Ethics

Resolution Against Preemptive Pardons

By Ed Brayton

Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York has submitted a resolution urging President Bush not to issue any preemptive pardons at the end of his administration. It isn't binding law, it's just a "sense of the House" resolution, but it would bring some public pressure to bear on the subject. There has been much speculation that Bush is preparing to issue a mass pardon to anyone in his administration who might later be found guilty of a crime, especially when it comes to things like torture of detainees. The New York Times reports:

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on November 29, 2008 (boomark / email).