11-25-2016, 7:13am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cybercowboy
And this is what the law says about Presidential pardons.
The leading Supreme Court case is Ex parte Garland (1867). Justice Stephen J. Field, writing for the Court in a 5-4 decision, held that the President's pardoning power is ''unlimited,'' and ''It extends to every offense known to the law, and may be exercised at any time after its commission, either before legal proceedings are taken, or during their pendency, or after conviction and judgment.''
Obama could easily still pardon Hillary. Just FYI.
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That decision needs to be revisited and tweaked. 
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