Month: July 2007

Fitz Responds

Here’s Fitzgerald’s statement: We fully recognize that the Constitution provides that commutation decisions are a matter of presidential prerogative and we do not comment on the exercise of that prerogative. We...

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My Thoughts on the Libby Commutation

The Editors make a good point. Bush, on overturning the deeply-held philosophy with which he presided over 152 executions in Texas: I don’t believe my role [as governor] is to replace the verdict of a jury with my own, unless...

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Why Did the GOP Concede so Quickly in November?

Quite frankly, this is a question that has been on my mind for months. We know how much effort the republican party had put into gaming the electoral system from the inside. We know how much the republican party leaned on the US...

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