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To: DoodleDawg

That phrase did not have the force of law, and legal scholars today do not agree with you.
But as usual, you are merely being an anti-Trump bomb thrower.


51 posted on 04/18/2018 4:48:01 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's bes friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: DesertRhino
That phrase did not have the force of law, and legal scholars today do not agree with you.

Legal scholars are split as to whether those remarks were made in dicta. Most accept it as binding. The Justice Department guidelines for accepting clemency petitions requires that the petitioner "has accepted responsibility for his or her criminal conduct..."

61 posted on 04/18/2018 5:00:12 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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