• EvilBit@lemmy.world
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    Who the fuck cares what Alina Habba says about anything? She has an agenda and it’s a selfish, ghoulish agenda. Fuck her.

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    Every president gives out a bunch of pardons on their way out and none of the people she mentioned have even been charged with anything. Fuck this clickbait nonsense.

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    He should. He should double-dog dare Congress to impeach him over the pardon power. The Supreme Court has held that only Congress can keep an Imperial Presidency in check. Biden should demonstrate exactly how far he can go if Congress is unwilling to do that.

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      Even political allies that say things like “you can’t pardon because x y z…”

      Do it anyway. Make a mess. Trump fanatics didn’t care. The fuck should Biden? Let’s let conservative courts prove they don’t care about real freedom.

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        “Hello everybody, and welcome to the Joe Biden Show. First of all, I’d like you to look under your seat. If you find an envelope, pull it out, please.”

        “That’s right! You get a pardon! And YOU get a pardon! Everybody gets a pardon!”

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        The impeachment process is equally broad, though, and while it must function on a case-by- case basis, it can be used to put guardrails around “essentially unlimited” powers like this. While the Pardon power itself is broad, it is not a license to violate the rest of the Constitution.

        Congress can step in and say “Yes, there are limits to the pardon power, because if a President goes too far we can put him in check”, and then define “too far” in the impeachment resolution.

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    Republican president Donald Trump pardoned, commuted, or rescinded the convictions of 237 people. Among them were:

    Joe Arpaio, former sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, was convicted of contempt of court for refusing to end the practice of “immigrant round ups,” and was awaiting sentencing. Pardoned on August 25, 2017.

    Sholom Rubashkin, an Iowa meatpacking magnate sentenced to 27 years in prison for bank fraud in 2010. Commuted on December 20, 2017.

    Kristian Saucier, a former U.S. Navy sailor pleaded guilty to unauthorized possession and retention of national defense information in 2016, released the following year. Pardoned on March 9, 2018.

    Lewis “Scooter” Libby, former chief of staff to the vice president of the United States, convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice in connection with the CIA leak scandal. The sentence was already commuted to time served by President George W. Bush in July 2007, shortly after Libby’s conviction. Pardoned on April 13, 2018.

    Dinesh D’Souza, author and documentary filmmaker, convicted of campaign finance violations in 2014. Pardoned on May 31, 2018.

    Dwight Hammond and Steven Hammond, father and son Oregon ranchers convicted in 2012 of two counts of arson on federal land. Commuted and pardoned on July 10, 2018.

    Michael Behenna, former United States Army first lieutenant who was convicted in 2009 of murdering an unarmed prisoner during the Iraq War. Sentenced to 25 years in military prison, paroled in 2014. Pardoned on May 7, 2019.

    Conrad Black, a British newspaper publisher convicted in 2007 of fraud and obstruction of justice for scheming to siphon off millions of dollars from the sale of newspapers, spent 3+1⁄2 years in prison and was deported. Pardoned on May 15, 2019.

    Pat Nolan, former California state legislator who pleaded guilty to racketeering in 1994, served 2 years and 2 months in prison. Pardoned on May 16, 2019.

    Mathew L. Golsteyn, a US Army officer who served in the War in Afghanistan. He was accused of murder after the 2010 killing of an unarmed Afghan bomb maker who was a prisoner of war, and the U.S. Army had opened an investigation of him in 2016. Pardoned on November 15, 2019.

    Clint Lorance, a former first lieutenant with the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division in the U.S. Army and veteran of the War in Afghanistan. He was convicted on two counts of second-degree murder for ordering soldiers in his platoon to open fire at three men sitting on a motorcycle in southern Afghanistan in July 2012 while his platoon was on combat patrol. During the trial all platoon members testified that the men were sitting, unmoving on a motorcycle while the defendant claimed the motorcycle was approaching at a high speed. He was sentenced to 19 years in prison in August 2013, and sent to Fort Leavenworth. Pardoned on November 15, 2019.

    Rod Blagojevich, former governor of Illinois, was charged with attempting to sell an appointment to the U.S. Senate to succeed President-elect Barack Obama. Was convicted of soliciting bribes, extortion, and wire fraud on June 27, 2011, and sentenced to 14 years in prison. Was commuted to time served on February 18, 2020.

    Bernard Kerik, former New York City police commissioner, pleaded guilty to tax fraud and perjury in 2010 for concealing apartment renovations paid for by a contractor that the city had blacklisted because of suspected ties to organized crime. Was sentenced to four years in prison in 2010; was released in May 2013. Pardoned on February 18, 2020.

    Roger Stone, a longtime political operative and friend of Donald Trump, was convicted in November 2019 on charges of witness tampering, obstructing an official proceeding, and five counts of making false statements in the course of inhibiting the investigation of the Trump campaign by Robert Mueller. He was sentenced to 40 months in prison, but on July 10, 2020, President Trump commuted the sentence before Stone reported to prison. Trump pardoned Stone on December 23, 2020.

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      What?

      There’s been 42 vacancies for weeks now and Biden has only nominated 12 of them.

      I don’t understand what pardons have to do with all the judicial vacancies to begin with tho…

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    And that’s exactly what he should do. Anything to block Trump’s rampage of vengeance.