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The POTUS has, and I quote, the following: "The President...shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in C
by kefka 12y ago
The POTUS has, and I quote, the following:
"The President...shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment."
Article II, Section 2, Clause 1
They are detainees of the USA. He has full power to bestow each and every one of them a full unequivocal presidential pardon for all crimes accused and committed against the US. No if's, and's, or but's.
- mmanfrin 12y agoExtremes should not be remedied with extremes.
- task_queue 12y agoYou're right. Those presidential pardons are reserved for important people.
- Terr_ 12y agoSide note: Presidential pardons are the ultimate answer to any argument for "torture the terrorist to stop the nuclear bomb" scare-stories. If you aren't willing to gamble that you'll need/get a Presidential pardon, then you clearly don't know enough to justify what you're about to do to the suspect.
- lugg 12y agoMaybe if he threatened to pardon them they might get trials? That'd be a little less extreme, and a little more, I dunno, constitutional?
- A_COMPUTER 12y agoPardon isn't on the table, his plan was to move them to a mainland US prison. I don't think he's ever said anything other than the people there are dangerous. Which, based on the way they were captured and held for over a decade without charges or rights, is kinda disgusting in itself that he supports that.