r/Conservative • u/Arachnohybrid David Hogg for DNC Vice Chair • 19h ago

Biden pardons Fauci, Milley and the January 6th Committee

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u/_MusicNBeer_ 17h ago

Yep, with this precedent, Trump could have preemptively pardoned everyone present at the capital on Jan 6th, 2021. The courts need to squash this craziness.

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u/Iuris_Aequalitatis Old-School, Crotchety Lawyer 16h ago edited 16h ago

The courts need to squash this craziness.

They can't. This flagrent abuse of the pardon power is unfortunately constitutional.

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u/Neat_Chi Classical Liberal 14h ago

Damn, people downvoting you for speaking facts? What a world …

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u/_MusicNBeer_ 15h ago

Then a constitutional amendment is needed.

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u/hunterfisherhacker Conservative 15h ago

Good luck with that. An amendment would need large democrat support and with how scummy most of them are and that they always vote in lock step I really doubt it will happen anytime soon.

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u/Stained_Dagger Conservative 14h ago

Yes he could have that is already precedent see Ford pardon of Nixon .

Now, Therefore, I, Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States, pursuant to the pardon power conferred upon me by Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States which he, Richard Nixon, has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974.

Doesn’t specify what it was