🃏Joker to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agoTrump on Day 1: Begin deportation push, pardon Jan. 6 rioters and make his criminal cases vanishapnews.commessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1279cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoBut a self-pardon can be argued to contradict other parts of the Constitution. It definitely is contrary to the founder’s intent.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink12•1 month agoPretty sure absolute criminal immunity for the president would be as well.
Pardons are an official act.
But a self-pardon can be argued to contradict other parts of the Constitution. It definitely is contrary to the founder’s intent.
Pretty sure absolute criminal immunity for the president would be as well.