I think most Republicans would consider that type of thinking more than one step ahead “11-dimensional chess.” Heh.
We already know they’re jerks because they haven’t left the current Republican party, but if this is what it takes for some voters to realize it, I’m all for Sessions’ bill being voted on.
Yes, and the Supreme Court has already said so:
II. The President had the right to grant an amnesty. The Constitution gives him unlimited power in respect to pardon, save only in cases of impeachment. The Constitution does not say what sort of pardon; but the term being generic necessarily includes every species of pardon, individual as well as general, conditional as well as absolute. It is, therefore, within the power of the President to limit his pardon, as in those cases in which it is individual and after conviction, to the mere release of the penalty-it is equally within his prerogative to extend it so as to include a whole class of offenders-to interpose this act of clemency before trial or conviction; and not merely to take away the penalty, but to forgive and obliterate the offence.
Ex Parte Garland, 71 U.S. 333 (1866)
The President’s power to grant pardons and amnesties with respect to crimes against the United States is absolute and cannot be restricted by Congress.
Sessions needs a refresher course in constitutional law.