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Fred Sanders

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17. Long threads at DU about Presidential pardon powers. Many at DU arguing such powers are

Reply to wt1531 (Original post)

Mon Dec 4, 2017, 11:54 AM

Dec 2017

unlimited and even can pardon himself. Which is hardly worthy of response as is Shitler's lawyers near admission by tweet and now verbally that his client is guilty as sin.

Get a new lawyer! Sad!

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The President cannot break the law, because he is above the law-per Trump's lawyer [View all] wt1531 Dec 2017 OP

"L'etat, c'est moi" dalton99a Dec 2017 #1

Looks like Louis XVI King of France. How did that work out? Nevermind, you no longer have a head. justhanginon Dec 2017 #12

Looks like Trump has a fool for a lawyer. MineralMan Dec 2017 #2

And his lawyer ... NanceGreggs Dec 2017 #9

Please proceed, Trump and Attorney... MineralMan Dec 2017 #10

Stephen Miller on ban: Trumps authority will not be questioned RKP5637 Dec 2017 #3

Thats an interesting legal opinion... neeksgeek Dec 2017 #4

Exactly what I was thinking :) nm AmericanActivist Dec 2017 #8

This bogus outrageous excuse means they have given up claiming Trump didn't obstruct justice. honest.abe Dec 2017 #5

Yes! Is that the path they want to go down? MGKrebs Dec 2017 #18

Long held beliefs about our democracy are turning out to be just fantasy. nt Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #6

What country is he living in? matt819 Dec 2017 #7

That's how it used to be anyway world wide wally Dec 2017 #11

Except,of course, when the marybourg Dec 2017 #13

yeah, nixon tried this shit too. how did that work out for him? Javaman Dec 2017 #14

If that holds up, we're done here. CanonRay Dec 2017 #15

Yes, Im sure this was what the founding fathers had is mind California_Republic Dec 2017 #16

Long threads at DU about Presidential pardon powers. Many at DU arguing such powers are Fred Sanders Dec 2017 #17