Law If blanket pardons are allowed, a president could more or less legalize anything

[BreatheSherBro]

If presidents can issue blanket pardons for any criminal activity, then a president can more or less legalize anything at least during the period they are in office.

For example, what if a president issued a daily blanket pardon for anyone convicted of a drug or sex crime?

That would mean hookers and blow for everyone! Why hasn't a president ran on this!?!?

Am I missing something? What would stop them? Granted it does seem contrary to the whole separation of powers thing the framers were going for, but at the same time, in light of recent events, it looks like a legal loop hole to legalizing anything.

 

[Croo67]

Biden pardoned Hunter to take attention off him and his masters’ attempts to start WW3.

 

[Belaya Smert]

I’ll willing to buy a pair of those Golden Sneakers and a bible if true.

 

[Limbo Pete]

They've been "allowed" since Ford pardoned Nixon. The much much bigger issue is the recent fabrication of total criminal immunity, which incidentally would have prevented the need to pardon Nixon at all.

 

[CantCucktheTuck]

Hunter won't get to plead the 5th with they drag him in front of congress the next time. He could still go to jail if he refused to answer questions about how him and Joe sold influence to Ukraine and China.

 

[I Am Legion]

The craziest part is Biden is so far gone cognitively that who knows who is really pardoning these people besides his son.

 

[gatchaman]

I think pardons before Joe's pardon of Hunter could "legalize anything" (legalize any specific activity).

I think Joe's pardon of Hunter is more about legalizing a specific individual to do any activity, also known as getting made.

If Hunter murdered a guy in 2016 then isn't Hunter pardoned for it, if Joe gets his way?

 

[gatchaman]

If Joe gets away with pardoning Fauci and Liz Cheney then I don't see why Joe doesn't sell lifetime pardons for a few million apiece and then grant himself a lifetime pardon on his last day.

 

[ShadowRun]

Hunter won't get to plead the 5th with they drag him in front of congress the next time. He could still go to jail if he refused to answer questions about how him and Joe sold influence to Ukraine and China.

Didn’t he no show a congress subpoena and Bannon went to jail for not showing up ?

 

[sanguinius]

If Joe gets away with pardoning Fauci and Liz Cheney then I don't see why Joe doesn't sell lifetime pardons for a few million apiece and then grant himself a lifetime pardon on his last day.

Biden could use the constitution as an adult diaper and about 30% of the country would praise him for being courageous enough to do it before trump could.

 

[Darkballs]

Hunter won't get to plead the 5th with they drag him in front of congress the next time. He could still go to jail if he refused to answer questions about how him and Joe sold influence to Ukraine and China.

I've seen you post this in multiple threads. Well I'm afraid I've got some bad news for you grandpa. If they call Hunter before Congress and ask him questions, he could literally just sit there and call them retarded and utter a simple "don't recall." You had six years to dig up anything worthwhile, and failed. So if you think anyone's gonna drop some breaking information at some Senate hearing, well you'd likely be the type of guy that would name yourself after Tucker.

I guess you guys could call another congressional session and show everyone pictures of his dick again. You guys seem to really like that.

 

[Darkballs]

Biden could use the constitution as an adult diaper and about 30% of the country would praise him for being courageous enough to do it before trump could.

Please explain to us, in your own words, how you think a president exercising the pardon power granted to him in the Constitution, is acting outside the Constitution.

In the grim darkness of the far future, there are only incels.

 

[Dalarna3]

In theory, most all of Hunter's crimes could still be prosecuted at a state level.

 

[ShadowRun]

Please explain to us, in your own words, how you think a president exercising the pardon power granted to him in the Constitution, is acting outside the Constitution.

In the grim darkness of the far future, there are only incels.

Cheers bro I'm glad you got the old AV back. Do you have any issues with the pardon ? I am mixed, I get it and of course Hunters crimes were politized even though he did commit crimes. I think what irks me is the response of people they went from "Joe is a honorable man he won't pardon is son, see the DOJ is balanced" to "his son was unfairly targeted under Joes DOJ and Joe wasn't lying at all"

anyways I would like your political opinion and then your legal opinion on it when you get the time. Cheers and happy holidays Sherbro

 

[Darkballs]

Cheers bro I'm glad you got the old AV back. Do you have any issues with the pardon ? I am mixed, I get it and of course Hunters crimes were politized even though he did commit crimes. I think what irks me is the response of people they went from "Joe is a honorable man he won't pardon is son, see the DOJ is balanced" to "his son was unfairly targeted under Joes DOJ and Joe wasn't lying at all"

anyways I would like your political opinion and then your legal opinion on it when you get the time. Cheers and happy holidays Sherbro

I mean, I'm against the idea of Presidents pardoning family members in general. But we are in a unique retarded point in our partisan politics. There's no denying that the trump administration has threatened, repeatedly, to launch investigations into anyone who pissed them off. The entire Hunter Biden nonsense was in response to Trump being charged.

The stated purpose of the pardon power, was to protect outgoing presidents from retaliation from the incoming administration. And that's kinda what we have here. So I can't really blame Biden for considering pardons for the people the trump administration is openly threatening.

 

[Nizam al-Mulk]

I’ll willing to buy a pair of those Golden Sneakers and a bible if true.

For like 5 or 9 times of the original price.

 

[ShadowRun]

I mean, I'm against the idea of Presidents pardoning family members in general. But we are in a unique retarded point in our partisan politics. There's no denying that the trump administration has threatened, repeatedly, to launch investigations into anyone who pissed them off. The entire Hunter Biden nonsense was in response to Trump being charged.

The stated purpose of the pardon power, was to protect outgoing presidents from retaliation from the incoming administration. And that's kinda what we have here. So I can't really blame Biden for considering pardons for the people the trump administration is openly threatening.

Good points I agree with it mostly, I think Trump even said he might pardon Hunter but he says a lot of things. I would be really upset if he targets people just because they pissed him off, he makes threats all the time and hardly follows up like lock her up. I am hoping 2028 we have real good candidates and not the garbage options we have had since 2016.

 

[TheMaster]

Biden showed his true colors.
Hypocritical scum but we knew that anyway. Actually pardoning his son would be expected and its not the wrong thing to do per se, but don't act like you weren't going to do it all along and that you are some impartial actor.

 

[Nizam al-Mulk]

Biden showed his true colors.
Hypocritical scum but we knew that anyway. Actually pardoning his son would be expected and its not the wrong thing to do per se, but don't act like you weren't going to do it all along and that you are some impartial actor.

His brain is mush. I do not think of him as responsible for anything he does.

 

[HockeyBjj]

If presidents can issue blanket pardons for any criminal activity, then a president can more or less legalize anything at least during the period they are in office.

For example, what if a president issued a daily blanket pardon for anyone convicted of a drug or sex crime?

That would mean hookers and blow for everyone! Why hasn't a president ran on this!?!?

Am I missing something? What would stop them? Granted it does seem contrary to the whole separation of powers thing the framers were going for, but at the same time, in light of recent events, it looks like a legal loop hole to legalizing anything.

Federal charges/crimes only. States have their own laws for hookers and blow