Month: March 2018

Limiting the Presidential Pardon Power

I’m not a constitutional law expert but I think it’s common sense to believe that there’s a limit to the presidential pardon power. It’s true that the president can pardon whomever he wants and...

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GOP Promises Balanced Budget Amendment

There are so many things in the news every day that make me angry but for some reason this bit from Politico’s Playbook makes me absolutely livid: HOUSE REPUBLICANS will take up a balanced-budget amendment when they return...

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NZ Politics and Shades of Grey

The United States of America leading the `Free World’ … President Bush’s Address on Terrorism Before a Joint Meeting of Congress | NY Times – Sept. 21, 2003 | Americans should not expect one battle, but a...

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