Word just in from the AP on The NY Times web site that Scooter Libby will go scot-free and avoid jail time thanks to a pardon this afternoon by George Bush.
Bush acted after the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit refused to stay Libby's jail time pending an appeal of the original jury trial in federal district court.
Here we see Bush pardoning one of his own (Libby was Cheney's special assistant) after Libby was convicted of committing perjury and obstruction of justice, which many people think Cheney and Bush had ordered Libby to do.
This is like Bush pardoning himself.
What does it say about the rule of law and the saying that no one is above the law? This is certainly going to provoke a huge anti-Bush/Cheney fire storm.
Bush acted after the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit refused to stay Libby's jail time pending an appeal of the original jury trial in federal district court.
Here we see Bush pardoning one of his own (Libby was Cheney's special assistant) after Libby was convicted of committing perjury and obstruction of justice, which many people think Cheney and Bush had ordered Libby to do.
This is like Bush pardoning himself.
What does it say about the rule of law and the saying that no one is above the law? This is certainly going to provoke a huge anti-Bush/Cheney fire storm.
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