Saturday, August 26, 2017

President Trump's Pardon

President Donald Trump has recently set his sights on the power of pardoning and has taken to twitter to show his "fans" the lucky person who he has decided to pardon. He says that former sheriff of Maricopa county Arizona, Joe Arpaio, was "convicted for doing his job". The media has taken to this story because pardoning such a controversial person may in fact bring down his popularity even further. Trump's colleagues have also begun to pay attention to this pardon in the works, especially Senator John Maccain who stated that "Mr. Arpaio was found guilty of criminal contempt for continuing to illegally profile Latinos living in Arizona based on their perceived immigration status in violation of a judge's orders,". Clearly what Arpaio was doing was not just "his job" and in fact went against the law and the Constitution itself. Arpaio was convicted of criminal contempt after disobeying a federal judge's order to stop racial profiling individuals suspected of illegally entering the States. He showed no remorse for what he had done and continued to do which shows he should not be pardon because he would probably go back to profiling Latinos if he had the chance. What's also interesting is that Arpaio was a huge proponent during Trump's campaign and he often voiced his positive opinions on the rising candidate. Many people are starting to believe that Trump is only pardoning Arpaio because he's a die hard Trump supporter and shares many political beliefs with Trump himself. Trump seems to believe Arpaio is a worthy candidate for a presidential pardon, but the rest of America thinks otherwise. 
  1. Is President Trump's pardon constitutional? Why or why not? 
  2. Should Arpaio ultimately be pardoned? Why or why not? 
  3. Do you agree with Trump's pardon? Why or why not? 
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/08/25/politics/sheriff-joe-arpaio-donald-trump-pardon/index.html

https://www.google.com/amp/m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_59a17023e4b05710aa5c7fdc/amp

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