Posted on 01/20/2025 11:13:52 AM PST by Stanwood_Dave
ArtII.S2.C1.3.7 Legal Effect of a Pardon - Constitution Annotated
More broadly, the {U.S. Supreme} Court ruled in several cases ... the Court in Burdick v. United States, 236 U.S. 79 (1915,) stated that a pardon carries an imputation of guilt; acceptance a confession of it.
Whereupon street justice can proceed and the bastards can be tarred and feathered, carried to the Potomac and executed with their heads hoisted on pikes and suspended from light posts on every bridge across the river.
How crude! How delightful! It would be!
So, to recap, legally, this is not a pardon, it is an attempt to change the definition of a pardon, in effect, a “get-out-of-jail-free” card.
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It’s a pardon.
PM
The facts, which involve the effect of a pardon of the President of the United States tendered to one who has not been convicted of a crime nor admitted the commission thereof, and also the necessity of acceptance of a pardon in order to make it effective, are stated in the opinion. Page 236 U. S. 84
Nope, because I doubt the Founders whould have agreed to this bastardization of the Constitution foisted on us.
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I agree with you totally. I’m just saying facts are facts. As I said, hopefully SCOTUS will review.
No it isn’t reviewable. If you want change then you will have to have an amendment to the constitution.
Trump just pardoned all the J6 people should that also be reviewed and stopped?
I just looked this up on preemptive pardons and here is the answer I found. Took me about 5 minutes: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/preemptive-pardons-are-they-legal-and-how-have-presidents-used-them-in-history/ar-AA1xwydQ
“The purpose of a preemptive pardon is to protect individuals from prosecution for crimes they may have committed. These pardons are often used in politically charged situations or when a president believes someone acted in good faith, even if their actions were legally questionable.
The legality of preemptive pardons was upheld by the Supreme Court in the 1866 case Ex parte Garland, which ruled that the president’s pardon power is absolute and can be issued at any time, including before formal charges are brought. This means a president can issue a pardon as a preventive measure, though it’s often met with public scrutiny.”
It means that you cannot plead the fifth amendment
So any answer that is not true can be called on and presecuted to the fullest extent of constitution and law.
The miscreants are on dangerous ground...a slippery slope on steroids.
We don’t really know of the Ford pardon of Nixon was legit because it was never challenged in court. It may not have held up.
It seems they plan on proceeding with getting the truth out. Haul these criminals in front of Congress and make them spill the beans. Refusal is contempt, lies are perjury and neither are protected by the pardon.
Then, in the case of people like Fauci, turn them over to other countries for prosecution. He will wish he was tried and sentenced in the US when he’s sitting in a Chinese jail cell,
Only in his decrepit mind.
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