I am saying the prosecution of Arpaio was politically motivated, as was the pardon.  Justice was not a primary motivation on either side. I'm not sure how you extrapolate that into "politics invalidates the law" but that is obviously not true nor was it the point I was making. Presidents pardon people for political reasons all the time -- Clinton, for example, pardoned a number of very shady characters -- and giving Arpaio a get-out-of-jail-free card is hardly much of a stretch. The Washington Post had a breathless opinion piece yesterday saying that pardoning Arpaio was an impeachable offense. It is that sort of feather-headed silliness that gives oxygen to the Trumpists and makes liberals look, well, dumb.

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