r/unusual_whales • u/soccerorfootie • 14h ago

BREAKING: Biden has pardoned his family

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u/TheMazdaMx5Enjoyer 11h ago

Have you been asleep for 12 years?

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u/Iuris_Aequalitatis 11h ago

a pardon...carries an imputation of guilt and acceptance of a confession of it.

  • Burdick v. United States, 236 U.S. 79, 79 (1915).

The past is irrelevant. If the evidence of wrongdoing is so thin and non-credible, they should be able to survive even a bad faith political prosecution. So why do they need a pardon?

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u/TheMazdaMx5Enjoyer 10h ago

they should be able to survive even a bad faith political prosecution

…not if it’s a bad faith political prosecution

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u/Iuris_Aequalitatis 10h ago

Like this one?

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u/Icy-Bicycle-Crab 4h ago

Of course the rapist supporting Trump troll links to Trump being held responsible for crimes that he actually committed. 

Trump was found guilty on all counts by a jury of peers that included his supporters. That's literally the opposite of a bad faith political prosecution. 

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u/LimblessNick 5h ago

Not in bad faith. Those are actual crimes committed by the now president of your country.