Check12
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Thu Jun-01-06 05:20 PM
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Legal question, what culpibility does an ex-president have? |
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Edited on Thu Jun-01-06 05:21 PM by Check12
for misdeeds done while in office.
For example, if an aide testified that a president ordered underlings to commit a crime, can the ex-president be found guilty in a court of law for said crime?
Just curious (NSA spy disclaimer)
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Thu Jun-01-06 05:23 PM
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1. Legally, I don't know. Morally- he's guilty hang him!! |
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Thu Jun-01-06 05:25 PM
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Thu Jun-01-06 06:14 PM
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He was a third world dicator..................Oh' never mind
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Thu Jun-01-06 05:27 PM
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3. Yes, they're culpable as you describe |
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That was why Ford pardoned Nixon; the Watergate prosecutor was discussing possible indictments, plea bargains, and jail time. Ford wanted to head off the spectacle of a former president going through this, and had been getting some scary reports about Nixon's state of mind--suicidal, depressed, etc.
So yeah, Chimpy could get the treatment--unles he pardons himself, of course, which he wouldn't hesitate to do.
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Check12
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Thu Jun-01-06 05:31 PM
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4. Can one give ones'self a pardon???!! |
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Fri Jun-02-06 08:57 PM
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8. I'm sure Chimpy would... |
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...it's all about the unitary executive, you know. :grr:
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Thu Jun-01-06 06:31 PM
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6. If the President ordered underlings to commit a crime and they did, |
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then they both would be guilty of a crime (and probably of conspiracy to commit a crime, too).
Having committed a crime, they would be subject to criminal prosecution.
If not, then why did Ford feel he had to pardon Nixon? If Nixon were not legally responsible for crimes committed in office after he left office, he would not have needed a pardon.
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Check12
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Thu Jun-01-06 06:34 PM
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7. So.., There is hope that justice may be served some day |
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as long as the satute of limitations does not run out.
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