Under the US constitution, an American president has a virtually untrammelled power to pardon, or commute the sentence of, anyone convicted of a Federal offence (but not offences under State law). It is a power completely personal to the president, who can exercise it for any reason, or for no good reason, and it has been used surprisingly often: 1,927 times by Barack Obama, for example. Although there is a government department, the Office of the Pardon Attorney, through which applications for presidential clemency are usually routed, there is no obligation on the president to follow that process.
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*Innocent face*
Edit - but there was no need to club us over the head with it. Have a heart.
Best. Footnote. Ever.
I fear you are right @ydoethur. We need a new captain.
Who actually has pending criminal charges in at least four states (it would be three, but his jury obligingly failed to convict on a few of the Federal charges).
A presidential pardon will do him no good at all - particularly as his prior conviction can still be brought up in evidence in any state proceedings irrespective of any pardon.
I’m pretty sure NY State (at the very least) has a parallel investigation into Trump’s misdeeds ongoing.
He is pretty good at mopping up 9/10/11.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1038789206401863680
Just under four hours until the exit poll from Sweden.
Trump will have to live with his pardons for potentially several years of his Presidency.
https://order-order.com/2018/09/07/barnier-open-discussing-backstops/
Of course a SC with Kavanaugh on the bench might be a different matter, but that raises a whole other set of questions.
The clip I saw was of Serena at her press conference, admitting she called him a thief, then being surprised she was penalised.
Maybe directly insulting the umpire is not a smart thing.
He was very surprised that it wasn't just an X in a box which is truly secret.
I'm quite surprised, as it makes it more difficult to have a truly secret ballot. They also mention printing 685 million ballot cards... which seems excessive.
A. Although her coach was coaching, there was no way she could see it; and/or
B. It’s a triumph for womens’ liberation.
Neither seem particularly compelling.
https://twitter.com/Cricket_Ali/status/1038809245150576646
That one off Rashid should have been taken.
Might as well give Jason Roy a chance.
It is a system designed to make people's votes less secret!
https://twitter.com/birdyword/status/1038807797184352256?s=21
Did you have your pineapple pizza yet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKoG4C-XZQg
Does seem to have a temper.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_Swedish_general_election,_2014
You do know that Roy doesn't open for Surrey in first class cricket? They prefer England reject Mark Stoneman.
I won't say a bad thing about the Swedes as they gave the world ABBA.
Plus my first car was a Volvo.
However, his campaign built the head of steam that nearly carried Roosevelt back to the White House.
I don't see that as a valid comparison.
Edit - to be exact he needs 50 or more.
'There are also different kinds of ballot papers, allowing you to vote either for a particular party (without identifying a specific candidate), to choose from a list of candidates as well as parties, or to vote using a blank ballot paper. On blank ballot papers, you can write down any party and candidate. In theory, it's possible to write anyone's name, and if that person got a large enough proportion of votes, they would be elected.'
https://tinyurl.com/y82nnxkv
It has been six years since Strauss retired and we've not yet found his successor.
What we've tried so far has failed.
EDIT: And Cook had to do it in England half the time.
The only other one who might just possibly come into the reckoning is Miles Hammond. His two centuries have come against international bowlers in Jordan, Archer and Briggs plus Finn and Harris. However, I think he's still a bit young.
With the world cup next year, it’s not as though the selectors are particularly bothered anyway...
Admittedly, he was also a phenomenal batsman who would have shone in any era.
But even Boycott managed 47 despite playing on well past his best and missing 30 Tests while at his peak in a fit of pique.