Amicus: Don’t Pardon Trump’s Pardons

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🗓️ 17 August 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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The power of the presidential pardon is a holdover from America’s colonial roots. But no one had used it like former President Trump. Over and over he kept pardoning his allies, and then, he’d welcome them back into the fold. . It seemed like he was rewarding these criminals for their loyalty, and belittling whole categories of crime, like fraud, campaign finance violations, and corruption. Is that what was really happening? This week in our series called The Law According to Trump, we go deeper into Trump’s use of the pardon with Ciara Torres-Spelliscy. Torres-Spelliscy is a professor of law at Stetson University and the author of Corporate Citizen?: An Argument for the Separation of Corporation and State and Political Brands. Torres-Spelliscy speaks with host Andrea Bernstein about how Trump’s pardoning has hurt democracy, and what it means for the future of the country. Want more Amicus? Subscribe to Slate Plus to immediately unlock exclusive SCOTUS analysis and weekly extended episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Or, visit slate.com/amicusplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.0	E. T. E. T. requires E. E. broadband. Content may vary terms apply. Hello and welcome to the law according to Trump from Amicus, Sla's
0:47.7	podcast about the courts and the law. I'm Andrea Bernstein sitting in for
0:51.5	Dalgillith Wick for a few weeks while she takes a break.
0:55.1	In this series, we're taking a look at how Donald Trump deploys the law, how he's used lawyers
0:59.4	and lawsuits and sometimes even judges to enhance his brand, his money, and his power.
1:05.0	And this week we're turning our attention to Trump's use of the pardon power
1:09.0	and how it connects to the taint of corruption that emanated from his first presidency and could engulf a second
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