On the second debate

[clittary_hilton]

Trump has won this debate hands down. He was dealt a stacked deck by hostile moderators, but prevailed. The winning line was his promise to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary's shenanigans ("to look into your situation"). This line resonates widely, because all the republicans, most of the independents, and a good chunk of the

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[casual_browser]

I always thought that for one to be pardoned, one has to be formally indicted. Googled it, and whad'ya know? There is a precedent:

In 1866, the Supreme Court ruled in Ex parte Garland that the pardon power "extends to every offense known to the law, and may be exercised at any time after its commission, either before legal proceedings are taken, or during their pendency, or after conviction and judgment." (In that case, a former Confederate senator successfully petitioned the court to uphold a pardon that prevented him from being disbarred.) Generally speaking, once an act has been committed, the president can issue a pardon at any time-regardless of whether charges have even been filed.

Could Obama do better? Why not. How 'bout issuing an executive indulgence (just like the Catholic Church does) from any federal crime committed in the next 8 years?

[clittary_hilton]

The more recent precedent: Ford granted Nixon a "full, free, and absolute pardon", which ended any possibility of an indictment.

We are pretty close to an "executive indulgence"... how about фирман на отстрел полицейских?

[trueview]

https://ru-etymology.livejournal.com/1414737.html

Кореши

Кораки - так по-скифски могло звучать слово “друзья”. Это слово встречается в диалоге Лукиана “Токсарис или дружба”. Любопытно, что в словенском, хорватском и сербском языках это слово означает “шаги”.

Лукиан. Диалог “Токсарис или дружба”. Собр. соч в 2-х томах, - М.-Л.: 1935, Т. 1.

кровный ~ близкий. Лат. cruor "кровь"

Агония

[trueview]

11 сен. 2017 г. Госдолг США преодолел отметку в 20 трлн. долларов