[Magdalen] Pardons

[John R Robison]

Richelieu supposedly wrote one, once. 

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> On Jul 22, 2017, at 8:53 PM, flyingfish224--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> There are ways to pardon in advance.  It is not my area of practice, but I believe such arrangements are used in the covert world.  Such documents are not called "pardons" and their name eludes me...but I have been on vacation, so...
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>> On Jul 22, 2017, at 5:15 PM, James Handsfield <jhandsfield at att.net> wrote:
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>> The president cannot pardon him/herself.
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>> A note on this from last night’s Rachel Maddow show - Gerald Ford was disappointed that everyone missed an important aspect of his pardon of Nixon - that Nixon confessed to the cover up by accepting the pardon.  It was Ford that finally got Nixon to admit it.
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>> Education is its own reward, both for the individual and for society.
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>> Jim Handsfield
>> jhandsfield at att.net
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>>> On Jul 22, 2017, at 5:47 PM, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> And bear in mind -- if Trump purports to pardon himself, that has no effect
>>> on impeachment, other than making it more likely.
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