Category 1 -- Presidential Pardons
The vast majority of Americans disagree with the obviously-politically-motivated commutation of Scooter Libby’s jail sentence, and properly regard it as a mockery of our criminal justice system.
Well, it may be too late to undo this miscarriage of justice in Libby’s case – but WE the PEOPLE **have** the power to prevent it from happening in the future!
Recognizing the fact that almost ALL Presidential pardons and commutations are politically-driven (which is why they are granted, in all but a very few cases, when a President is **leaving** the White House, and thereby can’t feel the sting of the people’s backlash), WE need to DEMAND Congress to introduce, pass, and put to the states for ratification a **Constitutional Amendment** that RESCINDS Presidential authority to grant pardons and commutations, with the sole exceptions of death penalties.
2007-07-04
17:30:38
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