captainjman2@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoTrump calls for Supreme Court to 'intercede' against Biden after third indictmentwww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1162arrow-down16
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minus-squareGranite@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months 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-squareAsafum@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 months agoConstitutional crisis. Decent band name, horrible time to live through.
minus-squareBizarroland@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·11 months agoReminds me of the old Chinese curse, ”may you live in interesting times.”
minus-squareApathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 months 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/
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?
Constitutional crisis. Decent band name, horrible time to live through.
Reminds me of the old Chinese curse, ”may you live in interesting times.”
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/