Posted on 10/12/2016 1:39:54 PM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
When Donald Trump threatens to lock up Hillary Clinton if he were president, he's merely "channeling the frustrations of millions of Americans" — and doesn't ultimately have that power, his campaign manager suggested Wednesday.
"It wouldn't be up to him whether or not she goes to jail.That would have to be fully adjudicated through the regular channels like it would be for anyone else," Kellyanne Conway said on ABC's "Good Morning America."
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He can’t. That’s true.
His Attorney General can make it a top priority to investigate the Clinton Crime Syndicate.
He can determine probably guilt, issue indictments, and prosecute her to the full extent of the law.
Anything that the statute of limitations hasn’t expired on, should be fair game.
I hope some of the rape victims saved bodily fluid samples.
He said he'd appoint a Special Prosecutor, and as long as it's not Ken Starr, then it's a slam dunk!
The president has the power to pardon. That’s in the Constitution. He doesn’t have the power to grant blanket immunity from future prosecution.
Can’t wait to see the list of things he pardons her for.
Luckily he can’t pardon himself.
That being the case, he’ll be the focus of many things should should have been.
Works for me.
What, then, was Nixon pardoned for? He hadn’t been convicted of anything himself.
I think someone has to be convicted or at least charged to be pardoned. How can you pardon someone who has done nothing wrong?
He is correct.
It is first up to a grand jury to indict and then to another jury to convict.
But just getting to the discovery process might be worth while.
Might have to lock up half of DC after it is done...
But it is all wishful thinking. Won’t happen.
“Well I don’t know what’s out there,” she said. “There’s no way for me to know what is and isn’t out there. I only know what I read. And so we’ll deal with them as they come, we’ll have to find out what is on there, and what the context was.”
not reassuring...
He is correct.
It is first up to a grand jury to indict and then to another jury to convict.
But just getting to the discovery process might be worth while.
Might have to lock up half of DC after it is done...
But it is all wishful thinking. Won’t happen.
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I don’t think he can issue a valid pardon without a specific conviction to define the pardon.
IOW, she can still be prosecuted, without “Double Jeopardy” if she was never tried in the first place.
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“What, then, was Nixon pardoned for? He hadn’t been convicted of anything himself.”
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You read & listen to Ford’s proclamation of the pardon here, if that’s any assistance:
http://watergate.info/1974/09/08/text-of-ford-pardon-proclamation.html
sounds good . . . there can not be double jeopardy if there is no previous adjudication of the crimes.
She cannot be pardoned before adjudication for treason. That is a constitutionally mandated capital offense.
I don’t think Obama pardons Hillary if she loses. It would be more divisive long term for the country if she isn’t and I think Obama values divisive. Anything to hurt the US.
I hadn’t thought of that angle.
Let me ask you this though.
Nixon was pardoned. That seemed to exclude him being charged.
Is that a valid perception to your point of view/
Yep. If, and only if, the chief executive orders that the adjudication take place. Which 0bama, in complete dereliction of his duties as President, has not done.
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There was no desire to charge Nixon. Look at what crap they all get away with.
Were there any desire for law and order, congress would become “Night Court.”
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Louis Foxwell is correct.
Without a conviction it would be impossible to establish which treason was being pardoned. (Known treason, or undisclosed treason?)
Your view of the constitution is way too simplistic.
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