Posted on 01/20/2025 12:35:02 PM PST by Libloather
Every.
Last.
One.
“Illegitimately-pardoned” felon, I would argue.
Heh, well now he can do that, at least based on the logic above!
A pardon is a legal action that requires a target, namely, a CONVICTION. In the absence of a conviction there is no possibility of a pardon. Nothing for which to be pardoned. A preemptive pardon defies legal common sense and as such is a thing that no one can assert the founders would have intended.
“Exactly. The pardoner is granting the pardon to his agent doing his bidding.”
It’s a legal feedback loop. It cannot be tolerated. It’s legally utterly unsupportable.
Oh, that would be sweet.
Yep. Lincoln, Clinton, and Biden are the only presidents to pardon family members.
If it ever gets to SCOTUS, they WILL NOT look kindly on the matter of pre-emptive pardons because OBiden just deprived their professional contemporaries of A LOT of income.
well, for one
joe didnt pardon any one
joe sleeps eats, craps and mumbles
the unseen politburo issued pardons and this is just their way of punishing joe and jill failure to cement the coup, imo.
Lincoln pardoned his wife's half-sister. If you can tell me what you call a wife's half-sister, I'll agree, otherwise, it is not really a relation, just one made-up so the media can claim: "See, Republicans do it too!"
Newsweak is even trying to claim that PDJT pardoned a "family member" when he pardoned his daughter's husband's father. Again, what do you call a daughter's husband's father?
Only DEMOCRATS pardon their crooked family members.
Sure, fair enough.
BTW, I call everyone by their name because I don't bother with all the family tree names.
Except for this.
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