Tag: Presidential Pardons

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Clifford A. Brown
By Clifford A. Brown
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Retired from the U.S. Army Reserve as a Colonel after 30 years of active and reserve assignments. M.A. Political Science, M.S. Strategic Studies, Army War College, JD. Served in 1st Armored Division in West Germany when the Berlin Wall came down, in 2nd Infantry Division in South Korea during the regime of Kim Il Sung, and commanded a logistics battalion in Iraq 2003-2004. Wide-ranging public policy interests. Occasional home brewer and infuser of alcohol spirits.
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Yes, the White House has put the fates of Bread and Butter, two turkeys, in your hands. Vote early and often to ensure the Russians, Ukrainians, ChiComs, and dead Democrats don’t cancel out the will of the American people! The official pardoning ceremony happens on November 26, 2019. https://www.whitehouse.gov/gobble/ Yes, “Gobble.”  Preview Open

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Saint Augustine
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I read and talk and write about philosophy for a living. I am also a Southern Baptist. I don't see any conflict between the two. I like things like my wife, good fiction books, good sci-fi television, the theory of hylomorphism, and a nice cup of tea. The closest thing I have to a personal website is my Academia.edu profile. I also run TeacherOfPhilosophy on YouTube, which probably has the best (and perhaps the only) collection of cartoons based on the dialogues and speeches of Plato and other g… [more]
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I don’t know the answer to the first question, but I have something to say about how we answer it. The Public Discourse has had two interesting articles on the subject in recent weeks, but there were one or two errors about Constitutional interpretation worth correcting. I was pleased to read Nicholas Higgins’ recent article on the […]

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The Libertarian

The (Self) Pardon Power?

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Hosted by Richard Epstein, Troy Senik

Richard Epstein explains what the Constitution says about President Trump’s ability to pardon himself, grapples with the constitutional standards for impeachment, and warns about the political excesses being engendered by the Mueller investigation.

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Craig
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Craig Inactive
Music & Political Junkie, both of which overlap or collide into each other.  Known to hide behind nom de plumes and alter egos with occasional dysgraphia interruptions.
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President Obama has been the King of Presidential Pardons, dispensing them like Helloween Candy. As he ends his term in the White House, that list is going to get mighty long. Jessie Jackson Jr has called on Obama to issue Mass-Pardons, while Bowe Bergdahl is also petitioning for one. Therefore, to the Ricochet members only: Who do you think […]

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