Klayman: This Is the Most Stupid Analysis of the President’s Pardon Power and the Constitution I Have Ever Seen! The Pardon of Sheriff Joe Did Not Apply to a Civil Injunction by Judge G. Murray Snow That Was Equally Stupid and Not Based in Fact or Law!

 

By Martin H. Redish

New York Times

August 26, 2017

 

CHICAGO — Note: Friday night, after this Op-Ed was published, it was announced that President Trump pardoned Joe Arpaio.

At his rally in Phoenix on Tuesday, President Trump strongly implied that he would pardon Joe Arpaio, the former sheriff of Maricopa County, Ariz., who was found guilty in July of criminal contempt for defying a judge’s order against prolonging traffic patrols targeting immigrants. This is not idle presidential chatter: On Thursday morning, CNN reported that the White House has prepared the necessary paperwork, along with talking points for its allies.