Comment on Joe Biden issues 'full and unconditional' pardon for son
Gsus4@mander.xyz 1 month ago
…upenn.edu/…/presidential-pardons-explained
Tried to educate myself on what the pardon consists of…and found that there is no real separation between the executive branch and the judicial branch, because prosecution is up to the executive branch and the president can pardon whomever e.g. “For instance, George Washington pardoned participants in the Whisky Rebellion, in part because they enjoyed considerable popular support.”
Meaning, you are above the law if you are popular, president or rioter.
Alaskaball@hexbear.net 1 month ago
There’s already historical precedent going back to Jackson that the president can blow off the Supreme Court and do whatever the fuck he wants. This is further backed up by the recent Supreme Court ruling saying that the president can do whatever the fuck he wants anyways with full immunity to the law while in office.
The office of the president has always been above the law, not that u.s law really means anything, and pretending there’s rules and civil norms that stops the literal monster of the mountain from tormenting the world is delusional.
Gsus4@mander.xyz 1 month ago
Yes, except that Watergate happened, there was a time when even republicans didn’t want a king.