Who is Marc Rich? And why did he need a presidential pardon?
The acceptance of Trump’s behavior by millions of his supporters will be his vilest legacy.
He’s violating his oath to protect the Constitution, and every day that he’s allowed to remain in power, the threat to our democracy grows. There are constitutional provisions to remove such a person from power.
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Joe Biden to be lobbied to reverse decision to pardon security guards jailed over massacre
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Constitutional expert Laurence Tribe tells Lawrence O’Donnell that if Trump tried to pardon himself, his argument would not hold up in court because it goes against the principle that no one is above the law.
...only relatively low-level soldiers and contractors have been held responsible for crimes committed in the war on terror.
The man who as a candidate railed against our “rigged system” is, as president, only too happy to do a little rigging himself.
At this late date, what might a president frightened by his successor actually do, if not to hamper Trump's ability to create global mayhem, then at least to set the record straight before he leaves the White House? Unfortunately, the answer is: far less than we might like, but as it happens, there are still some powers a president has that are irreversible by their very nature. Here are nine recommendations for action by the president in his last 40 days.
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