maybe they're thinking of past and future Democratic presidents?

Would it be one pardon for each deceased?

Would Trump Party denizens still be 40% NOT to remove the mass killer from office??

Who are these people??

commit mass murder using various methods quietly and vociferously. In actuality they’ve had enormous alactrity bestowed upon them in and out of office to exonerate themselves of their atrocious deeds.

Pardoning ain’t that necessary when it comes right down to it. What a lawless quagmire we find ourselves in.

are the judge of your own case. Everyone knows the outcome is rigged. Even you.

think if he does pardon himself he deserves impeachment. That is troubling that 40% of them are fine of course with having such a dictator in charge of the world.

85% say no pardoning power for himself-duh.

Like, what do laws mean if anything if they can be brushed aside and deemed useless because I declare I am like god. If I say I’m moral and unimpeachable because I say I am.

To test a legal rule, you have to apply it to various possible situations.

If the president were to murder his wife or one of his children or a cabinet member, or a lover, would they still think he could pardon himself

Probably not. So that means that the rule is that the president cannot pardon himself since we have no way to make an exception to a general rule that the president can pardon himself.

A law applies in every situation unless exceptions are in writing. That's how it usually works. If I can't jaywalk, then I can't jaywalk anywhere unless specific exceptions to the law against jaywalking have been established.

A law applies in virtually all situations. The judge does not apply it according to his or her personal whim. Not in our country anyway. The whimsical application of the law does happen, but that is not generally how our law works.

That is what it means to have the rule of law. Giuliani knows this very well.

Those numbers would flip to 99 to 1 for impeachment if Hillary (or any Dem for that matter) were president..

If a president cannot be indicted while serving, the courts cannot check him. If a president can pardon himself, the courts again cannot check him.

That leaves only the Congress to check and balance our president.

I don't think that balances our government. It leaves it out of balance.

I think that the courts also have to have some ability to check and then balance the executive branch.

What if a president committed murder? What if some president murdered someone close to him?

Could he then pardon himself? I think not. The rule of law has to be consistent. If a president cannot pardon himself for the murder of someone close to himself, then he cannot pardon himself for other crimes.

He expressly made the deal with Gerald Ford to pardon him as his first act as soon as he was sworn in as the new President. The news didn't hit the media until after Nixon had left the White House and split from Washington. If he believed he could have pardoned himself, he would have at least tried it.

Cheeto can fuss and sputter all he wants, but the law is the law. It's already been decided by precedent.

was 'If the president could 'legally' pardon himself, would it be acceptable for presidents to pardon themselves.'
the poll responses might be clearer and more useful.

pardoning power seems empty of relevance in our recent administrations’ history. Particularly now under the illegitimate one whose name is devastation. They and their league seem to have unaccountable latitude to plow over any laws, ethics, felonies-you name it before our eyes with permission from their corrupt majority in Congress.

Pardoning seems unnecessary and only an exercise in legal speak.

These numbers will force even RePutins to sit up and take notice.

100% of Trump supporters are imbeciles.

Everyone agrees!

Bigly!

would respond if Hillary was president ?

need to pardon himself if his plans fail..They are ones who will never change no matte what happens. I do think that 10 to 15 percent of moderate pukes would go against Trump when the truth comes out. They will admit the truth. They will say he is a crook. But that 15 to 20 percent..(my guess is many lied on this) will never leave Trump. never!! He is their leader.........."Sieg Heil"