Could Joe Biden use his remaining time as president of the US to do away with presidential pardons?
Could Joe Biden use his remaining time as president of the US to do away with presidential pardons?
Not sure if he has the power to do that, or if he could do it but not make it permanent. But if he can, he really should...
pardon is a power granted by the constitution.
states are, for the most part, in control of their own election process.
biden can't do a thing about either. and anything he does on his own, such as via executive order, will just be undone on dictator day.
Well, he's a King, with Divine Right, according to SCOTUS.
Will he use that Right? No, he won't, because the Democratic Party of the US won't belittle themselves to fight dirty.
Hence, here we are.
Heaven forbid the Democratic party do something outside the box or unsavory.
He's a sitting duck, nothing bad will happen if he just goes "Alright, I'm king for the next 3 months. Here's some more polices things for Americans, free gun training and a copy of the Improvised Munitions book included."
He could just... legalize pot, give Americans money, and have Trump taken care of. "but muh rule of law!!! what president would that set for the next dude who's going to do it anyways?"
There's lots of good explanations of what the US Constitution allows... but they don't actually matter!
No matter which branch of government (executive, judicial, or legislature) have the power to "do away with pardons" the same has the power to bring them back.
In parliamentary systems this is called the "supremacy of parliament".
So even if Biden could issue an executive order to stop pardons then Trump can just executive order them back.
I heard that Biden can assassinate Trump and he might not need to pardon himself.
Unironically that might be the best possible thing he could do.
Would there be a be election, or would he have to take out Jack Dick Vance, too?
🤣😂Jack Dick Vance😄🤣
There's a lot of radical things Biden could do to better shelter the people of the US and indeed the world from the coming storm but, being Joe Biden, he's going to do none of them.
I wouldn't expect anything from anyone at this point. I expect essentially radio silence until Trump takes over.
I would rather he do some presidential actions that are now allowed because of the corrupt supreme court
It's baked into the US Constitution and the framers intentionally made it difficult to ratify amendments to prevent it from being changed frequently on whims (the Constitution should ideally be able to weather any change in the breeze). He could but he'd need 2/3rds of both House and Senate to vote in favor in order to proceed, so he'd need those to be in session to vote, and then ratification is even messier, I think 2/3 or 3/4 of state legislatures need to vote in favor of ratification. Bunch of hurdles that require not only getting all these groups in a room, but also to have well over a majority vote in favor.
And we all know Marlie Tator Greene would be screaming the whole damn time, so snowball's chance in hell basically
The Constitution is only as good as the Judiciary of the supreme court allows it to be interpreted so basically it's the equivalent of toilet paper now.
Laws only mean anything if there's repercussions to those who wield it and the Supreme Court has said we have a king.
Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution, which provides: The President ... shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States
In order to change that, would need a Constitutional Amendment, which require ratification from 38 out of 50 states, so, unlikely
Joe Biden can do whatever he wants and it doesn't matter because then Trump will do whatever he wants. He can do away with pardons and then Trump can decree that they exist again. There's nothing left to stop him. Buckle up.
This is why executive orders are dumb.
He can do whatever he wants, the supreme Court is dumb enough to say so, he can post troops at the front of their swear in and mow down both of them before they get sworn in. If he does nothing to stop it after that. " He would get impeached" and be out of a job.. but cannot get penalties against him for doing so. The supreme Court is the most supreme dumbasses we have seen in our lives. I thought my parents were stupid. They are making feathers look smart. Will Biden, no, will trump, yes. We know better
It would be irrelivant. Trump will change anything and everything to suit his needs. You can change whatever you want and he'll just change it back on day one. You know, that one day he made very clear that he was going to be a dictator. That's the one day set aside to change every single thing he needs to. After that, nothing else matters.
not sure but the first thing I'd recommend changing is the first past the post voting system
The president doesn't control that. The federal government doesn't even control that.
That's a state by state situation.
Correct:
The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.
US Constitution, Article 1, Section 4
Technically there's no requirement that any of the citizens of a state be allowed to vote in their state's elections.
The President can pardon anyone he wants for any federal crime as long as it's backward looking. He can't pardon someone for something that will happen in the future.
The President does not have the power to abolish pardons.
He will.
even if we could he won't. or some political problem prevents it. see the college debt relief debacle or Manchin.
No. The president of the United States is authorized by the U.S. Constitution to grant a pardon for a federal crime.
Maybe he could just open up a can of whoop-ass?
He’ll likely pardon Hunter.