You Cannot Pardon a Crime You Authorized

Submitted by davidswanson on Thu, 2008-11-27 03:51.

Criminal Prosecution

Statement from the Steering Committee for the Prosecution for War Crimes of President Bush and His Subordinates

Never before has a president pardoned himself or his subordinates for crimes he authorized. The closest thing to this in U.S. history thus far has been Bush's commutation of Scooter Libby's sentence. Bush is widely expected to follow that commutation with a pardon. Not only did Libby work for the White House, but he was convicted of obstruction of justice in an investigation that was headed to the president. Evidence introduced in the trial, including a hand-written note by the vice president, implicated Bush, and former press secretary Scott McClellan has since testified that Bush authorized the exposure of an undercover agent, that being the crime that was under investigation.
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*If Bush attempts this, here are possible responses:

1. Immediate impeachment of Bush and Cheney and various pardonees, even if they are out of office. (Here are arguments for the permissibility of such impeachments: http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/37834 )

2. Overturning of the pardons by the new president or by Congress, as Bush's lawyers told him he could do to Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich, which was a far more minor abuse of the pardon power.

3. Legislation banning self-pardons and pardons of crimes authorized by the president.

4. A Constitutional Amendment banning self-pardons and pardons of crimes authorized by the president.

5. Refusal by the courts to honor the supposed pardons.

6. Prosecution of Bush, Cheney, and their subordinates for their crimes.

With thanks to all who have aided over the past millennia in the establishment of the rule of law.

Con't

Obama on Day One..

What do ya need ? Soup or A Pardon ? Man,this is Hard Work....

Subject: Does Obama have a mandate ?

Many people are saying the Democrats need to go slow
and not push their agenda, work from the center, etc.

What unmitigated crap - when Bush squeaked by Kerry in 2004,
they all said he had a "mandate" and should do what he wanted.

The only mandate Bush ever had was when
Jeff Gannon showed up in the White House.

- Sam the Pillar




www.bartcop.com

Amen..

Obama Wins ! ! :-)

Thank Goodness ! ! :-)

Change !

500 Absentee Ballots Rejected for Alleged Signature Mismatches

This Bullshit Has Got To Stop !
Not Only Is This Party Before Country Crap,Bad For Our Country,It's Illegal Ya Fascist Dumb Asses !

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500 Absentee Ballots Rejected for Alleged Signature Mismatches in Duval County, FL

No Recourse Allowed for Voters Once Ballot is Rejected...
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. --- Election officials scrutinizing absentee ballots in Duval County have rejected more than 500 ballots out of the 1,600 questionable ballots examined so far.

Most of those were rejected because they lack signatures or the signatures don't match the voter's signature on file.

Lisa Rigg was worried her signature didn't match and contacted the Supervisor of Elections office.

"It's that important to me. I want my vote to absolutely count for this election. It is very important," Rigg said.

She was right. Her absentee vote is one of those that was rejected.

"I was a little shocked," Rigg said. "But then again, my signature does not always match, from day to day. I said, 'What can I do to fix this? Can I come down and prove to you that I am who I am and I signed that ballot.'"

Unfortunately, the answer was no. Once a ballot is cast, it cannot be changed or replaced by a new ballot.

Con't-Bradbog

It's Just Not Right ! :(

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When MMRules gets here
new
Submitted by Cat Chew on Sun, 11/02/2008 - 12:07am.
give him a case of handkerchiefs.

Ultimate Opus
Part one:
http://images.salon.com/comics/opus/2008/11/02/opus/story.jpg
Part two
http://www.hsus.org/forms/the_opus_contest.html

Awww. [sniffle]

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Gonna miss that Laugh & Smile every Sunday..

Yep..Gonna Miss You Very Much,Opus..

Dancing ButtHeads !

A Visual..

English Townsfolk destroy Palin effigy with explosives

Submitted by gbasin on Sun, 11/02/2008 - 1:15pm.
BATTLE, England (CNN)
Link
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Hee..
And,A Good Time Was Had By All ! ;)



(That's a joke,NSA man..) :)

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