08-31-2017, 11:55 AM
(08-31-2017, 11:51 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: An interesting twist in it all: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/08/30/legal-challenge-to-arpaio-pardon-begins/?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.0c82f200ca24
tl;dr: There are challenges being filed to the pardoning of Arpaio. These challenges argue that the Bill of Rights supersedes the power to pardon. Because of this, the ability for the court to issue an injunction against an official violating the civil liberties of individuals is threatened by the pardon and thus raises a constitutional concern.
There is a lot more to it, but it is an excellent read. Also, in before "teh librul media!!". This is an opinion column written by a conservative for the Washington Post.
Lol at Washington post conservative.
In other words..... a progressive