Scooter Libby Sentence Commuted

Few events express better the utter contempt the Bush Administration has for the rule of law than this commutation. The violation of the law was demonstrated beyond the shadow of a doubt to a jury that actually was quite sympathetic to the accused. No guilt or remorse was ever expressed by Libby, or his boss, Dick Cheney. Fines remain, but donations from a few well-heeled neocons with government contracts, and it's all taken care of. So, betray one of your own spies, betray your country, lie to the grand jury, and there is no price to pay.

Look, when push came to shove, at least Paris Hilton went to jail. The minions of the Bush Administration don't even have her moxie....

From Anti-Federalist Paper No. 67 (1787) - via Publius at Obsidian Wings:

It is, therefore, obvious to the least intelligent mind to account why great power in the hands of a magistrate [i.e., a single executive], and that power connected with considerable duration, may be dangerous to the liberties of a republic. . . . [T]he unrestrained power of granting pardons for treason, which may be used to screen from punishment those whom he had secretly instigated to commit the crime, and thereby prevent a discovery of his own guilt.