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Tuesday, President George W. Bush granted pardons to 19 people and commuted the sentence of one person, according to the Justice Department -- but the names of two jailed Border Patrol agents were conspicuously absent. Thus ended any hopes of a Christmas commutation of sentence for Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean in the shooting case of Mexican drug smuggler Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila. The president left the White House today for the Christmas holiday at the presidential retreat at Camp David. According to a Bloomberg report, however, President Bush could issue more presidential acts of clemency. The White House “didn’t rule out...

Conservatives need to make this another “Miers Moment” for George W. Bush. Just as we did to stop the risible Supreme Court nomination of Hapless Harriett, conservatives must band together to stop the new Senate illegal immigration “reform” bill. Let us all stand, respectfully, in President Bush’s path with our right hands raised signaling “halt.” We’ve done it before. We can do it again. President Bush is not solely to blame for this travesty. There’s blame aplenty to go around to Sen. McCain and others. We have to remember that it was only because of strong Republican opposition in the...