Quote (excellence @ 4 Jun 2018 19:10)
sure. look squirrel still works oh so well on the lefty media
as for the notion of a president pardoning themselves, im not a Constitutional scholar. nor do i pretend to be one, unlike most of the lefty/anti-drumpf talking voyeurs masquerading as ‘unbiased media’ that suddenly went to law school (like they went to business school and predicted an economic crash to happen immediately when drumpf got elected).
it depends how far one stretches the interpretation of the pardon section of article II section II (which is only for federal matters, and would include the whole lefty argument ‘rigging the election with putin and friends’ even though Pres Obama said its not possible to rig the election and ‘russian collusion with alex ovechkin and evgeni malkin’ etc. blah blah). there isnt much to stretch though. it does not explicitly say he cannot do so (unless impeached).
ice’s links probably have better insight. probably conservative interpretations but also probably mired in interpretations of the constitution rather than feelings about drumpf
Do you think the sitting President talking about pardoning himself is no big deal and just another another leftist media overreaction?
As for whether the President can pardon himself or not, I think you have a reasonable take.
Quote (bogie160 @ 4 Jun 2018 19:20)
He has the authority and it would not bother me if he used it.
It is good that we have strong presidents, and we should not allow unaccountable institutions undermine the lawful chain of command.
Do you think the President talking about pardoning himself is something that an innocent person does?
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