“Man, that Trump! That is NOT how ya do it! Ya do it on yer last day, and ya get a nahce long blow job from the guy’s wife first!”
Stewart was sent to prison solely because she was Stewart. If she were a liberal Democrat, she would have never been tried for that crime.
I thought Blagojevich was a commutation. He is serving more time than most violent criminals are. The good news; it is driving the CNN nits crazy. Love it!
I live in Illinois (native born) and have for years watched the democrats and republicans destroy what used to be a pretty great place to live. As for pardoning Rod Blagojevich, I’m actually in favor of it. He got a much harsher sentence than former governor and convicted criminal George Ryan, who was by far more adept and successful at pay to play tactics than Mr. Blagojevich. I’m no fan of Rod Blagojevich, but I honestly think he has done his time and ought to be pardoned. And, it might make some of his former democrat allies very upset, which is worth watching.
I’m of the mind when the President sees a miscarriage of Justice he’s entitled and given the irrefutable right to correct it.
Scooter Libby was convicted by a jury, and he was entirely innocent. So, a conviction of a non-crime by an out-of-control prosecutor should be overturned.
Sometimes I get the feeling that the Washington Post is going to be critical of anything Trump does. /S
The mob loves a hanging. Film at eleven.
The media doesn’t talk much about Trump pardoning the black boxer.
I support a blanket pardon for anyone prosecuted under the Obama DoJ.
Every single case is tainted by politics and selective prosecution. This is not the Rule of Law but its opposite. A blanket pardon would be a welcome corrective of Obama era injustice.
Upset liberals just means things are happening as they should.
They are having a fit this morning over the 7-2 Supreme Court decision over the gay wedding cake case. Tantrums are their policy argument mainstay.
D'Souza wasn't convicted by a jury because, even though he had one of the best defense attorney's there is, he still pleaded guilty because he had no defense. Some parts of his sentence, such as a day of community service every week for five years, seem kind of harsh.
D’Souza was a strident and effective critic of the Obama administration
Maybe, but his idea that Obama was inspired by anti-colonial motives through the father he only met once in his life did not make sense.
Blago is an idiot. But he deserves a pardon more than anyone. Blago was absolutely attacked and taken out by the democrat party. Nobody else was convicted even though democrats including Pritzker who is now running for governor and Jesse Jackson Jr. tried to buy the Senate seat but they were never arrested, at least not for this crime.
Blago did not play with Obama. And that is why they went after him. Blago had the black vote in Illinois, while the rest of the democrats could not get him out of power.
By the way, the Chicago fake news hid most of the democrats that called Blago while only reporting Blago’s side of the conversation. Jesse Jackson Jr. sold his office but only got a short jail term, while Blogo got 18 years.
Are you SERIOUS? Juries are the main weapon Slip & Fall lawyers have to make $$$Millions$$$. The slip & fall lawyers pick the least intelligent people to serve on the jury panel. It is even worse with product liability litigation's. We had customers dis-engaging safety guards on our machines which were 40 years old, to slightly increase production rates, then the machine operator mashes up his hand, then they pick a gullible jury panel who have no technical background, play on the sympathy aspect and win a huge award. I have served on jury panel myself, and I would never hire most of them to flip hamburgers.
In the United States, the pardon power for federal crimes is granted to the President of the United States under Article II, Section 2 of the United States Constitution which states that the President "shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment". The U.S. Supreme Court has interpreted this language to include the power to grant pardons, conditional pardons, commutations of sentence, conditional commutations of sentence, remissions of fines and forfeitures, respites, and amnesties.
The President doesn't have to justify or explain his pardons to anyone, including the news media, pundits, editors, reporters, ex-campaign managers, lawyers, ex-perts or democrats in Congress.
If they don't like his pardons, they can run against or vote against him in November, 2020.
Other than THAT, they simply have no call in the matter.
This must be driving the Swamp insane.
How will Mueller react? Will he realize the futility of his political prosecutions or will he double down? My money is on double down.
“Man, that Trump! That is NOT how ya do it! Ya do it on yer last day, and ya get a nahce long blow job from the guy’s wife first!”