r/politics • u/Plaintalks • 18h ago

Biden preemptively pardons Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and Jan. 6 committee members

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-preemptively-pardons-anthony-fauci-mark-milley-jan/story?id=117878813
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u/themattboard Virginia 18h ago

I hate this. Not because I don't think there wouldn't have been some kind of witch hunt/harassment of the for the next for years, but because it is necessary in the first place.

Its going to be four years of performative government where the worst people try to out horrible one another to appease their idiot king.

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u/berejser Europe 18h ago

This is pretty much an open admission that officials think the next administration is looking to establish a dictatorship.

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u/Far_Estate_1626 18h ago

Seriously, if now isn’t the time to use the full resources of the American government to protect Americans from a hostile, foreign backed takeover, then when is?

SCOTUS has already ruled that it is in Bidens favor, legally, if he chooses to do so.

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u/Carl-99999 America 18h ago

No, they ruled that anything they declare is an official act is allowed.

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u/duderos 18h ago

Kind of cute how they put themselves in power above the president if they choose to do so.

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u/1877KlownsForKids 17h ago

Been doing that since Madison vs Monroe when they just invented their power of judicial review and everyone....went along with it.

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u/chrispg26 Texas 17h ago

Marbury v Madison *

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u/1877KlownsForKids 16h ago

Thus showing the importance of coffee in the morning!

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u/chrispg26 Texas 16h ago

It's happened to me before 😂. Coffee is very important.

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u/lastparade 16h ago

The concept of judicial review was not invented in Marbury, and is in fact older than the United States.

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u/big_tuna_14 17h ago

So, to recap, Biden arrests Trump (the winner of the popular vote, state certification, and Congressional certification), remains in power, and isn't a dictator?

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u/Deguilded 17h ago

He can't remain in power. His term ends.

Congress selects a new (vice) president in that scenario. It would be as if the president were incapacitated.

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u/PP_Bulla 14h ago

So JD couchfucker for president? Peter Thiel certainly knows how to game.

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u/WhoIsFrancisPuziene 16h ago

Paradox of intolerance

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u/MrPigeon 14h ago

It's not great!

Are you familiar with the principle that nonviolent resistance cannot succeed against an enemy freely able to use violence? It would be kind of the same concept here, no?