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I wanted to get this out there. The President has the power to grant pardons for offenses against the United States. He does not have the power to grant citizenship or residency, to my knowledge. Rush is talking to a guy right now about this.
1 posted on 06/12/2014 9:53:38 AM PDT by Defiant
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I hope he does try.

may the streets of DC be filled with illegals celebrating

when the crowds of patriots and veterans collide with them.

let the chips fall where they may.

Law is irrelevant.

Obama says so.


2 posted on 06/12/2014 9:56:42 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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Obama: I am pardoning all illegals.

American People: Yes, and pardon us while we kick their asses out.

3 posted on 06/12/2014 9:57:23 AM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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Obama bin Biden - the more immirgants, the better.

Biden: We need ‘constant, unrelenting stream’ of immigrants

Thursday, June 12, 2014 3:53:44 AM · by 2ndDivisionVet · 17 replies
The Hill ^ | June 10, 2014 | Benjamin Goad

5 posted on 06/12/2014 10:01:17 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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Rush is doubling down on claiming that the pardon could be made prospective. That, I believe, is wrong. You can't pardon someone for future crimes. Can you imagine? Obama: Eric Holder, you are hereby pardoned for murdering our enemies in the future.

He mentioned the example of the draft dodgers that Carter pardoned. At the time of that pardon, the crime committed was refusing to appear for the draft when they were drafted, years earlier. When they returned, that crime was pardoned, and they were not committing new crimes by not complying with a draft that no longer existed.

Rush's 99.8% rate of being right is going to take a hit on this.

6 posted on 06/12/2014 10:01:57 AM PDT by Defiant (Illegal aliens being allowed to stay legally is my definition of amnesty.)
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Rush was just reporting a prediction in a column he read. It’s not Rush’s prediction.


7 posted on 06/12/2014 10:03:53 AM PDT by WXRGina (The Founding Fathers would be shooting by now.)
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He cannot pardom himself so not going to happen anyway.


8 posted on 06/12/2014 10:04:36 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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So, illegals, if he grants this pardon head for home that same day and save yourselves a lot of future grief.

Then you can get in line and apply to come legally like everyone else.


10 posted on 06/12/2014 10:07:04 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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Let him do it, call this weasel’s bluff....

The illegals are not US citizens so they cannot be “Pardoned”.. Pardoning an illegal would be like pardoning an enemy combatant...

It would be an act of TREASON!


11 posted on 06/12/2014 10:07:13 AM PDT by GraceG
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It’s a prediction from Steve Hayward at Powerlineblog.com


16 posted on 06/12/2014 10:11:52 AM PDT by HOYA97 (twitter @hoya97)
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I think the GOP should insist that all DREAMers arriving after June 1th be transported to Washington DC and be required to stay there.


17 posted on 06/12/2014 10:12:03 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (At no time was the Obama administration aware of what the Obama administration was doing)
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The illegals will believe they have been granted amnesty and are now legal and that is all that matters.

Tell them different and there will be race riots in every city of the US.

The only thing a community organizer is good for is orchestrating civil unrest.


19 posted on 06/12/2014 10:25:01 AM PDT by IMR 4350
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Can he pardon non-citizens?


21 posted on 06/12/2014 10:29:14 AM PDT by Kenny
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can he pardon a non-citizen? Or are presidential pardons limited to citizens?


23 posted on 06/12/2014 10:36:16 AM PDT by ChiefJayStrongbow
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Pardons can only be for past crimes, known or unknown.

But since illegals would still be illegal, they'd commit a brand new crime the second the pardon was issued. From the second that pardon went into effect, and on, they'd be committing a new, unpardoned crime.

24 posted on 06/12/2014 10:38:30 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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The Supreme Court can rule a cat is a dog if they want to.


25 posted on 06/12/2014 10:41:33 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
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Make him write it out for every single undocumented worker...

that’ll keep him busy.


27 posted on 06/12/2014 10:51:21 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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If Obama does this he will assure democrats that blacks and illegals will vote for democrats.

He will also assure Republicans that everyone else will vote Republican..


30 posted on 06/12/2014 11:54:27 AM PDT by GOPJ (#2 reply spot RESERVED for Tokyo Rose comments: "nothing works - give up - it's all hopeless".)
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I assume that Obama will PERSONALLY sign each of the pardons. If not, I SURE AS HELL hope that the courts get to weigh-in on that.


32 posted on 06/12/2014 4:18:38 PM PDT by BobL
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