Posted on 11/16/2016 7:26:05 AM PST by dirtboy
Donald Trump's election has raised deep concerns, even among his supporters, that he may misuse the vast powers of the presidency. We believe that he can take early steps now, even before he takes office, to signal that he will use executive power to unify the country, despite a campaign that emphasized differences within the Republican Party and among American voters generally.
Trump should look for policy initiatives where he can appeal to both Republicans and Democrats. He will need Congress' support for tax cuts, regulatory reform, and a rejuvenated military. We believe he can make three commitments, well within the president's constitutional authorities, to show that he will use the office in the public interest and to respect democracy, rather than lean toward authoritarianism.
First: The president-elect should promise a pardon, on day one, for Hillary Clinton. Article II of the Constitution places no limit on the president's power to "grant reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States," except for impeachment. Many Americans believe Clinton was guilty of conduct that would trigger prosecution of a lesser figure. But an actual prosecution would create the terrible appearance of pursuing his political opponents with criminal law. A prosecution would divert attention from all other Trump initiatives and discourage any compromise and cooperation from Democrats.
Saving the country from bitter turmoil is one of the reasons why the president has a pardon power. [snip] It would signal that Clinton violated the law with her private email server and mishandling of classified information. Nor would a pardon bar the Justice Department from fully investigating any corruption involving the Clinton Foundation. A pardon would show that a President-elect Trump can win with grace, put the nastiness of the campaign behind us all, and focus our energies on the future.
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
Read the article, post 28, and post 30.
All the things that need doing and the most important thing in the author’s mind is pardoning hilzebub?
Temper! Temper! Hillary Goes On Rampage For Over An Hour- Throwing Glass at Staffer’s HeadHillary’s meltdown included throwing a water glass at a staffer- narrowly missing her head, and demanding Matt Lauer be fired! She was overheard threatening executives at NBC saying “If I lose, we all go down and that Fascist Fuck will have us swinging from nooses! What the fuck is wrong with you idiots?”
“It still amazes me how the losers think that they dictate the terms of the victory.”
They have done so for decades. That is why they think they can do so.
The problem is thinking that we have been governed by elected representatives. We have not been so governed for 50 years. The ultimate power has been the mediacracy, or, if you wish, the media/government/bureaucracy complex. It has all been an establishment “progressive” project.
The Trump Revolution blew the lid off the Establishment. It destroyed the mediacracy’s power to control the information flow.
True!
“Many Americans believe Clinton was guilty of conduct that would trigger prosecution of a lesser figure. “
If we are to be a country of laws and not of men, then Hillary and company should receive the same punishment as others who do the same thing, and yet, on a much smaller scale.
That’s Obama’s responsibility. It throws even more poo onto his legacy, but “them’s the breaks”.
Let’s see did this paper support Trump, no, well then STFU.
put her in a cage in GITMO
as the Bible says: let your yes mean yes and your no mean no. Try getting that into your rhino minds.
Lock her up and if treason was involved hang her
As a condition of the pardon, she should have to make a full confession of everything she’s done, on broadcast video. The pardon should ONLY cover crimes that she has fully confessed to.
Nice try, SHrillary
It’d be a mistake to pardon her. I would rather see him ignore her. Let justice deal with it if Bambi doesn’t pardon her.
The democrats are going to dump all of Hillary’s ILLEGAL activities on Trump if he doesn’t pardon her.
I agree. Let Barry do the pardoning. And if she refuses (since a pardon is an admission of guilt and I don’t see Herself accepting that) then to the hilt.
HRC's criminality is so deep, broad and long-lived that even an attempt by 0b0z0 to "pardon" her -- before she has even been fully investigated -- should be chargeable as Obstruction of Justice, rather than as a pardon...
My point is do you think she is more deserving of a pardon than any other extortionist, swindler, law breaker just because she is who she is???
I see no reason for her to be let off the hook anymore than any other thief or criminal...
Why would she accept a pardon if she’s done nothing wrong?
He wants to spare the nation the turmoil of watching Hillary held accountable. But sparing Hillary the pillory would only reinforce the notion that people are no longer equal before the law. In the end, that would be more disruptive to the nation than a disciplined investigation of Hillary’s corruption of a public office.
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