Just FYI it's not unusual. Obama holds the record for highest in one day done on his last day in office with 330. The issue is that it's trump.
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Checks must've cleared. I don't see him pardoning the terrorists. Alot of them won't be able to afford $2 million. That one CEO could though.
I'm actually betting he's not going to pardon the terrorists, because they are "trashy".
He's going to pardon all the richest criminals he can find in hopes of receiving kickbacks, whether he actually sold pardons to them or not, and any celebrities he can pardon to try and ingratiate himself, because at the end of the day he's still NYC's most desperately thirsty faux-socialite.
He's going to pardon all the richest criminals he can find in hopes of receiving kickbacks, whether he actually sold pardons to them or not, and any celebrities he can pardon to try and ingratiate himself, because at the end of the day he's still NYC's most desperately thirsty faux-socialite.
Yet another reason he should have been removed by now. Yet another reason to say, "Fuck Pence."
Omg how is this right?
I wish Biden could null and void this shit for Trump being impeached 2x. Doj should look into it.
I wish Biden could null and void this shit for Trump being impeached 2x. Doj should look into it.
Could he even pardon Joe Exotic? Was the guy convicted of any federal crimes?
I hope this will be the final "fuck you" to his base - he'll pardon rich white collar criminals and ignore his terrorist supporters.
Although bad, at least he is leaving office being branded as the worst president in US history. There is nothing we can do about it.
Some of the 100 are listed as "rappers", so probably not all bad. Some from the Meek Mill campaign it would seem.
he's pardoning anyone who pays well. the trailer park terror cell doesn't fit that bill.
Pardon Q Shaman and have him show up in a Purge movie as himself.
edit: Lil Wayne is 10000% getting a pardon
edit: Lil Wayne is 10000% getting a pardon
Being impeached doesn't stop his ability to pardon. Otherwise, Bill Clinton couldn't pardon.
The founders assumed that congress would move swiftly to remove a president that corrupt.
they never accounted for political parties or congressional gridlock or the selfishness of putting your own political future ahead of what's good for the country
You make a fair point but the counterpoint is that we've never had a president who was this stupid and transparently corrupt.
I mean, he gave Rush Limbaugh the Presidential Medal of Freedom for Christssake.
I think its high time we look at these powers the president has and get rid of some of them. Too much rides on the belief that the president won't be a piece of shit and use his powers for his own gain.
No but I don't think the amount of impeachments would matter haha. Otherwise, you'd have the opposing party just do it so the President couldn't pardon. The Constitution is pretty clear on the pardon power though.
He doesn't. Carter didn't specifically name any Vietnam draft dodgers. It said "all persons". In theory, Trump can do the same for anyone who was in the Capitol building.
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As far as I understand, the intent was mostly for treason. Basically, it was decided that some element of the government should have the capacity to determine an act previously determined to be "treason" (ie, inciting slave revolt in a post-abolition society) is no longer treason to the sitting government, and provide clemency. That's how it was used early on, primarily to pardon charges of treason.
The problem is that it was framed as a pardon against federal charges without further restriction. This doesn't entirely make sense in the modern legal understanding of what a federal charge is, since it's often no longer a crime against the government itself. (The idea of the pardon being that the government can forgive crimes committed against the government.)
I doubt it.
I am guessing that he blames them for upending his strategy of questioning the results as well as his social media bans.
I'm pretty sure some Trump family members are going to get some non specific pardons on some very specific dates.
And we are all going to be like, "??????!"
And we are all going to be like, "??????!"
It'd be hilarious if in trying to make it too broad and vague they make it invalid
or he's dumb enough to include future crimes which would get it overturned
There need to be laws imposed on presidential pardons. Limits on how many can be done in a term, what crimes and circumstances qualify, no personal or direct business associations to those who are being pardoned allowed, any monetary exchanges must be disclosed, and any crimes related to money or treason are not pardon-able unless under specific circumstances that must be deliberated by panel of bipartisan representatives.
Which is hilarious given the entire electoral system and especially the constitutional requirement for an absolute majority to be elected President makes the United States one of if not the country with the closest to systemically mandated two party system.
I don't know how much political will there is on either side to do it. You'd need a lot for a Constitutional amendment.
I don't think we'll ever see a Constitutional amendment that limits the pardon power to that degree.
Thank you for the explanation. So yet another artefact from the past that needs an update.
Pardon power is extremely broad and it's just one of the perks of being President. Can't really do anything about it (and a Constitutional amendment is unlikely).