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onenote

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10. It's not uncharted territory and would lose 9-0 in this or any other Supreme Court.

Reply to Ms. Toad (Reply #9)

Fri Aug 25, 2017, 10:15 PM

Aug 2017

In 1925, the Supreme Court, in Ex Parte Grossman, noted that the pardoning by the President of criminal contempts had been practiced more than three-quarters of a century and concluded that criminal contempt is an "offence against the United States," within the meaning of Article II, 2, Cl. 1 of the Constitution, and pardonable by the President thereunder.

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msnbc No evidence that Trump followed the normal process of pardoning people. Guest mentioned [View all] riversedge Aug 2017 OP

Bob Bauer, WH lawyer under Obama is the guest riversedge Aug 2017 #1

Any mention of whether that nullifies the pardon? Squinch Aug 2017 #2

Nope. Nothing in the constitution about nullifying a pardon. It's a done deal. Lochloosa Aug 2017 #3

There was a times editorial yesterday that suggests that the pardon of a conviction Squinch Aug 2017 #4

Not quite. Ms. Toad Aug 2017 #7

Dreaming -- No US court has ever overturned a presidential pardon as far as I know onenote Aug 2017 #8

It is definitely uncharted territory Ms. Toad Aug 2017 #9

It's not uncharted territory and would lose 9-0 in this or any other Supreme Court. onenote Aug 2017 #10

Maybe we'll have the opportunity to see. n/t Ms. Toad Aug 2017 #12

I sincerely doubt that. onenote Aug 2017 #13

This is a test missile of a pardon. The big ones come when he starts pardoning everyone kairos12 Aug 2017 #5

That's my thought as well. procon Aug 2017 #6

He's got a stack of blanks ready to be signed dalton99a Aug 2017 #11