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    ScientificMapp: The resolution was held up for a few minutes when it was discovered one of the white Senators from Mississippi had tried to slip in the words "We jus... more »
    UkraineNotWeak: Chuck Berry awaits his. Of course, Chuck demands that he be paid in cash before he's pardon. more »
    Get Him A Body Bag, Yeah!: Congress also gave a Medal of Honor to former WWF music writer Jim Johnson for writing the Ultimate Warrior's theme song. more »
    Steve U: Jack Johnson's Posthumous Pardon would make an excellent double-alliterative Deadspin handle, if anyone's in the market. more »
    BerttFrvae'sDyxelsia aka Orr's Crabapples: Yeah, but did he ever fight this guy? more »
    StanGable: Those women know the real reson for his nickname "the Galveston Giant" more »
    David Hume: I think the bigger story here is Amy Poehler's repeated violations of the Leslie Mann Act. 18 U.S.C. 2427 (a)(i) - Attractive blonde female 'comedian... more »
    RichardDJoke: Both the House and Senate have passed a resolution pardoning former heavyweight champion Jack Johnson for doin' it with white chicks. Sistas, howeve... more »
    BarrySagittarius: Today's Agenda: 1. Pardon Jack Johnson 2. Draft Comprehensive Health Care Reform Bill Well, so far we're batting .500 more »
    Gourmet Spud: "Jack Johnson is a trailblazer and a legend... I'll say. Only eighty years later, it became legal for a superstar black athlete to both marry and mur... more »
    Pornstars-for-Wilbon: You know what they say: "Once you go white, it's a 90-year plight." more »
    Kid Canada: In a related story, Jack Johnson is still dead But his heirs have been sittin', waitin' and wishin' for many years. more »
    sdot: I don't consider myself a constitutional scholar but when did congress gain the ability to pardon people? more »
    vinceneilyoung: If doing white chicks is a crime, consider me guilty. Though I haven't been guilty as as often as I'd like lately. more »
    Steve U: Congress - Your One-Stop Destination for Validation of 60-Year Old Miscegenation! more »
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    Congress Ends Racism 90 Years Too Late

    Both the House and Senate have passed a resolution pardoning former heavyweight champion Jack Johnson for doin' it with white chicks. In a related story, Jack Johnson is still dead. [ESPN]
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    John McCain To Save Jack Johnson's Honor

    Former heavyweight champion Jack Johnson spent a year in jail for having sex with a white woman—who was also his wife—but a pardon sixty years after his death should make up for all that. More »