re: Shouldn’t “preemptive’ pardons be unconstitutional?

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He's not that type of lawyer. He's the type that uses kids as leverage against each parent.

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Oh, so he's even more of a scumbag

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He offers discount divorces i shite you not.

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Bruh

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It’s an interesting expenditure of political capital to say the least.

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I think until the extreme partisan-political climate/emotions settle down, this is going to become the SOP. Like I can see it just expected the entire admin gets a pardon now.

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Oh, so he's even more of a scumbag

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Only in fantasy world. Y'all need to settle on one narrative. 3 have been posted just in this thread

Making excuses for tLeft. Not shocking

It Orange did this you would be imploding

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Uh...if the crime was already committed, how is it "preemptive"

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Because an indictment and verdict hasn’t been rendered. Just because a crime has been committed there is still due process.

I would have thought they taught you that in law school.

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Because an indictment and verdict hasn’t been rendered.

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I covered that in the next line of that post

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There is no limitation in the Constitution that the pardon power arises once an investigation begins.

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Just because a crime has been committed there is still due process.

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Where in the Constitution does it say pardons are only effective once all due process has occurred?

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Making excuses for tLeft. Not shocking

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He hides his partisanship behind his definition of “legal analysis”.

He is incapable of taking an actual stance on any topic.

This idea that he built in his own mind as a “non-partisan” poster gives him a sense of moral superiority, much like society sees with vegans.

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It Orange did this you would be imploding

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In four years, if Trump performs any pardons at all, he will be the first to create a thread about it.

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He hides his partisanship behind his definition of “legal analysis”.

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You're above this buffoonery

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He is incapable of taking an actual stance on any topic.

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This is also not true. However, I do not box myself into some in/out group with some party label.

I've taken many stances on topics important to me like the police state, criminal justice reform, federal over spending, the budget/deficit, etc.

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This idea that he built in his own mind as a “non-partisan” poster

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I have a set of policies I believe in. They do not fall within the binary DEM/GOP choice. That doesn't make me non-partisan, it just removes me from either of those groups (and the partisan mind rot and escalating emotionality involved in either).

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Trump issues silly pardons 4 years ago. No "implosion"

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what charges are being pardoned?

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That’s currently the problem. The constitution doesn’t speak to that, so it’s a loophole that needs to be closed after being challenged in court if upheld.

I think the current course of action is to pursue it in court first (maybe Cheney for witness tampering), call them in front of Congress where they can’t plead the 5th and hope someone perjures themselves, and find a state AG to go after them (although Fauci is probably the only one that an AG could charge).