Jan. 6 pardons send a dangerous message about political violence
Readers discuss Jan. 6 pardons, past violence at the Capitol and other acts of clemency. Regarding the Jan. 21 front-page ...
Trump’s flurry of legal actions set the tone for a contentious term
In his first week in office, Donald Trump fired his opening salvos on immigration and other topics, generating legal challenges already.
National law enforcement groups critical of pardons, commutations by Biden and Trump
Trump commuted the sentence of local Volusia County Proud Boys leader Joe Biggs, who was serving 17 years for his role in ...
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How Republicans Learned to Excuse Political Violence
This is the easiest way to unravel a constitutional democracy: You turn democracy against the constitution, by claiming that ...
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Celebration and criticism follow Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier’s prison sentence commutation
The 11th hour clemency of Leonard Peltier has touched off a wave of joy, but it also brings pain to those who believe he ...