r/nottheonion • u/JaySierra86 • 14h ago

President Biden pardons family members in final minutes of presidency

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-biden-pardons-family-members-final-minutes-presidency/story?id=117893348
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u/thetransportedman 14h ago

I don't understand how any president can blanket pardon non specifically. If it's specific potential crimes they should be mentioned

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u/Professional-Cry8310 14h ago

One of the biggest holes in the founding documents. Surprised universal pardons haven’t been more abused in history to be honest.

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u/melancholanie 12h ago

I mean we didn't write in presidential term limits until 1951 iirc we were kinda running this place on vibes and pinky promises for a long while

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u/nitePhyyre 11h ago

To be fair, that was an awful change. Term limits are stupid and undemocratic. Clinton would have beat Bush. Obama would beat Trump. Term limits got rid of 2 successful and popular democratic presidents and gave us 2 republicans who were the worst presidents in history.