are effective against past crimes, but future crimes cannot be pardoned. Read this
15 posted on 08/26/2014 8:30:40 AM PDT by Lazamataz (First we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies ]

To: HangnJudge

That is different, though. The Vietnam draft dodgers committed crimes (dodging the draft) in the past. Their crimes were then pardoned. As long as they didn’t go forward and commit more crimes, they were set.

Illegal aliens committed crimes in the past, in the now, and in the future. As long as they aren’t supposed to be here, they commit crimes.

But only past crimes can be pardoned, There is no blanket pardon for the future.


30 posted on 08/26/2014 8:41:27 AM PDT by mountainbunny (Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens ~ J.R.R. Tolkien)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson