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Trump commutes sentence of his buddy

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
That really wasn't aimed at Trump. More the Clinton, Bush, Kennedy names.
But the ability to negate the work of the courts...it's very kinglike.
True dat. But the OP was about Trump.
Still, this presidential power is used on a small
scale....a few hundred cases out of millions.
 
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Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
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lewisnotmiller

Grand Hat
Staff member
Premium Member
True dat. But the OP was about Trump.
Still, this presidential power is used on a smal
l scale....a few hundred cases out of millions.

Hmm...well, in the case of Trump, more specifically, I've read a few things around the method, rather than the quantity. As an example...

The website of the Justice Department’s Office of the Pardon Attorney reads, “All requests for executive clemency for federal offenses are directed to the Pardon Attorney for investigation and review.” But most of Trump’s grants of clemency have gone to people who didn’t meet the office’s requirements or hadn’t even filed a request, the Washington Post reported in February. In the case of Trump’s first act of clemency, to Arpaio in August 2017, no such request was made, and regardless, the Justice Department’s guidelines say pardon requests shouldn’t be made until five years have passed after the completion of a sentence, or from the sentencing date if no confinement is ordered. Another recipient of a Trump pardon, David Safavian, who had served prison time for obstructing justice in the investigation of former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, said he hadn’t sought a pardon and that it came “out of the blue.”

Why Presidential Pardons Are Normal, Trump’s Less So
 

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
When you say 'no more disgusting', do you mean by quantum or process?
I don't know what your question means.
But I've not seen a reasoned argument that Trump's
pardons are worse than Clinton's or Ford's.
Ford's pardon of Nixon is the most heinous ever (IMO).
 

lewisnotmiller

Grand Hat
Staff member
Premium Member
I don't know what your question means.
But I've not seen a reasoned argument that Trump's
pardons are worse than Clinton's or Ford's.
Ford's pardon of Nixon is the most heinous ever (IMO).

I mean, you seem to be conflating Trump's pardons with those of previous President's.
My question was whether you do so based on the number of pardons, the process followed, or the outcome.

The article I linked earlier is specifically questioning the process.
 

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
I mean, you seem to be conflating Trump's pardons with those of previous President's.
"Conflating"?
Don't make me post that scene from The Princess Bride, bub.
My question was whether you do so based on the number of pardons, the process followed, or the outcome.
The article I linked earlier is specifically questioning the process.
Whatever the process, the results are at times despicable.
I judge based upon that.

It's a strange power to have, eh.
 
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