And thank you for giving clemency to Leonard Peltier who after 50 years in prison for a crime he did not commit will be finally be released from prison
How very nice that President Biden did (part of) the right thing at the last minute. (He should have pardoned the other 60 or so people on $kash's Enemy List.) But to read the Editor's Response to Biden's pardons gave me a chill all the way into my bones. Here it is. (Caps mine.) If this doesn't leave you shaking in your boots, I don't know what will.
EDITORS PAGE, Washington Post, January 21, 2025
Biden issued preemptive pardons to retired Gen. Mark A. Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, his former chief medical adviser; and members of the House select committee that investigated Jan. 6 as well as the police officers who testified at their hearings. “I believe in the rule of law,” Biden wrote. “But these are exceptional circumstances.”
THIS IS NOT THE WAY THE RULE OF LAW WORKS. IT IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE POSSIBLE TO DREAM UP “EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES” TO JUSTIFY GIVING ASSOCIATES GET-OUT-OF-JAIL-FREE CARDS. IT IS TRUE THAT TRUMP HAS PLEDGED VENGEANCE AND RETRIBUTION AGAINST HIS PERCEIVED ENEMIES WHICH HAVE INCLUDED MILLEY, FAUCI, THE HOUSE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND WHAT HE CALLS, WITHOUT EVIDENCE, BIDEN’S “CRIME FAMILY”. IT IS ALSO TRUE THAT PROSECUTORS CAN HARRASS PEOPLE WITHOUT BRINGING CHARGES, FORCING THEM TO INCUR SIGNIFICANT LEGAL COSTS. BUT THE CONSTITUTION GIVES EVERY DEFENDANT THE RIGHT TO A SPEEDY TRIAL BEFORE A JURY OF OF PEERS, THE OPPORTUNITY TO AVOID SELF-INCRIMINATION, AND THE RIGHT TO APPEAL. TRUMP HAS AVAILED HIMSELF OF THESE RIGHTS, AND SO CAN ANYONE HE PURSUES.
And thank you for giving clemency to Leonard Peltier who after 50 years in prison for a crime he did not commit will be finally be released from prison
How very nice that President Biden did (part of) the right thing at the last minute. (He should have pardoned the other 60 or so people on $kash's Enemy List.) But to read the Editor's Response to Biden's pardons gave me a chill all the way into my bones. Here it is. (Caps mine.) If this doesn't leave you shaking in your boots, I don't know what will.
EDITORS PAGE, Washington Post, January 21, 2025
Biden issued preemptive pardons to retired Gen. Mark A. Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, his former chief medical adviser; and members of the House select committee that investigated Jan. 6 as well as the police officers who testified at their hearings. “I believe in the rule of law,” Biden wrote. “But these are exceptional circumstances.”
THIS IS NOT THE WAY THE RULE OF LAW WORKS. IT IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE POSSIBLE TO DREAM UP “EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES” TO JUSTIFY GIVING ASSOCIATES GET-OUT-OF-JAIL-FREE CARDS. IT IS TRUE THAT TRUMP HAS PLEDGED VENGEANCE AND RETRIBUTION AGAINST HIS PERCEIVED ENEMIES WHICH HAVE INCLUDED MILLEY, FAUCI, THE HOUSE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND WHAT HE CALLS, WITHOUT EVIDENCE, BIDEN’S “CRIME FAMILY”. IT IS ALSO TRUE THAT PROSECUTORS CAN HARRASS PEOPLE WITHOUT BRINGING CHARGES, FORCING THEM TO INCUR SIGNIFICANT LEGAL COSTS. BUT THE CONSTITUTION GIVES EVERY DEFENDANT THE RIGHT TO A SPEEDY TRIAL BEFORE A JURY OF OF PEERS, THE OPPORTUNITY TO AVOID SELF-INCRIMINATION, AND THE RIGHT TO APPEAL. TRUMP HAS AVAILED HIMSELF OF THESE RIGHTS, AND SO CAN ANYONE HE PURSUES.