There was a time that a president issuing pardons to people who immediately reoffended would have paid a political price for it. That is not the current situation.

I don’t understand. Does asking intentionally obstuse questions make me sound smart? Does it make it actually smart?

I can see her getting on the supreme Court soon if Thomas or Alito are in the mood to retire. It’s always useful to set the precedent that being blatantly biased towards Trump will pay off.

Comparing the Warren court to this is straight up comical.

Cool sentiment, but they all vote every time and we don’t so it doesn’t matter. Or you can become a 2nd amendment person.

Companies are trying to maximize their own profits. If they could charge international customers more, they would do so regardless of what Americans are paying. The relationship doesn’t exist.

To some extent, political parties are naturally occuring . The group dynamics of a legislative body will naturally result in groups forming around specific issues and even philosophies. But there is definitely a strong argument to be made that we’ve made them far too official, and far too entrenched.

Cool, but half the country supports this shit. And no, people who don’t vote don’t matter in this context.

They won’t do that. They should, but they won’t.

You seem like a person of sound mind and steady judgment.

He doesn’t. He did it in order to set the precedent that crime and violence committed on his behalf will be pardoned.