yes yes we are all fully aware of the Clinton did it too defense. It's gotten a lot of use the past few years. But leaving aside whether the president legally CAN do this.. is it the right thing to do, do you think?
On 7/3/07, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pardon power is a function of the executive branch, i.e. the branch of > government that enforces the laws that the legislative branch passes. Pretty > standard "separation of powers" doctrine there. I would much rather have > that power in the hands of one person than in the hands of an entire > Congress. There would be ten thousand pardons a year instead of a few dozen. > > As for DOJ guidelines, you put more faith in government bureaucrats than I > do. And here I thought you were a libertarian. If I were President, I would > be sorely tempted to take a machete to large parts of the Federal > government. > > For everyone's entertainment, here is the full list of Clinton's pardons and > commutations, and GHW Bush's pardons: > > http://www.usdoj.gov/pardon/recipients.htm > > > DOJ doesn't have a link for GW Bush's pardons yet. > > > > > > On 7/3/07, Gruss wrote: > > > > > cHat wrote: > > > Libby's case he has been found guilty... he's just not the only one! > > > > > > > Yeah, you're right. > > > > I guess I just find it despicable for Bush to step in - I don't agree > > with the pardon process be it for Clinton or Bush or any president. I > > can see giving the Congress the power to do it, but not the President. > > > > What's even worse in this case is not just that he did it, but that he > > violated Justice Dept guidelines to do it (something Clinton didn't > > do), and that he had previously said he wouldn't. And, of course that > > he would let justice "take it's course". > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:237772 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
