Tuesday, November 17, 2020

 

It's time for the annual Thanksgiving WaPo Op-Ed!

 


NYU Super-Prof Rachel Barkow and I have an Op-Ed in the print edition of today's Washington Post, arguing that even if the Turkey pardons himself this year, clemency is still worth preserving. You can read that here.

Complaining about the Turkey Pardon is kind of a tradition for me now. Here is a brief history by year:

2018: CNN
2014: Washington Post (with Rachel Barkow)
2013: Atlantic/National Journal (via Ron Fournier), Waco Trib (with PS Ruckman)


Comments:
Are there odds on given his current 'rage' if he will even hold with tradition and pardon the turkeys? If I were a turkey I would want to steer clear of the White House.

 
Kamala Harris is expected to be be Joe Biden's lead on justice reform. She listens to her husband Doug Emhoff whose views will be important. He could be an ally in your quest to correct and simplify the federal parole system.
 
Can turkeys self-pardon? Or can the vice-turkey pardon the head turkey?
 
I very much hope that within turkey culture there is a “Vice Turkey.”
 
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