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I didn't know blanket pardons were legal. Kind of feels like he's on shaky ground here. If this were allowed then all future presidents could veto in perpetuity
by djha-skin 3y ago
I didn't know blanket pardons were legal. Kind of feels like he's on shaky ground here. If this were allowed then all future presidents could veto in perpetuity any criminal law created by Congress.
Speaking of which, his pardon only pardons those who have violated federal or DC laws, not state laws.
- aaomidi 3y agoI mean, they have been. Trump pardoned so many people in his last few weeks.
- tptacek 3y agoThere is a long history of blanket pardons, isn't there?
- Digory 3y agoYes, this seems like a constitutional test. If you need this pardon to stand up, you'd better get the certificate from the WH pardon lawyer with your name on it.
- sangnoir 3y agoJimmy Carter did the same almost half a century ago by granting a blanket pardon to Vietnam war draft dodgers, and all of them have lived to a ripe old age without being taken to court to test the pardon.