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In reply to the discussion: The pardon of Arapio is a disgrace to this nation. [View all]ancianita
(37,672 posts)76. If pardons become agent orange's MO, the Supremes must shut him down.
How legal appeals on his pardons can get that far, I don't know. But the legal fights against his pardons must begin. And soon.
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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