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(8,445 posts)I didn't know the details of her departure from FauxNews, and I'm grossed out even more than I already was about her. What a disgusting person. I was thinking that it's fortunate that she doesn't have children, and then discovered that she does. I feel bad for her 14 year old son.
sagesnow
(2,823 posts)It amazes me she was once married to Gavin Newsome. Was she a Dem then?
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)in Supreme Court, court rules you can not, then he is open to all Federal charges. Even a 6-3 conservative court would have difficulty with a president issued pardon to himself. So the only 100% safe way would to resign now and pence issues the pardon.
Ramsey Barner
(349 posts)all of this clip is worth listening to, and Amy is as well-prepared and sharp as ever.
Ramsey Barner
(349 posts)I think this is the memo Mayer discusses in the interview.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,780 posts)Trump simply steps aside for a moment, per Section 3 of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, while Pence fills out the pardon paperwork. When Pence is done issuing the pardon, Trump re-assumes office.
W T F
(1,145 posts)Ordering the execution of Trump and pardoning himself? Thats one big can of worms to open up.
StClone
(11,676 posts)Killing US Prez wasn't a federal crime when JFK was murdered but a 1965 law changed it to a Federal Crime.
Mr. Evil
(2,746 posts)Pence is sworn in as president. Immediately diagnosed with Covid before he chooses vice-president. Is rushed to hospital and put on a ventilator. Cannot communicate. Pelosi becomes president. No pardon.
Don't actually know the protocols under that scenario but, if it did happen that way I would scream with laughter.
TheRickles
(1,999 posts)Ms. Mayer was pretty clear that Trump has the power to "prospectively pardon" people like Ivanka for any crimes that she might have already committed. I wonder if anyone knows the legal basis for her opinion, since I thought that a person had to first be convicted of a crime before they could even become eligible for a pardon.
Otherwise, a President could start his term by issuing blanket prospective pardons to all his minions, and then it's bombs away for the next four years. There must be a firewall against a scenario as ridiculous as that one, but I don't know what it is.