CAFE Insider 05/20: Reversing Roe & Politicizing Pardons

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🗓️ 20 May 2019

⏱️ 13 minutes

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In this clip from the CAFE Insider podcast, "Reversing Roe & Politicizing Pardons," co-hosts Preet Bharara and Anne Milgram discuss President Trump's approach to pardons and their concerns over process and fairness. To hear the full episode, join the CAFE Insider community REFERENCES AND SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS: THE PARDON POWER Article II of the Constitution, Legal Information Institute Office of the Pardon Attorney, Department of Justice Organization, Mission and Functions Manual: Office of the Pardon Attorney, Department of Justice Clemency Initiative (2014-2017), Department of Justice National Task Force on the Rule of Law & Democracy Proposals for Reform, Brennan Center Trump’s Recent Pardons: “The President and His Power to Pardon,” New York Times, 5/19/19 “Trump pardons Pat Nolan, former GOP lawmaker taken down in FBI’s ‘Shrimpscam’ probe,” LATimes, 5/15/19 “Trump pardons billionaire friend Conrad Black, who wrote a book about him,” Washington Post, 5/15/19 “Trump May Be Preparing Pardons for Servicemen Accused of War Crimes,” New York Times, 5/18/19 Pardon of Marc Rich: “Rich Made His Fortune by Breaking the Rules,” Washington Post, 3/13/01 “Holder admits 'mistakes' in Rich pardon,” CNN, 1/15/09 “U.S. attorney launches criminal probe of Rich pardon,” CNN, 2/14/01 Pardon of Richard Nixon: “NO CONDITIONS SET Action Taken to Spare Nation and Ex‐Chief, President Asserts,” New York Times, 9/9/74 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:57.9	Hey folks, another busy week of news to make sense of. The push to overturn Rovy Wade,
1:02.5	a series of pardons by Trump that have raised questions about the process and newly
1:06.4	unredacted Michael Flynn memos. I talk about all this and more with Anne Milgram on the
1:10.5	Cafe Insider podcast. Each week we break down the news and take stock of what's happening.
1:15.6	Today we're making a clip from the most recent episode available in the stay tuned feed.
1:19.4	So listen to our full conversation and access all other Cafe Insider content. Become a
1:23.6	member at cafe.com slash insider. That's cafe.com slash insider. The 2020 election is going
1:34.3	to matter enormously. Alright so we'll see what happens with this
1:38.1	abortion debate. I'm sure we'll be talking about it a lot more in the coming weeks and
1:41.4	months. Another big issue in recent times the president's pardon power. So he's pardoned
1:47.6	a few people, some of which have been controversial. We should just note to make clear to folks
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