Sorry my red-hat darlings ... Why President Trump Can’t Pardon Roger Stone

[Denizen]

Impeachment does have consequences.

Donald Trump is stymied by the constitution and Roger Stone will have to spend his time in jail.

This is one effect of impeachment that might cause Donald Trump severe embarrassment if other cases are exposed of people that he can't pardon. Mike Flynn could be another one.

I wonder how this impacts Trump's family and Jared Kushner.

Donald Trump won't issue any pardons before the election to prevent this becoming a campaign issue.

Opinion | Why President Trump Can’t Pardon Roger Stone

Why President Trump Can’t Pardon Roger Stone
The Constitution and the Framers sought to protect the republic from a scenario like this.

By COREY BRETTSCHNEIDER 02/27/2020 04:30 AM EST

Corey Brettschneider is professor of political science at Brown University and visiting professor of law at Fordham Law School. He is the author of The Oath and the Office: A Guide To the Constitution For Future Presidents.

Speculation that President Donald Trump might pardon Roger Stone has reached a fever pitch after Stone’s sentencing by a federal judge and the president’s repeated hints that he thinks the verdict unfair. But fortunately, the Constitution’s framers imagined this nightmare scenario—a suspected criminal president pardoning a co-conspirator—and they put in the Constitution language to legally prohibit the pardon power in exactly this kind of case.

Both the plain meaning of the Constitution’s text and the historical evidence show that once a president has been impeached, he or she loses the power to pardon anyone for criminal offenses connected to the articles of impeachment — and that even after the Senate’s failure to convict the president, he or she does not regain this power. ...

 

[Rigby5]

No, Trump was impeached over the Ukrainian situation with Hunter Biden, and Stone was busted over DNC hacking and wikileaks, which is totally and completely unrelated.
So there is nothing to prevent Stone from being pardoned.

 

[OKTexas]

Impeachment does have consequences.

Donald Trump is stymied by the constitution and Roger Stone will have to spend his time in jail.

This is one effect of impeachment that might cause Donald Trump severe embarrassment if other cases are exposed of people that he can't pardon. Mike Flynn could be another one.

I wonder how this impacts Trump's family and Jared Kushner.

Donald Trump won't issue any pardons before the election to prevent this becoming a campaign issue.

Opinion | Why President Trump Can’t Pardon Roger Stone

Why President Trump Can’t Pardon Roger Stone
The Constitution and the Framers sought to protect the republic from a scenario like this.

By COREY BRETTSCHNEIDER 02/27/2020 04:30 AM EST

Corey Brettschneider is professor of political science at Brown University and visiting professor of law at Fordham Law School. He is the author of The Oath and the Office: A Guide To the Constitution For Future Presidents.

Speculation that President Donald Trump might pardon Roger Stone has reached a fever pitch after Stone’s sentencing by a federal judge and the president’s repeated hints that he thinks the verdict unfair. But fortunately, the Constitution’s framers imagined this nightmare scenario—a suspected criminal president pardoning a co-conspirator—and they put in the Constitution language to legally prohibit the pardon power in exactly this kind of case.

Both the plain meaning of the Constitution’s text and the historical evidence show that once a president has been impeached, he or she loses the power to pardon anyone for criminal offenses connected to the articles of impeachment — and that even after the Senate’s failure to convict the president, he or she does not regain this power. ...

ROFLMFAO, some one hasn't read the Constitution. A person having been impeached can not be pardoned by a president. Having been impeached and acquitted does not place any encumbrance on the presidential power to pardon. You commies just crack me up.

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[bluzman61]

Impeachment does have consequences.

Donald Trump is stymied by the constitution and Roger Stone will have to spend his time in jail.

This is one effect of impeachment that might cause Donald Trump severe embarrassment if other cases are exposed of people that he can't pardon. Mike Flynn could be another one.

I wonder how this impacts Trump's family and Jared Kushner.

Donald Trump won't issue any pardons before the election to prevent this becoming a campaign issue.

Opinion | Why President Trump Can’t Pardon Roger Stone

Why President Trump Can’t Pardon Roger Stone
The Constitution and the Framers sought to protect the republic from a scenario like this.

By COREY BRETTSCHNEIDER 02/27/2020 04:30 AM EST

Corey Brettschneider is professor of political science at Brown University and visiting professor of law at Fordham Law School. He is the author of The Oath and the Office: A Guide To the Constitution For Future Presidents.

Speculation that President Donald Trump might pardon Roger Stone has reached a fever pitch after Stone’s sentencing by a federal judge and the president’s repeated hints that he thinks the verdict unfair. But fortunately, the Constitution’s framers imagined this nightmare scenario—a suspected criminal president pardoning a co-conspirator—and they put in the Constitution language to legally prohibit the pardon power in exactly this kind of case.

Both the plain meaning of the Constitution’s text and the historical evidence show that once a president has been impeached, he or she loses the power to pardon anyone for criminal offenses connected to the articles of impeachment — and that even after the Senate’s failure to convict the president, he or she does not regain this power. ...

ROFLMFAO, some one hasn't read the Constitution. A person having been impeached can not be pardoned by a president. Having been impeached and acquitted does not place any encumbrance on the presidential power to pardon. You commies just crack me up.

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Whomever is paying Creepy Dim Dumb Denizen (C3D) to post his crap really needs to have their money back. C3D is dumb beyond belief!

 

[OKTexas]

Impeachment does have consequences.

Donald Trump is stymied by the constitution and Roger Stone will have to spend his time in jail.

This is one effect of impeachment that might cause Donald Trump severe embarrassment if other cases are exposed of people that he can't pardon. Mike Flynn could be another one.

I wonder how this impacts Trump's family and Jared Kushner.

Donald Trump won't issue any pardons before the election to prevent this becoming a campaign issue.

Opinion | Why President Trump Can’t Pardon Roger Stone

Why President Trump Can’t Pardon Roger Stone
The Constitution and the Framers sought to protect the republic from a scenario like this.

By COREY BRETTSCHNEIDER 02/27/2020 04:30 AM EST

Corey Brettschneider is professor of political science at Brown University and visiting professor of law at Fordham Law School. He is the author of The Oath and the Office: A Guide To the Constitution For Future Presidents.

Speculation that President Donald Trump might pardon Roger Stone has reached a fever pitch after Stone’s sentencing by a federal judge and the president’s repeated hints that he thinks the verdict unfair. But fortunately, the Constitution’s framers imagined this nightmare scenario—a suspected criminal president pardoning a co-conspirator—and they put in the Constitution language to legally prohibit the pardon power in exactly this kind of case.

Both the plain meaning of the Constitution’s text and the historical evidence show that once a president has been impeached, he or she loses the power to pardon anyone for criminal offenses connected to the articles of impeachment — and that even after the Senate’s failure to convict the president, he or she does not regain this power. ...

ROFLMFAO, some one hasn't read the Constitution. A person having been impeached can not be pardoned by a president. Having been impeached and acquitted does not place any encumbrance on the presidential power to pardon. You commies just crack me up.

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Whomever is paying Creepy Dim Dumb Denizen (C3D) to post his crap really needs to have their money back. C3D is dumb beyond belief!

Not only that, his thread will be merged with one on the same idiotic topic.

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[Kat]

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