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JosefStalinator
Oct 9, 2007

Come Tbilisi if you want to live.




Grimey Drawer

Squizzle posted:

its so he cant overrule the impeachment authority of the senate

the senate was envisioned as the big boy serious business part of govt

so anything that he's impeached over and convicted on cant be pardoned

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cumshitter
Sep 27, 2005

by Fluffdaddy

Mariana Horchata posted:

have u ever had intercourse with a evangelical xtian type in deep denial of themselves being gay af?? im guessing thats weird and something u would want to avoid at all costs...tho im sure the possibility is real

keep going

Martin BadClixx
Jul 14, 2012

dada stijl

:cumpolice:
Can you pardon before something happened? Or do you need to be convicted first.


Asking for my best friemd, lets call him Eric frump

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

six months in and he wants to fire the ag and pardon himself

Chokes McGee
Aug 7, 2008

This is Urotsuki.

triple sulk posted:

speedrun lookin good

did not expect them to glitch over an invisible barrier w/a new york times interview

that was pretty dope

Higgy
Jul 6, 2005



Grimey Drawer

Thatim posted:

Can you pardon before something happened? Or do you need to be convicted first.


Asking for my best friemd, lets call him Eric frump

:cross dimensional dormamu thunk face:

GobiasIndustries
Dec 14, 2007

Lipstick Apathy

euphronius posted:

six months in and he wants to fire the ag and pardon himself

I'm happy that he decided to hate Racist Keebler Elf so quickly.

Squizzle
Apr 24, 2008




Thatim posted:

Can you pardon before something happened? Or do you need to be convicted first.


Asking for my best friemd, lets call him Eric frump

the prez impeachment power is almost unchecked and can be used more or less preëmptively

ford didnt wait for nixon to get charged

Chokes McGee
Aug 7, 2008

This is Urotsuki.

don't doxx my spirit animal

AARP LARPer
Feb 19, 2005

THE DARK SIDE OF SCIENCE BREEDS A WEAPON OF WAR

Buglord
it's hard enough to deal with tirdfuzzes death as it is, but then to find out he died by autoerotic asphyxiation...woah, that really threw me

gonna miss that chimp avatar

jarofpiss
May 16, 2009

euphronius posted:

six months in and he wants to fire the ag and pardon himself

owns

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

Wouldn't rosentein be ag if he fired the elf

Squizzle
Apr 24, 2008




and nixons pardon covered literally any (federal) crime at all he mightve committed as potus w/o exception

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

https://twitter.com/ashleyrparker/status/888208243075547137

Lol

Joementum
May 23, 2004

jesus christ
you can check out federalist 74 for more on the pardon where Hamilton makes it clear that the president can even pardon treason if he wants

JosefStalinator
Oct 9, 2007

Come Tbilisi if you want to live.




Grimey Drawer

euphronius posted:

six months in and he wants to fire the ag and pardon himself

lol this does really own

but does the constitution explicitly cover conviction?

like, the president can't pardon impeachment, but could you wiggle out a space and say that convictions could be pardoned?

Gringostar
Nov 12, 2016
Morbid Hound

euphronius posted:

Wouldn't rosentein be ag if he fired the elf

yes, but racist kebbler can't fire mueller so it would be an empty gesture

Chokes McGee
Aug 7, 2008

This is Urotsuki.

Mariana Horchata posted:

idk where the Ark ENcounter is located but im gonna go out on a limb here and guess Branson, Missouri??

ooh sorry no. the correct answer was *checks backyard* kentucky

Squizzle
Apr 24, 2008




euphronius posted:

Wouldn't rosentein be ag if he fired the elf

he could fire rosenstein or try to speed nominate a crony to replace jbo

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

federalist papers eh

:shrug:

Bethamphetamine
Oct 29, 2012

Mariana Horchata posted:

have u ever had intercourse with a evangelical xtian type in deep denial of themselves being gay af?? im guessing thats weird and something u would want to avoid at all costs...tho im sure the possibility is real

Mormon guys are great lays, just leave before the crying starts.

Pook Good Mook
Aug 6, 2013


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Thatim posted:

Can you pardon before something happened? Or do you need to be convicted first.


Asking for my best friemd, lets call him Eric frump

No one really knows. The only time it happened was under Ford. But in that case, he was in charge of the executive and the DOJ so he didn't have to prosecute Nixon if he didn't want to. Ford pardoned him so it wouldn't be a cloud hanging over the country for the next 10 elections.

But as with most things that exist in the Constitution, it would need to be tested by a court case.

Squizzle
Apr 24, 2008




JosefStalinator posted:

lol this does really own

but does the constitution explicitly cover conviction?

like, the president can't pardon impeachment, but could you wiggle out a space and say that convictions could be pardoned?

the courts havent to my knowledge ever been asked if potus can prepardon himself then get impeached then avoid consequence other than removal from office

or if congress could legislate wrt to such a loophole

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

JosefStalinator posted:

lol this does really own

but does the constitution explicitly cover conviction?

like, the president can't pardon impeachment, but could you wiggle out a space and say that convictions could be pardoned?

impeachment and removal is a political act and a check on the president .

it exists outside of the pardon power

the pardon power is an ancient royal prerogative . impeachment is "new" though high crimes and misdemeanors is a well defined standard in English law

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

Squizzle posted:

the courts havent to my knowledge ever been asked if potus can prepardon himself then get impeached then avoid consequence other than removal from office

or if congress could legislate wrt to such a loophole

he can't

Jazerus
May 24, 2011


i found the cumshitter of ancient rome

Squizzle
Apr 24, 2008




we prob gonna get 1 or 2 or 20 landmark decisions about how govt works out of this admin

Chokes McGee
Aug 7, 2008

This is Urotsuki.

I mean he's not wrong but

Turdfuzz
Jul 23, 2008

Squizzle posted:

we prob gonna get 1 or 2 or 20 landmark decisions about how govt works out of this admin

all of them bad

Chokes McGee
Aug 7, 2008

This is Urotsuki.

Squizzle posted:

we prob gonna get 1 or 2 or 20 landmark decisions about how govt works out of this admin

just the one: it doesn't

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

Squizzle posted:

we prob gonna get 1 or 2 or 20 landmark decisions about how govt works out of this admin

it's not even justiciable

congress will impeach and remove him. if he refuses to go then it's civil war

Shear Modulus
Jun 9, 2010



Joementum posted:

you can check out federalist 74 for more on the pardon where Hamilton makes it clear that the president can even pardon treason if he wants

the federalist papers own because we're taught in school that they were a high point of democracy and american political philosophy and then you read them and all they are are hamilton and madison talking about how awesome the constitution is because the president can do whatever he wants and its impossible for the people to actually take control away from the rich

Squizzle
Apr 24, 2008




Jazerus posted:

i found the cumshitter of ancient rome



that translation elides the difference between fellatio and irrumatio

Chokes McGee
Aug 7, 2008

This is Urotsuki.

Turdfuzz posted:

all of them bad

I just want you to know, that I was going to make a joke about you being dead, but then I didn't.

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

JosefStalinator posted:

so anything that he's impeached over and convicted on cant be pardoned

not convicted . removed

it's impeach and remove from office. that's all.

AARP LARPer
Feb 19, 2005

THE DARK SIDE OF SCIENCE BREEDS A WEAPON OF WAR

Buglord

Squizzle posted:

the courts havent to my knowledge ever been asked if potus can prepardon himself then get impeached then avoid consequence other than removal from office

or if congress could legislate wrt to such a loophole

lolling at the idea of a preemptive Trump pardon of himself "just in case"

Chokes McGee
Aug 7, 2008

This is Urotsuki.

euphronius posted:

congress will impeach and remove him

woah slow your roll there

Squizzle
Apr 24, 2008




euphronius posted:

it's not even justiciable

congress will impeach and remove him. if he refuses to go then it's civil war

but can he pardon himself so that he cant be criminally prosecuted after hes removed from office

Turdfuzz
Jul 23, 2008

Chokes McGee posted:

I just want you to know, that I was going to make a joke about you being dead, but then I didn't.

well the jokes on u cuz idk anything!!

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euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

Squizzle posted:

but can he pardon himself so that he cant be criminally prosecuted after hes removed from office

yes

for federal crimes

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