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LaMouffette

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10. What also needs to be happening now is proposing a Constitutional Amendment to limit pardons.
Thu Oct 6, 2022, 08:12 AM
Oct 2022

Would it pass? Nope. But it would be another way to showcase ahead of the midterms how corrupt the GOP is.

Democratic candidates could run ads showing Traitor Trump promising to pardon the Jan. 6 rioters (and have a montage of all the corrupt pardons he made, such as Bannon, Stone, and Flynn) and how the Democratic candidates' Republican opponents voted against limiting the power to pardon and thereby allowing Traitor Trump and future corrupt presidents to keep abusing the pardon power.

Also, the Brennan Center for Justice has an article on things Congress could do legislatively to limit the pardon. Excerpt:

Short of amending the Constitution, Congress could limit the pardon power legislatively. One bill, the Protecting Our Democracy Act, would require the Justice Department and the president to provide Congress materials pertaining to a pardoned individual’s prosecution and pardon. The bill would also make it clear that pardons could not be doled out in exchange for bribes. Another provision would outlaw self-pardons.

There is strong reason to believe this legislation would withstand constitutional challenges. With respect to the bribery provisions, it is widely accepted that Congress may impose criminal penalties on a presidential pardon issued to bribe a recipient. Moreover, DOJ has issued two opinions consistent with this understanding. The more recent one, from 1995, concluded that applying the federal bribery statute to the president “raises no separation of powers question, let alone a serious one.”



https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/how-prevent-abuse-presidents-pardon-power

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Hold them all accountable. magicarpet Oct 2022 #1
We knew this 8 months ago. gab13by13 Oct 2022 #2
THIS!!!!! BlueMTexpat Oct 2022 #3
An indictment of a few GOP Reps can help us keep the House. Samrob Oct 2022 #9
I agree 100% gab13by13 Oct 2022 #13
WAKE UP! Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2022 #11
Know-it-all wants attention. we can do it Oct 2022 #14
I know that Trump only wants to delay everything, and that is what he is doing. gab13by13 Oct 2022 #16
Relax, we are on the same side. gab13by13 Oct 2022 #15
Meadows may have already appeared before a Grand Jury. fightforfreedom Oct 2022 #21
Yes. And Garland's investigation leaks less than many. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2022 #23
Do you watch Nicolle Wallace? gab13by13 Oct 2022 #25
Agreed. And Nicole is doing a good job of covering what all other networks don't. Evolve Dammit Oct 2022 #38
Spot on. jaxexpat Oct 2022 #18
+1 Beastly Boy Oct 2022 #27
THIS!! onetexan Oct 2022 #30
I've been saying for months Old Crank Oct 2022 #4
In some countries he'd face a firing squad. Elessar Zappa Oct 2022 #6
I would say Old Crank Oct 2022 #7
And expel all his Russian associates in the US Captain Zero Oct 2022 #24
Maybe even more damage soldierant Oct 2022 #36
Lawyers for Trump? Really? That group that Trump stiffs? Frustratedlady Oct 2022 #5
Everyone knows that Trump followers aren't in it for the money. jaxexpat Oct 2022 #20
Or perhaps it's just simple extortion. nt Tommymac Oct 2022 #33
There HAD to be communications between them in order to no_hypocrisy Oct 2022 #8
What also needs to be happening now is proposing a Constitutional Amendment to limit pardons. LaMouffette Oct 2022 #10
I just had a silly thought, as soon as I saw Kelly SoRelle's name. calimary Oct 2022 #12
yes. this is where the real work stopdiggin Oct 2022 #17
This is why this trial is so important. fightforfreedom Oct 2022 #19
3 Oath Keepers have already pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy. gab13by13 Oct 2022 #26
I had to cringe just pulling up behind a minivan with Booth Kreepers sticker yesterday lambchopp59 Oct 2022 #22
In the mean time Turbineguy Oct 2022 #28
Trump is no longer president, he can no longer corrupt the DOJ. fightforfreedom Oct 2022 #29
There are Orange allies in the DOJ. Garland inherited a "snake pit." Time will tell, but the fact Evolve Dammit Oct 2022 #39
If any of them are found guilty of "seditious conspiracy".... kentuck Oct 2022 #31
I think you are right. fightforfreedom Oct 2022 #32
Not just scare. The DOJ's evidence on them will get them charged with aiding and abetting, ancianita Oct 2022 #34
Sorry. Don't see Trump going to trial for this. progressoid Oct 2022 #35
Henry Tarrio BaronChocula Oct 2022 #37
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