Comments by "TheEvertw" (@TheEvertw) on "Trump's Bad Defenses and Worse Lawyering" video.

My conclusion of all this: it was a grave error not to prosecute Nixon and leave Ford's corrupt pardon of Nixon unchallenged.
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@K Exactly. There can be no peace without Justice.
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@catholicdad Obviously NOT. Justice can only be established through a court run by authorized and trained professionals of high integrity & impartiality, in accordance with the Law of the land, where there is a fair examination of the evidence & witnesses by both the prosecution and the defense under the presumption of innocence, and where the proper punishments are applied in accordance with the crime, not the person who did it. I.e. by Lady Justice wearing her blindfold, using her scales and wielding her sword. Sadly, in the USA, it seems Lady Justice's blindfold has gone missing.
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@cakestalker Glenn Kirschner has argued that one could invalidate pardons if there was a conspiracy between the one being pardoned and the one issuing the pardon. That might have been a route of attack. Also, one could try to find additional crimes by Nixon not covered by the pardon. Also, it could be argued that a pardon needs to be for a specific crime (as it also implies guilt), and thus blanket pardons are null and void. These are uncharted territories of the Constitution. Personally, I think such battles will be necessary quite soon, given that Trump has issued many pardons to people he conspired with, and has probably issued a blanket self-pardon.
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@Itried20takennames Every country I know of has a "Royal Pardon" or "Presidential Pardon", just like the USA. It is there as a fallback to deal with miscarriages of Justice for individual cases. However, most have a process that prevents abuse.
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@brandyhuber5323 We may have to deal with a self-pardon at some point, because of course he has pardoned himself. That would be unconstitutional, as it would place the President above the Law and above the two other co-equal branches of government. But with the loonies running SCOTUS, who knows what they will decide.
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 @jrooksable A pardon that is the result of a conspiracy to defraud the USA is null and void. Also a Presidential pardon is by definition federal and can not pardon state convictions.
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