Comments on: The Rule of Law Prevailed http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/12/the-rule-of-law-prevailed/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:35:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: PetePierce http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/12/the-rule-of-law-prevailed/comment-page-1/#comment-76533 PetePierce Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:42:46 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/12/the-rule-of-law-prevailed/#comment-76533 <p>Two of the most destructive individuals to be on the Court are Nino Scalia and Renquist and I have a lot of constitutional scholarship that shares this opinion.</p> Two of the most destructive individuals to be on the Court are Nino Scalia and Renquist and I have a lot of constitutional scholarship that shares this opinion.

]]> By: Leen http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/12/the-rule-of-law-prevailed/comment-page-1/#comment-76474 Leen Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:44:59 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/12/the-rule-of-law-prevailed/#comment-76474 <p>Testing</p> Testing

]]> By: Leen http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/12/the-rule-of-law-prevailed/comment-page-1/#comment-76438 Leen Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:05:10 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/12/the-rule-of-law-prevailed/#comment-76438 <p>Why is that? And why not change that law? All powerful pardon abilities = kingdom not a Democracy. Is this the way it is in Canada?</p> Why is that? And why not change that law? All powerful pardon abilities = kingdom not a Democracy. Is this the way it is in Canada?

]]> By: OleHippieChick http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/12/the-rule-of-law-prevailed/comment-page-1/#comment-76424 OleHippieChick Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:36:59 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/12/the-rule-of-law-prevailed/#comment-76424 <p>I love the handily recurring bu$hlerCo BS, “Do this and Americans are gonna die!”</p> <p>NO Americans have died as a result of any of the reversals.</p> <p>Fat Tony is a low-rent, lowbrow disgrace.</p> I love the handily recurring bu$hlerCo BS, “Do this and Americans are gonna die!”

NO Americans have died as a result of any of the reversals.

Fat Tony is a low-rent, lowbrow disgrace.

]]> By: PetePierce http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/12/the-rule-of-law-prevailed/comment-page-1/#comment-76423 PetePierce Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:35:26 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/12/the-rule-of-law-prevailed/#comment-76423 <p>The Rule of Law staggered actually despite the limited victory won by Gitanjali Gutierrez and her hardworking team at CRC.</p> <p>Here is <strong><a href="http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/12/matt-apuzzo-pushes-back/#comment-76420" rel="nofollow">why there was a limited victory</a></strong> as well as <strong><a href="http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/12/matt-apuzzo-pushes-back/#comment-76422" rel="nofollow">here.</a></strong></p> <p>The only clear victory yesterday was the Celtics kicking theLaker’s ass after being down 24 points in LA.</p> <p>And now the Lakers are back in Boston with the 3-1 Sisyphian task to overcome. The task of the Gitmo prisoners and CRC have about the same odds.</p> The Rule of Law staggered actually despite the limited victory won by Gitanjali Gutierrez and her hardworking team at CRC.

Here is why there was a limited victory as well as here.

The only clear victory yesterday was the Celtics kicking theLaker’s ass after being down 24 points in LA.

And now the Lakers are back in Boston with the 3-1 Sisyphian task to overcome. The task of the Gitmo prisoners and CRC have about the same odds.

]]> By: waynec http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/12/the-rule-of-law-prevailed/comment-page-1/#comment-76421 waynec Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:17:55 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/12/the-rule-of-law-prevailed/#comment-76421 <p>Let’s not forget that many of the prisioners at Gitmo were sold to the forces that put them there.<br /> Some may have been combatants and some may have just had the bad luck to have offended someone that wanted retribution.</p> Let’s not forget that many of the prisioners at Gitmo were sold to the forces that put them there.
Some may have been combatants and some may have just had the bad luck to have offended someone that wanted retribution.

]]> By: lizard http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/12/the-rule-of-law-prevailed/comment-page-1/#comment-76418 lizard Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:10:10 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/12/the-rule-of-law-prevailed/#comment-76418 <p>I am not sure about this, but I think it is even possible, and there is English law precedent for, a blanket pardon for offenses, known or unknown, committed by a certain person up to the present time. I hope I am wrong about that, but I think that is the way it goes.</p> I am not sure about this, but I think it is even possible, and there is English law precedent for, a blanket pardon for offenses, known or unknown, committed by a certain person up to the present time. I hope I am wrong about that, but I think that is the way it goes.

]]> By: lizard http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/12/the-rule-of-law-prevailed/comment-page-1/#comment-76417 lizard Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:04:49 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/12/the-rule-of-law-prevailed/#comment-76417 <p>Nixon’s resignation pre-empted the house impeachment vote, not Ford’s pardon. a pardon cannot be used to pre-empt an impeachment proceeding, that is, in fact, the only limit on it.</p> <p>Ford’s pardon preempted the indictment of Nixon, and that is what I fear Bush will do for himself.</p> Nixon’s resignation pre-empted the house impeachment vote, not Ford’s pardon. a pardon cannot be used to pre-empt an impeachment proceeding, that is, in fact, the only limit on it.

Ford’s pardon preempted the indictment of Nixon, and that is what I fear Bush will do for himself.

]]> By: bmaz http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/12/the-rule-of-law-prevailed/comment-page-1/#comment-76409 bmaz Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:54:59 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/12/the-rule-of-law-prevailed/#comment-76409 <p>Right. And this isn’t quite the full and complete answer/definition either, but the conduct at least has to be known and identifiable. Sort of…</p> Right. And this isn’t quite the full and complete answer/definition either, but the conduct at least has to be known and identifiable. Sort of…

]]> By: lizard http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/12/the-rule-of-law-prevailed/comment-page-1/#comment-76405 lizard Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:41:26 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/12/the-rule-of-law-prevailed/#comment-76405 <p>The moment his presidency ends, so does his pardoning power. He cannot pardon conduct that has not yet occurred. Yes, I am irony-impaired.</p> The moment his presidency ends, so does his pardoning power. He cannot pardon conduct that has not yet occurred. Yes, I am irony-impaired.

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