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Were the pardons a good idea? Which ones, you ask - Biden's or Trump's? Both sets of pardons had their issues and the @cato.org breaks them down. Take a listen and decide.

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The Pardon Power's Importance amid Presidential Abuses
Featuring Clark Neily and Caleb O. Brown
www.cato.org
January 24, 2025 at 10:35 AM
January 9th - join several @cato.org scholars as they discuss specific EOs & directives that the incoming administration should revoke/amend that affect energy policy, environmental policy, health care, the fed workforce, foreign policy, defense, & other social policies. www.cato.org/events/execu...
December 10, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Not gonna lie - I saw and enjoyed Red One with The Rock, Evans, and Simmons. It was the 1st time I've ever seen Santa ripped and while it hit different, I was okay with it. 🎅🏋️‍♀️🛷
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RED ONE | Official Trailer 2
YouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios
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November 20, 2024 at 4:43 PM
If you think some of the new administration's appointments are absurd and there's no way they can make it through the process, think again! Get the facts on recess appointments from Cato's director of the Center for Constitutional Studies @thomasberry.bsky.social
What are recess appointments, why has the Senate not allowed them for a decade, and what is Trump's argument that he can force a recess against the Senate's will? I explain in this guest post on @volokhc.bsky.social (with thanks to @ilyasomin.bsky.social for inviting me).

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Thomas Berry (Cato Institute) on Trump's Recess Appointment Plan
President-elect Trump has demanded on X that Senate Republican leadership "must agree to Recess Appointments (in the Senate!), without which we will not
reason.com
November 15, 2024 at 3:53 PM