[C. Edmund Wright]

We slam the RINO's pretty good around FR - and they deserve it. But Roberts is in a tough election, and he does something here almost no GOP E types will do - calls out Valerie Jarrett and the WH for being part of a political thugocracy.

Credit where credit is due.

[smoothsailing]

Good post. The fact that both Ted Cruz and Sarah Palin are coming in to Kansas to campaign for Pat Roberts says alot about Roberts solid conservative credentials. The “He’s a RINO” crowd conveniently ignores that glaring reality.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/10/09/Prairie-Fire-Ted-Cruz-Kicks-Off-Sen-Pat-Roberts-Kansas-Bus-Tour

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/09/25/Sarah-Palin-Reminds-Kansans-Pat-Roberts-Unlike-Opponent-Opposes-Amnesty-for-Illegals

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

“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.”

This is important, in that the anti-Federalists were right, that the authority to pardon is subject to abuse.

However, the constitution is simple, that the president can only grant reprieves and pardons. All other acts can be limited by congress.

This means that congress may create rules under which the president *cannot* order the remission of fines and forfeitures. In this case for criminal acts against citizens.

Of course the rules for this would have to be carefully tailored, but then be a ‘sword of Damocles’ hanging over the heads of corrupt federal officers, agents and employees.

So imagine Valerie Jarrett facing fines of $20m for her crimes?

[FreeReign]

Roberts should have said this earlier. We need this kind of articulation year round and not just 4 weeks before a tough election.

That said, the only Republican senator I don't support this election cycle is McConnell.

[Don Corleone]

BUMP!

[Waywardson]

Too little. Too late. Good riddance.

[Vaduz]

Life under the Democrat party isn’t easy nor safe.
They have given us the land of lawlessness.

[GOPJ]

I’m glad he came forward...

[Liberty Valance]

bttt

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

“I’m convinced that even Valerie Jarrett was involved,” Roberts said.

See? You can state your opinion, and what seems obvious to most of us.

He didn't state on the floor of the Senate that he received a message from an anonymous caller.

[skinkinthegrass]

prep walk..jail time! NO!

[Wuli]

Roberts does something very right. That’s a good thing.

[q_an_a]

my only question is why it took him months to tell this story? Is it his tough election and so he needs to bring down someone that he was going to let slide because it was the TEA PARTY and Patriots? I have no faith in these old guys.