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Still more blogosphere buzzing about the Presidential pardon polka

By Douglas A. Berman

Because the story has so many intriguing dimensions, bloggers continue to buzz about Pressident Bush's decision to grant, and then seek to retract, a pardon for Brooklyn real estate developer Isaac Robert Toussie.  Here is just a sample of the continuing buzz: From Balkinization here, "I unbeg your pardon ? I never promised you, said the man in the Rose Garden " From Concurring Opinions here and here, "More on the President's Attempt to Revoke the Toussie Pardon" and "Toussie's Pardon *Was* Signed, Sealed, Delivered, and Probably Accepted" From Talking Points Memo here, "Bush's Constitutionally Dubious Pardon Shuffle" Of course, P.S. Ruckman is all over all these issues and more at Pardon Power.  But I have not yet seen Ruckman or others speculate about whether this latest pardon polka will further diminish the chances that President Bush will do something courageous and compassionate with his clemency power on his way out the White House door...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on December 28, 2008 (boomark / email).