Ex-sheriff Joe Arpaio found guilty of criminal contempt of court

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(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.

On the one hand, I've never been particularly fond of the power of the president to issue pardons, especially considering how it's generally used. With that said, I do NOT think this is a good thing. First off, the power to pardon comes directly from the Constitution and I do not think any judge, even the Supreme Court can or should take that power away in any instance for any reason.

Then, of course, you have the precedent this sets. We all know that if this goes through, guarantee when the next Democrat president pardons someone, some jackass Republican or conservative group will try to do something like this, too.