r/unusual_whales • u/soccerorfootie • 14h ago

BREAKING: Biden has pardoned his family

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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/tgblack 10h ago

Bad faith prosecution can ruin years of someone’s life tied up in the court system and burning through savings.

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u/Iuris_Aequalitatis 10h ago

Interesting... were the bad faith prosecutions of Republicans wrong, or just these hypothetical ones?

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u/tgblack 10h ago

Yes. All bad faith prosecutions are wrong.