Editorial: Trump is politicizing (and personalizing) the pardon process (via latimesopinion)
The fact that the president can exercise his pardon power capriciously doesn’t make it right.Even if one thinks Nolan’s pardon is justified by his good works on criminal justice reform after his release, it’s also true that he was a prominent official in the president’s party. The Black pardon has the additional — and familiar — element of extending clemency to people who are personally connected to or politically in sync with the president.
of the president, is the author of a biography with the Trumpian title “Donald J. Trump: A President like No Other.”
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