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minus-squareApathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-21 year agoNixon was apparently warned against trying to pardon himself because no man can be judge over his own case. Clear conflict of interest. Idk how well that would hold up now as a reasoning, considering…. gestures broadly https://archive.thinkprogress.org/nixons-justice-department-warned-that-the-president-can-t-pardon-himself-f70228c8b9ef/
minus-squarenostalgicgamerz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 year agoWhen Nixon was president we also didn’t have public indoctrination stations like Fox. Nixon being accountable for Watergate was why Rupert Murdoch created Fox
Nixon was apparently warned against trying to pardon himself because no man can be judge over his own case. Clear conflict of interest.
Idk how well that would hold up now as a reasoning, considering…. gestures broadly
https://archive.thinkprogress.org/nixons-justice-department-warned-that-the-president-can-t-pardon-himself-f70228c8b9ef/
When Nixon was president we also didn’t have public indoctrination stations like Fox. Nixon being accountable for Watergate was why Rupert Murdoch created Fox