I was arguing about this on Twitter this weekend. Yes, Trump can pardon himself. There is nothing in Article II to prevent it, other than in the case of impeachment.
Here’s the funny thing, though. Because Barack Obama didn’t pardon himself before he left office, he is now subject to prosecution for acts of abuse of power while he was president. Of course, Trump could pardon him. But why would he?
How James Comey succeeded where Richard Nixon failed.
Our most “progressive” state is number one in poverty, and racist.
[Update mid-afternoon]
The political ads on television in California have been quite bizarre. Here’s why. I don’t know what the voters were thinking when they came up with this crazy primary system.
A majority of the Supreme Court has this crazy idea that it should be followed. It would be nice to get a couple more justices who believe that.
I was on last Monday; it’s been archived.
And sorry for light posting, but last week (and weekend) was wall-to-wall space conferences, between Space Tech Expo in Pasadena, and ISDC by LAX. And now I have three weeks to write a proposal for the LEO Commercialization NASA Research Announcement that came out the week before.
…was probably unconstitutional.
Which would be all of a piece with the other actions of Obama administration officials.
[Update a few minutes later]
Related: James Comey in panic mode.
At this point, I think he should be wearing orange.
A White House press release.
It didn’t originate with Page or Papadopoulos; it originated with the Obama administration.
[Wednesday-morning update]
Civil war within the FBI? Some agents want Congress to subpoena them to get their stories out. I hope they oblige them.
[Update a few minutes later]
James Clapper: Leaker, liar, sleazeball.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Did Congress render the entire statute unconstitutional in December?
Sure looks like it to me. If Roberts is consistent, he’ll have to strike it down now.
I’ll be on this afternoon, at 2 PM PDT, to talk about space settlement, the OST, and probably ranting about the latest safety insanity from NASA.