Posted on 03/06/2012 2:30:17 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
I have been wondering if the worst President ever would try something like this. Presidents have the power to pardon...if issued millions of full pardons, could the illegals then register them to vote.
Thoughts?
They’d need to be in the criminal system first. But then they’d still be committing a crime once they got out, since they are still illegals, so no, not likely. Otherwise, simply serving jailtime would gain them citizenship. Now that’d be a deal.
Amnesty, if it were given, is not citizenship. If the amnestied illegals were allowed to vote, it would be absolutely no different from their voting now. It would be illegal but that wouldn’t prevent some Dems for trying it.
Uh... You need a basic civics lesson in who can and who cannot vote in U.S. elections.
His extracts show that each application for pardon was individually reviewed by his office with individual recommendations forwarded through the Justice Department to the White House. The annual requests for pardons, commutations, and respites had two high points, 1925 and 1929 when almost 1,800 such cases were worked on.
Do I think Obama will attempt massed Presidential pardons? After the robosigning scandal on home mortgages I wouldn't put it pass him.
I have contemplated a similar scenario. He issues mass pardons to non-white inmates and recuits them into his “civilian defense force” literally as they walk out of prison. If he offered enough compensation, many would jump at the chance to get even with whitey. Would this be legal? Wound anyone in power try to stop it?
They would still be on violation of the law. Moreover, pardons are issued after adjudication.
“He can do anything he wants and if you don’t like it you’re a racist.”
Bingo. Someone who gets it.
Never thought of that....very scary indeed.
Double jeopardy would take care of any idea that one minute past pardon the "immigrant" would be illegal again. That said, the Constitution does not grant the president the ability to naturalize immigrants so he could not confer the voting franchise upon the new residents.
Consider Carter's blanket amnesty for the Vietnam draft dodgers.
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Illegals already vote, by the millions.
They are an integral part of the democrat voter base, along with all of those on the plantation of welfare.
Millions more.
The dems give more money to deadbeat unwed mothers, the “homeless” fathers via SSI etc and then of course they vote the dems back in. Vicious circle.
Motor voter was a program to get illegals voting rights.
Just before Clinton left office and Gore was running against Bush, he sent out 10’s of thousands of forms to illegal aliens which “proved” they were registered to vote. That's how Gore almost stole the election back then.
Yup, pardons are not necessary, the plan is in motion.
And of course, the brain dead GOP thinks they can get the illegal voting block to pull the lever for them, so they don't fight against voter fraud.
The only hope is the Tea Party Movement.
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