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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDon't be too surprised if a back-dated self-pardon suddenly shows up.
I know it won't solve his Georgia problem.
But it just feels like his federal crimes will be put behind us in that convenient way.
former9thward
(31,940 posts)Pardons are not secret.
Sneederbunk
(14,278 posts)Grown2Hate
(2,009 posts)MORON than we previously thought (and that's a HIGH bar).
H2O Man
(73,506 posts)perfessor
(265 posts)But he wont do it.
tritsofme
(17,370 posts)The potential crimes occurred after he left office.
Lettuce Be
(2,336 posts)You cannot be your own judge and jury. Doesn't mean tRump won't try, and cause a big fancy lawsuit project, all the way to the Supremes, but it still will not fly.
BlueSpot
(855 posts)Blues Heron
(5,926 posts)it can`t be done
LetMyPeopleVote
(144,919 posts)Self-pardons do not appear to be constitutional. Otherwise, TFG would have done a self-pardon before he left office
Link to tweet
Autumn
(44,980 posts)Captain Zero
(6,784 posts)Sympthsical
(9,038 posts)If a president could pardon themselves, what would constrain them from breaking every law imaginable while in office and simply going, "Too bad. Pardon!"
This is kind of wacky even for your usual armchair internet constitutional scholars.