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Thread #116360   Message #2498949
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
20-Nov-08 - 08:24 PM
Thread Name: BS: Cheney Indicted: Arraignment Friday Nov 21
Subject: RE: BS: Cheney Indicted: Arraignment Friday
So does that mean that even a pardon wouldn't give immunity from a tort-based prosecution by someone who claimed to have been injured by the actions of a person who had received a presidential pardon?
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And how about an alleged crime against non-citizens? What would be the basis of there being a presidential power to pardon in respect of that?