I have a little bit of a dread that he will empty the prisons, or pardon all the black and Spanish prisoners. He can constitutionally do that and it would be the final nail in the American social coffin. It might also be a trigger for white men to begin to seriously fight back at the local level.
I heard on the radio today when they were talking about all the clemency that 0bama signed off on that one of the criteria was that they be people of color.
I heard on the radio today when they were talking about all the clemency that 0bama signed off on that one of the criteria was that they be people of color.
IIRC, he can only pardon Federal prisoners. State charges have to be done by the states individually.
Well he can only do it with federal prisoners, but yeah, he can still do an awful lot of harm in the next few months. Fortunately, state and local prisons are beyond his reach.... so far.