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In reply to the discussion: The pardon of Arapio is a disgrace to this nation. [View all]Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)16. It is more than just a disgrace. It drops us into a Constitutional Crisis.
It is not that Arpaio violated the civil rights of people who looked hispanic, it is that he thumbed his nose at a Federal Court, and Trump said, "That's OK, you were doing something I approve of, so screw the courts." So, what next? He puts out a new Executive Order banning immigration from Mexico, SCOTUS says no, he tells ICE, to hell with SCOTUS, go ahead and ban them and if you get arrested, I'll just pardon you.
We need for the ACLU to file suit immediately on behalf of the folks whose rights were violated and appeal this right up to SCOTUS. Otherwise, we have just lost the power of the courts to use an injunction to stop anything that Trump thinks is OK.
Folks, we are really in deep, serious trouble.
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There are many central issues, and this is one of them. Arpaio is NOT a distraction, the so-called
still_one
Aug 2017
#29
It is more than just a disgrace. It drops us into a Constitutional Crisis.
Stonepounder
Aug 2017
#16
The Supreme Court ruled in 1925 that the presidential pardon power applies to criminal contempt
onenote
Aug 2017
#48
He wanted it to be part of a late Friday news dump, hurricane was a bonus to distract people
MrPurple
Aug 2017
#43
The GOP spent eight years trying to scorch the earth to hamper Obama, and now we
fishwax
Aug 2017
#67