If SCOTUS rules against self-pardons, which justices would be in the majority? (user search)

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If SCOTUS rules against self-pardons, which justices would be in the majority? (search mode)

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Topic: If SCOTUS rules against self-pardons, which justices would be in the majority? (Read 1432 times)

UncleSam
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Re: If SCOTUS rules against self-pardons, which justices would be in the majority?

« on: July 12, 2018, 12:03:52 PM »

SCOTUS won’t rule against self pardons because they are obviously legal. It is also legal to impeach and remove a president for pardoning himself. If Kavanaugh is confirmed he has already stated that presidents (such as Clinton) should not be liable to be tried in court while president - it disrupts the country too much and anyone can bring a suit against a president or make an accusation. If the accusation is serious and well-founded then it is incumbent on congress to remove the president, not the Supreme Court to declare the president can’t pardon himself.

There’s no way any of the conservatives would rule that this is illegal, and frankly I think Breyer and Kagan would agree with them.

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