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To: moovova

Obama will be distributing the “pardon me” get out of jail free cards.


19 posted on 11/02/2016 9:12:21 AM PDT by JediJones (Social conservatism is the root of all conservatism.)
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To: JediJones

But I have to wonder, is there a crime so bad he wouldn’t issue a pardon for it?


24 posted on 11/02/2016 9:13:34 AM PDT by pnz1 (#IMNOTWITHHER)
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To: JediJones

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Pardoning pedophiles will put Obama in jail.


147 posted on 11/02/2016 9:51:13 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: JediJones

http://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/05/opinion/l-constitution-allows-pardons-before-conviction-590688.html

The leading Supreme Court case is Ex parte Garland (1867). Justice Stephen J. Field, writing for the Court in a 5-4 decision, held that the President’s pardoning power is ‘’unlimited,’’ and ‘’It extends to every offense 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.’’


166 posted on 11/02/2016 9:55:16 AM PDT by lancium
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