Thursday, August 31, 2017

Collateral Damage: The Arpaio Pardon and Separation of Powers - Lawfare

Metaphoric mastery.
Collateral Damage: The Arpaio Pardon and Separation of Powers - Lawfare
by Josh Blackman (South Texas College of Law)
***As a constitutional matter, the pardon power belongs to the President, and the President alone. If Trump wants to reverse the processes established by his predecessors, that is entirely within his prerogative. But the Executive Branch had imposed long-standing institutional constraints on that awesome power with very good reason. Here, Trump has untied himself from the mast, retweeted the Sirens' call, and crashed into the shoals.***

No comments:

Post a Comment