58008@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoCould Joe Biden use his remaining time as president of the US to do away with presidential pardons?message-squaremessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1127arrow-down1message-squareCould Joe Biden use his remaining time as president of the US to do away with presidential pardons?58008@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square32fedilinkfile-text
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…
minus-squarelagomorphlecture@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up17·15 days agoJoe 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.
minus-squareC126@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·15 days agoThis is why executive orders are dumb.
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.