I think the President has full respect for the law. The reason for no pardon has been explained by many. Libby will not spend one day in jail. He will be able to fight the court verdict through the appeals process. Until that avenue has been closed a pardon will not be in the cards. Today, after the prison question was answered in finality, the President answered back with the commute.
Let the process play out for a pardon.
This was clearly done to silence Libby from saying what he knows.
The sentence was appropriate for the offense as determined by a jury of his peers..THAT IS THE RULE OF LAW
Good post RR.
But read that post again. I’m certain this one was in favor of Libby’s conviction and going to jail. He only said Bush will pardon him to keep him quiet from saying anything against Bush himself. He said that in commuting his sentence he showed himself to be one who has no respect for the law.
This came straight from DU only without the F words and such.
The appeal may well be successful. The appellate court now has the President decreeing that this federal judge was seriously out of line. The trial court’s pronouncements were often political, and the entire saga is unprecedented.
Sometimes a reviewing court just says “bullshit”-and then writes an opinion to wrap that conclusion in eloquence.