If Presidents have immunity, then why have they had pardons after leaving office, to avoid the law?

[Bluethroughu]

Will Clarence recuse himself from this case, his wife was lobbying Trump's Thief of Staff to keep him in office, no matter what?

[malaise]

1. You mean why did Ford pardon Nixon?

Great question
Slobby is effed! The end is nigh!

[Bluethroughu]

2. I believe it became tradition for the Republican'ts

to be Pardoned after leaving office, after tricky.

[hedda_foil]

3. NO!!!! Nixon is the only former president who was pardoned.

Please don't state guesses as facts. Not on DU. Never, never, NEVVVVERRRR!!!!!

Ok?

[Bluethroughu]

4. Ok...sorry, I thought Raygun was included in the Iran Contra pardons,

and didn't Bush and Cheney want pardons for lying us into a war in Iraq.

It just seems an intitialment that most of the Republican party has zero shame throwing around .

I wasn't trying to be technical. I don't hear Democratic Administrations' talking about pardoning members of their party or Presidents after committing crimes.

[redqueen]

10. None of those criminals was ever held to account

Nor was Kissinger, Rumsfeld, Cheney...

[Rebl2]

5. Ford should

never have pardoned Nixon.

[malaise]

6. Well that reality won't help Slobby

A ReTHUG president thought it was necessary then😀

[Mr.Bill]

12. If Trump ever goes to prison,

he will only be there until the next republican president is sworn in. With the possible exception of Chris Christie.

[Bluethroughu]

15. Chris Christie would follow party line.

He raised his hand early in the debates, when asked who would vote for rump if he was the nominee.

He's just wants to be President, not really govern...remember Bridge-gate.

[Bluethroughu]

9. I don't believe immunity should be legal, unless

It was part of a Legislative, administrative or accidentally enforced because legal council allowed it and then they should be sanctioned.

[WarGamer]

7. I still wonder if Trump issued a blanket self pardon for himself...

waiting if/when he's convicted in a Federal Court.

[Bluethroughu]

8. I hope not, I hope that is not even legal!

Scary.

[krawhitham]

14. He'd have to prove he did it while he POTUS unless there is a paper trail

Writing a get out of jail card on toilet paper from mar-a-lago will not work

[Mr.Bill]

11. Clarence Thomas wouldn't recuse himself

from a case even if he was the defendant.

[krawhitham]

13. Easy, the person giving the pardon did know that POTUS was above the law.

I not saying POTUS is above the law, but Ford pardoning Nixon means nothing. It's just Ford thought Nixon would need a Pardon, he could have simply been wrong