As you all may know President Donald Trump has recently used his presidential power of pardoning to pardon Joe Arpaio claiming that “Sheriff Joe was convicted for doing his job.” This "Job" president Trumps mentions is to find and bring in undocumented immigrants in Arizona. According the the Washington Post "pardons are granted for two reasons: either to provide mercy or correct a miscarriage of justice, in an individual case; or on more general grounds based on public policy." But Donald Trumps training for pardoning Arpaio do not fit these reasons. I have chosen this current event because Joe Arpaio is a very controversial person in the media.
Links For Further Reading:
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/08/25/us/politics/joe-arpaio-trump-pardon-sheriff-arizona.html?referer=https://www.google.com/
http://amp.usatoday.com/story/597547001/
https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/537729/
Questions For Discussion:
1. Do you agree with Donald Trump's statement that Arpaio was "convicted for doing his job"?
2. Do you think that Donald Trumo should have pardoned Arpaio or should he have been put on trial?
3. Do you think that Joe Arpaio is the "American Patriot" Trump claims he is?
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