Gerald Ford set the precendent with his pardon of Richard Nixon. The blanket pardon has never been tested in court, but the Constitution does not impose a restriction against the practice.
Because the clemency power is a plenary power vested in the Presidency, I would think there is a much better than even chance a blanket pardon would withstand judicial scrutiny. The fact that it is scandalous and wrong notwithstanding.
When you see the ignorant assertion in the opening post, it makes you wonder what those who don’t follow political news and/or have no sense of history wrongly believe.
I realize that past execs have jumped the rules, but in this case, it really needs to be brought to the SC.
Title 28, part 2 and Article II, sec. 2 lay those rules out pretty clearly and it states clearly that it applies to those who have been convicted and have served a sentence.
I can think of no clearer examples than the crimes we have been watching in DC, as a reason to test the validity of the pardons given by Biden and those he is considering. And stretching the pardon to cover ALL crimes in the past 10 YEARS absolutely warrants the eyes of the SC.
These are serious and the VICTIM has been the American citizens. There are serious accusations of treason and sedition against the democrat party and its operatives.