It appears selling pardons is now legal

[Huey Grey]

Trump could legally sell pardons under 'blueprint for totalitarianism' from Supreme Court

The Supreme Court's widely derided ruling last week on presidential immunity opens up an extreme possibility — imagine a kiosk in the lobby of the White House where the president's "lap dogs" order get-out-of-jail free cards rather than fries and a soda.That's the country's new reality, according ...

www.rawstory.com

 

[SI_NYC]

What the SC just ruled on presidential power is terrifying. It’s as if they are setting the country up for totalitarianism.

 

[Chishawk1425]

What the SC just ruled on presidential power is terrifying. It’s as if they are setting the country up for totalitarianism.

 

[MitchLL]

What the SC just ruled on presidential power is terrifying. It’s as if they are setting the country up for totalitarianism.

Trump's legacy will be the poisoning of SCOTUS.

 

[Hawked]

Use this shit biden

 

[Hawk_82]

Biden is president. So these hypothetical ideas actually apply to Biden. Dems are sick f***s.

 

[Scruddy]

Lol

 

[DooBi]

Democracy is OVAH!!!!!

 

[lucas80]

Biden is president. So these hypothetical ideas actually apply to Biden. Dems are sick f***s.

Thank goodness we have a straight down the middle moderate like you here to point to true North for us.

 

[Colonoscopy]

Trump's legacy will be the poisoning of SCOTUS.

Whatever you think of them, they were likely destined to to fill their positions regardless the Republican in office. Trump just got lucky

 

[zappaa]

Leftist Propaganda.
Lib ministry on the level of Goebbels and Japanese poisoning the minds of the residents of Saipan in 1944

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

Parsons/commutations have been handed out left and right over the years.

 

[ihhawk]

It could never happen where a President pardons the fugitive spouse of a mega donor . Couldn’t even dream that up

 

[fsu1jreed]

Parsons/commutations have been handed out left and right over the years.

For money?

 

[TC Nole OX]

Use this shit biden

He’s still figuring out what flavor oatmeal he’s having for breakfast. That will keep him busy until about 1 pm. Then it will be time for his nap.

 

[BubsFinn]

Marc Rich agrees.

 

[Hawk_4shur]

Whatever you think of them, they were likely destined to to fill their positions regardless the Republican in office. Trump just got lucky

Yeah, well don't forget that Obama should have had a pick in his last year but Mitch and Chucky stonewalled it because it was "too close to the next election". Then the same two rammed one through in a month in Trump's last year.

That's two picks the Dems should have had. It probably would have changed everything.

 

[FlickShagwell]

Marc Rich agrees.

Wow, timely reference.

 

[BubsFinn]

Yeah, well don't forget that Obama should have had a pick in his last year but Mitch and Chucky stonewalled it because it was "too close to the next election". Then the same two rammed one through in a month in Trump's last year.

That's two picks the Dems should have had. It probably would have changed everything.

That's one.
If Obama gets to appoint someone in his last year, Trump does too. McConnell outplayed you. Accept it and don't let it happen the next time.

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

For money?

Who knows. I've have little faith in the system to begin with. Some presidents use the power very liberally.

Trump granted 237 acts of clemency during his four years in the White House

His predecessor, Barack Obama, granted clemency 1,927 times over the course of eight years in office, the highest total of any president going back to Harry Truman.

Trump used his clemency power sparingly despite a raft of late pardons and commutations

Only two other presidents since 1900 – George W. and George H.W. Bush – granted fewer acts of clemency than Trump.

www.pewresearch.org

 

[Hawk_4shur]

That's one.
If Obama gets to appoint someone in his last year, Trump does too. McConnell outplayed you. Accept it and don't let it happen the next time.

You're right.

I will try my best to out-maneuver the Senate Majority Leader next time.

 

[BubsFinn]

Wow, timely reference.

Point being that selling pardons is nothing new and all this hysteria about Trump wielding supreme power if re-elected is a load of crap. If the Democrats actually believed that, then Biden has the same power.

 

[Huey Grey]

Point being that selling pardons is nothing new and all this hysteria about Trump wielding supreme power if re-elected is a load of crap. If the Democrats actually believed that, then Biden has the same power.

He has the same power but only a lowlife criminal would use it like this. That's kind of the point.

 

[markfromj]

What the SC just ruled on presidential power is terrifying.

No it’s not.

 

[Huey Grey]

No it’s not.

It absolutely is.

 

[BubsFinn]

He has the same power but only a lowlife criminal would use it like this. That's kind of the point.

LOL, right. When has any politician not used all the power available to them and more?

 

[ihhawk]

LOL, right. When has any politician not used all the power available to them and more?

Heck, Biden ignored the Supreme Court on the student loans

 

[Hawked]

Heck, Biden ignored the Supreme Court on the student loans

It was nice though telling the student loan people to refund the payoff i made during covid and then having the government pay them off instead. Thanks Joe!

 

[MitchLL]

No it’s not.

Pull your head out of your ass and examine the issue again.

It's abuse of a given power.

 

[FlickShagwell]

LOL, right. When has any politician not used all the power available to them and more?

Welp, the Supreme Court has said the “Biden crime family” can commit its crimes in the open. That should happen any second now, right?

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

He has the same power but only a lowlife criminal would use it like this. That's kind of the point.

Your president is being counseled by a gun crime felon.

 

[SI_NYC]

Biden is president. So these hypothetical ideas actually apply to Biden. Dems are sick f***s.

Could be but not likely. Trump on the other hand has pushed every loophole/legality for years so my confidence in him not abusing his power isn’t very high.

 

[pjhawk]

It could never happen where a President pardons the fugitive spouse of a mega donor . Couldn’t even dream that up

After Trump's pardons of close advisors/associates, you're trying to do a Marc Rich mic drop in this thread? LOL.

Bannon is at least now facing some jail time for something. See also Roger Stone and a bunch of other crooks in the Trump orbit who got their pardons.

 

[SI_NYC]

That's one.
If Obama gets to appoint someone in his last year, Trump does too. McConnell outplayed you. Accept it and don't let it happen the next time.

I wouldn’t call it outplaying. It was cheating the system.

 

[pjhawk]

Point being that selling pardons is nothing new and all this hysteria about Trump wielding supreme power if re-elected is a load of crap. If the Democrats actually believed that, then Biden has the same power.

Oh you people are such supreme hypocrites. So full of shit. Yesterday's spazz out is today's La di da. Pardons, but-her-emails, you name it.

 

[pjhawk]

Marc Rich agrees.

LOL. Another Marc Rich reference. You guys are just so completely full of shit..

 

[pjhawk]

Your president is being counseled by a gun crime felon.

Besides convicted felon Donald John Trump, You want us to go through the list of convicted felons surrounding him?

 

[MitchLL]

It's a lot easier and a whole lot quicker to make a list of people in Trump orbit who haven't been convicted of crimes.

Really incredible that he has support from 40-45% of the voting public.

And kinda sad people are so easily duped.

 

[Hawked]

Your president is being counseled by a gun crime felon.

My king can do as he pleases. Do you even supreme court bro?

 

[RagnarLothbrok]

Trump could legally sell pardons under 'blueprint for totalitarianism' from Supreme Court

The Supreme Court's widely derided ruling last week on presidential immunity opens up an extreme possibility — imagine a kiosk in the lobby of the White House where the president's "lap dogs" order get-out-of-jail free cards rather than fries and a soda.That's the country's new reality, according ...

www.rawstory.com

Isn’t that what Catholics do?