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Elon Musk in Real Trouble After Humiliating Defeat: "Guess my election-interfering space lasers didn’t work this time." (futurism.com)
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[–] 6 points 4 days ago (4 children)

But the president still controls the executive, and as we've seen, the Attorney General has considerable infulence in choosing who to prosecute and what laws to enforce.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago* (3 children)

    The Attorney General cannot pardon or commute the sentence of somebody whose judgement is past.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago (2 children)

    Yes, but were talking about a runaway congress overreaching to unjustly persecuted people by passing laws, such that a president's power to pardon is required to prevent injustice.

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