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To: EinNYC

How does a pre-emptive pardon work. Is that even possible?


2 posted on 11/09/2016 3:21:15 PM PST by rmichaelj
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To: rmichaelj

How did it work with Nixon?


6 posted on 11/09/2016 3:24:02 PM PST by dhs12345
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To: rmichaelj

And doesn’t a “pardon” require a predetermination of guilt?

What a quandary.


7 posted on 11/09/2016 3:24:41 PM PST by fwdude (Stronger, To Get Her)
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13 posted on 11/09/2016 3:31:27 PM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: rmichaelj

Expect Ford’s pardon of Nixon to be trotted out.


14 posted on 11/09/2016 3:37:01 PM PST by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: rmichaelj

That’s what happened with Nixon...


34 posted on 11/09/2016 4:43:37 PM PST by GOPJ (Democrats were played for fools by their own political operatives! That's how they were blindsided)
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To: rmichaelj

Ford did it for Nixon so there’s precedent.


46 posted on 11/09/2016 7:35:24 PM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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