| Congressman Seeks to Head Bush at Pardon Pass
By AFP Staff
Rep. Jerrold Nadler has introduced House Resolution 1531, which seeks to
anticipate and condemn blanket pre-emptive pardons of U.S. officials
who may have engaged in torture, war crimes or illegal detentions.
The findings of the measure:
(1) it is the sense of the House of
Representatives that the granting of preemptive pardons by the President to
senior officials of his administration for acts they may have taken in the
course of their official duties is a dangerous abuse of the pardon power;
(2) it is the sense of the House of
Representatives that the President should not grant preemptive pardons to
senior officials in his administration for acts they may have taken in the
course of their official duties;
(3) it is the sense of the House of
Representatives that James Madison was correct in his observation that ‘‘[i]f
the President be connected, in any suspicious manner, with any person, and
there be grounds [to] believe he will shelter him, the House of Representatives
can impeach him; they can remove him if found guilty’’;
(4) it is the sense of the House of
Representatives that a special investigative commission, or a Select Committee
be tasked with investigating possible illegal activities by senior officials of
the administration of President George W. Bush, including, if necessary, any
abuse of the President’s pardon power; and
(5) the next Attorney General of the United States
appoint an independent counsel to investigate, and, where appropriate,
prosecute illegal acts by senior officials of the administration of President
George W. Bush.
You can read the whole
resolution here. You can contact your representative
to register your support for Nadler's measure here.
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