captainjman2@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTrump calls for Supreme Court to 'intercede' against Biden after third indictmentwww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1182arrow-down15
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minus-squareGranite@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoHorrible hypothetical: he wins and pardons himself of all federal crimes, but he’s still convicted of state crimes in NY and GA and has prison sentences. What happens?
minus-squareApathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-21 year agoNixon was apparently warned against trying to pardon himself because no man can be judge over his own case. Clear conflict of interest. Idk how well that would hold up now as a reasoning, considering…. gestures broadly https://archive.thinkprogress.org/nixons-justice-department-warned-that-the-president-can-t-pardon-himself-f70228c8b9ef/
minus-squareAsafum@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoConstitutional crisis. Decent band name, horrible time to live through.
minus-squareBizarroland@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoReminds me of the old Chinese curse, ”may you live in interesting times.”
Horrible hypothetical: he wins and pardons himself of all federal crimes, but he’s still convicted of state crimes in NY and GA and has prison sentences. What happens?
Nixon was apparently warned against trying to pardon himself because no man can be judge over his own case. Clear conflict of interest.
Idk how well that would hold up now as a reasoning, considering…. gestures broadly
https://archive.thinkprogress.org/nixons-justice-department-warned-that-the-president-can-t-pardon-himself-f70228c8b9ef/
Constitutional crisis. Decent band name, horrible time to live through.
Reminds me of the old Chinese curse, ”may you live in interesting times.”