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Miguelito Loveless

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5. At least some of those people were tried and convicted

Reply to Moostache (Reply #4)

Thu May 14, 2026, 11:35 AM

May 14

Pardoned, yes. And that should have been the first red flag to put limits on pardon power.

The SCOTUS inflection point I leave at Biden's doorstep, he was the deciding vote that allowed Thomas nomination to go to a full vote of the senate, when he could have killed it in committee. The SCOTUS started ruling with utter disregard for democracy in Bush v. Gore

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