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i gotta know (Original Post) bluestarone Aug 2017 OP
I am waiting for him to pardon every KKK and white supremacist in Doreen Aug 2017 #1
Sort of greeny2323 Aug 2017 #2
The power of the pardon customerserviceguy Aug 2017 #3

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
1. I am waiting for him to pardon every KKK and white supremacist in
Sat Aug 26, 2017, 08:42 PM
Aug 2017

the prisons. The ones who have the most violent and disgusting crimes. I would not put it past him.

 

greeny2323

(590 posts)
2. Sort of
Sat Aug 26, 2017, 08:43 PM
Aug 2017

He is able to pardon people for federal crimes, but not state crimes. So states could come at people who are pardoned.

There is very serious doubt he could pardon himself, although he could try to claim he did.

In the end, impeachment is a remedy.

And if not impeachment, then voting out the politicians who refused to impeach him.

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
3. The power of the pardon
Sun Aug 27, 2017, 01:03 AM
Aug 2017

is the very most unchecked privilege of the Executive branch. Some of the Founding Fathers were very much against it, foreseeing its application by a tyrant.

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