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BumRushDaShow

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11. Nixon never released any statements of contrition

Reply to marshall (Reply #10)

Sat Jan 11, 2025, 10:17 PM

Jan 11

https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2024/08/06/nixon-resigns/

but apparently Ford supposedly justified the pardon based on a then-almost-60 year old SCOTUS ruling related to pardons and their "implication" - https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-nixon-pardon-in-retrospect

I remember watching Nixon's resignation address on TV. It happened about a month after my dad died.

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"I didn't do anything wrong": Biden says he has "no contemplation" of pardoning himself [View all] BumRushDaShow Jan 11 OP

The media have fallen down on the job so much, that half the country believes that Joe Biden takes bribes Walleye Jan 11 #1

We-the people are really in trouble when riversedge Jan 11 #4

He should pardon himself anyway. Orange Anus will pardon himself for "any and all acts" before he leaves office. 3Hotdogs Jan 11 #2

If something does come up, President Biden can always say he mentally pardoned himself. n/t Hugin Jan 11 #3

ypu know that would only work for one person rampartd Jan 11 #7

The legalities are untested marshall Jan 11 #5

Well for your latter example BumRushDaShow Jan 11 #6

Nixon's pardon acknowledged guilt marshall Jan 11 #10

Nixon never released any statements of contrition BumRushDaShow Jan 11 #11

The rabid GQP in the House is going to moniss Jan 11 #8

stalin's great purge Marthe48 Jan 11 #9

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