Several “lawmakers” (and from my take of the Constitution, do they truly understand law?) and “dignitaries” such as the esteemed Jesse ‘what the hell did he say?’ Jackson, are calling for President Obama to pardon Hillybob.
The power of The President to pardon individuals is granted by The United States Constitution in Article II, Section 2. The wording pertaining to pardons is as follows:
“… he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.”
I’ll state right now that I am not a lawyer nor do I play one on TV but my take is that you need to be GUILTY of an offence before you can be pardoned.
This means all the nice folks calling for her to be pardoned believe that SHE IS GUILTY! I’m happy to hear (okay it’s hilarious!) that the liberal left is now admitting to her culpability in committing multiple FELONIES.
Okay, this may seem odd, but I will defend Hillybob and say that at this point she has not been CHARGED nor CONVICTED of any crimes and still has the presumption of innocence until such time as she is charged and if found guilty, convicted.
I would suspect the the legend in his own mind, greatest “Constitutional Scholar” in American history, President Obama, can see that he’s in a wee bit of a pickle if he tries to somehow let her off the hook by using a Presidential pardon.
Anyhow, if her “friends“, and as they saying goes, “with friends like those who needs enemies!“, want to convict her in the court of public opinion by continuing to demand for a pardon, that is their First Amendment Right to do so.