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Quote by: Chaossaber314  Well as far as the rule of law issue is concerned, the president has the legal authority to commute a sentence. Whether or not he should use that power in this or other cases is another debate all together. |
Yes, he had the legal right to do it, and this doesn't really come as no surprise.
He had the legal right to start the war with Iraq, too. I think that will be a large part of Bush's "legacy", in that he did so many wrong things, but they were barely "legal enough" to keep him out of jail.