So now the question is, will the USSC uphold the law?
I have my doubts.
They’re not. I wish they were, but they’re not.
The “writer” conveniently leaves out Carter’s blanket preemptive pardons of the VN draft dodgers.
Only if the person in question holds the office legitimately. If, as in the case of the 2020 election, the election was the subject of widespread cheating and tampering, as an honest investigation would reveal; then every act by Joseph Biden would be deemed corrupt, null and void; including all the corrupt so-called pardons and commutations.
This article is fabulous and needs to be sent to every US Senator and Congressman.
Wasn’t Trump’s pardon of Michael Flynn a presumptive pardon ?
I doubt Trump or any future president will challenge Biden’s pardons. They provide a powerful precedent that Trump and all future presidents can use themselves.
By that definition, it means the J6 prisoners are guilty; in most cases, I don’t believe they are. So it’s a mixed blessing. But at least they’re out.
Can a president pardon a ham sandwich?
The language of the pardon powers of the President as written in the Constitution limit his pardons to only “FOR” offenses committed. That Biden specified that these “pardons” were non offense related makes them pardons of a type NOT found in the language of the Constitution, thus “unconstitutional”.
Conservatives who are politically active online should do as the MSM does. Anytime Liz Cheney’s name is mentioned it should be stated that she is guilty of high crimes and or misdemeanors. Meme makers should get mugshot looking pictures of them with a huge guilty stamp on them.
Hopefully real Justice can be done but in the meantime people could have fun degrading and debasing them for their criminality and Injustice.
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Pelosi’s son-in-law even proudly posted this picture. He, too, was there with the other 1500 JanSixers who are in prison. I guess the DOJ looked the other way on this one, along with the hundreds of FBI people who were there in the crowd.
Pelosi's insider trading, her exempting American Samoa from Federal minimum wage laws when her husband owns a tuna processing plant there, and her invoking COVID laws for discussions in the House should put her behind bars if Lady Justice isn't peeking out from behind the blindfold.
I believe there is much wrong with all of this, especially when you step back and look at the broader picture.
“A witness may refuse to testify on the ground that his testimony may have an incriminating effect and assert the Fifth Amendment. The President can offer a pardon for any offense connected with the matters in regard to which he is asked to testify.”
True. The witness may be offered a pardon by the President or granted immunity by federal officials for federal cases, but in the broader picture, even if he accepts, his testimony might be used against him under a State’s law due to the Dual Sovereignty Doctrine so the witness might be justified in invoking Fifth Amendment rights.
“They explained that a PARDON carries an imputation of guilt and acceptance of a confession of it…”
I believe that “acceptance of a pardon is a confession of guilt” is a legal fiction foisted upon the citizens.
The article here: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4292106/posts , just after (or before depending on your point of view) this one, is titled: “‘I Didn’t Do Anything’: Pardoned ‘January 6er’ Says He Was Railroaded, Rejected Plea Deal”.
There may be some discrepancies in this article, but it indicates the person in question believes he didn’t do anything. I believe the legal bureaucracy “railroads” people into accepting plea deals (by overcharging) and that in reality acceptance of a plea deal or a pardon does not necessarily mean a truthful confession of guilt but, again in the broader picture, can be an effort to avoid further punishment by the process.
Not a lawyer but I have read the Constitution which is very clear about Pardons.
The Supreme Court has been wrong before so I will wait and see if and when they take this up. For now I believe the President has complete authority when it comes to granting a pardon. It is a necessary power for the President even when it is abused.
People forget that all the draft dodgers were granted pardons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclamation_4483
Trump should go to the SCOTUS and ask the what they think the Founders thought certain words in the Constitution mean. Such as;
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Pardon
The validity of Biden’s pardons is at least debatable.
I think President Trump and the new DOJ have a duty to challenge these pardons so that the current president’s powers are clearly defined.
If the Supreme Court judges Biden’s pardons invalid, investigate the J6 committee, Fauci, et al., for their many crimes. If otherwise, President Trump may also issue sweeping preemptive pardons without the risk of them being overturned by the courts.
I just reviewed MoneyBack’s posting history and the pattern is blatant.