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Comment by ceejayoz

13 days ago

President immunity as laid out by SCOTUS clearly covers pardons.

Including "I'll pardon you and everyone down the chain if you do a war crime" promises.

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terminalshort  13 days ago

No it doesn't because the president always had absolute power to pardon.

  • ceejayoz  13 days ago

    That was not so clear cut prior.

    Openly selling a pardon for $20M would almost certainly have led to a prosecution for bribery. Not now!

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