I’ve written the following many times over the past five years.: stop giving ANY air to the concept of a self-pardon. It’s self-evidently absurd, and yet constant discussion of it is threatening to normalize it.
And now, with Senators openly admitting that they voted against convicting Trump because they feared for their lives, do not und…
I’ve written the following many times over the past five years.: stop giving ANY air to the concept of a self-pardon. It’s self-evidently absurd, and yet constant discussion of it is threatening to normalize it.
And now, with Senators openly admitting that they voted against convicting Trump because they feared for their lives, do not underestimate the danger. Imbuing a President with the ability to self-pardon is logically identical to monarchial power. The Senate, the Supreme Court, and the Congress aren’t going to move against them if he commands thugs to kill them. A few years back this would be considered hyperbole. But it shouldn’t. Trump is profoundly sick, and should be considered capable of anything.
I’ve written the following many times over the past five years.: stop giving ANY air to the concept of a self-pardon. It’s self-evidently absurd, and yet constant discussion of it is threatening to normalize it.
And now, with Senators openly admitting that they voted against convicting Trump because they feared for their lives, do not underestimate the danger. Imbuing a President with the ability to self-pardon is logically identical to monarchial power. The Senate, the Supreme Court, and the Congress aren’t going to move against them if he commands thugs to kill them. A few years back this would be considered hyperbole. But it shouldn’t. Trump is profoundly sick, and should be considered capable of anything.