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Joe Biden issues 'full and unconditional' pardon for son (www.bbc.co.uk)
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[-] Gsus4@mander.xyz 15 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/presidential-pardons-explained

Tried to educate myself on what the pardon consists of (why?)...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 enough: i.e. president, their friend, their agent or even just his rioter. Good thing the opposition to trump is popular too, right?

[-] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 13 points 8 hours 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 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Yes, except that Watergate happened and Nixon was shunned despite getting 60% of the vote and carrying 49 states, there was a time when even republicans didn't want a king.

[-] SexUnderSocialism@hexbear.net 4 points 6 hours ago

He'll do this, but this piece of shit won't stop the fucking genocide.

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 13 points 9 hours ago

The new Presidency will absolutely spin and use this event.

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 29 points 9 hours ago

No need to spin. I think we can all agree that pardoning Hunter after saying for years that he wouldn't is bad.

I don't blame him because....fuck it, the system's broken anyway...but I'm not gonna pretend like I support it

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 2 points 6 hours ago

They will spin it regardless:-P.

Not everyone seems to be agreeing that this is bad.

Yes the system is broken but the optics here look REALLY bad.

I liken it to what happened to the post office: first they shoot it in the leg, then blame it for being slow, then move to kill it off, citing how poor its performance is and thus deserving of blame and yeah sure "that" is why it must be killed off.

Now they have that much more support to kill off the DOJ - b/c despite how the President can do whatever he wants, now the previous President also did whatever he wants too (not really but again, optics, especially to those who will refuse to dig deeper into learning about something, even prior to showing up with a gun to help "defend democracy").

[-] kerrypacker@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

The way it looks looks bad?

Your country is fucked.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago
[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 1 points 5 hours ago

Ofc, but that's more evidence of Trump doing whatever - whereas now they have something to point to in order to claim "bOtH siDeS", which even if only 5% true / 95% false, can nonetheless work on a centrist who isn't paying attention. And since the popular vote means nothing and those people control the entire outcome of every election, that could end up being highly impactful, e.g. in an upcoming House or Senate race where it might flip a seat towards Republicans that would otherwise have gone to Democrats.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

So Biden should've let his son get dragged through the mud? What for? Principles? Americans have shown they don't value any principles by voting for a rapist, fascist, con man. The least Biden could do was to keep his family safe.

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 1 points 4 hours ago

Oh I thought you were asking what I meant. "The new Presidency will absolutely spin and use this event." and then "Yes the system is broken but the optics here look REALLY bad."

The reasoning doesn't even matter anymore, bc it's already done. I was talking about the fall-out. Centrists who aren't paying attention won't care about reasons anyway.

But if you want to get into it, it sounds like it would be a cost-to-benefit trade-off, e.g. if 16 months in minimum security prison, maybe able to just do a house arrest situation (didn't they do that for Roger Stone?), then that's one thing. As people are saying here elsewhere in the comments, "hunter filled out a form wrong" - which sounds like the penalty for that would be super low? But perhaps I'm missing something.

And some people consider principles to be quite important. Arguably it was the lack of enticement to vote Democrat that led to Trump winning the Presidency even?

Though anyway, I'm not trying to "both sides" this - I consider the matter already settled and done, and again was talking purely about the fall-out i.e. what happens next?

[-] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 11 points 9 hours ago

To do the things they would have done anyway. This is what we chose for ourselves.

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[-] Stern@lemmy.world 34 points 13 hours ago

GOP will bitch ofc... but really they just wanted another hillaries emails to fill empty spots in the news cycle so their bullshit would get overshadowed. Biden stopped that shit.

That said, where was this norm defying stuff the past 4 years?

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 28 points 13 hours ago

Good. Republicans don't play by the rules. Democrats shouldn't either.

P.S Biden is still a pussy for not having the entire supreme court thrown into jail for "national security" reasons.

[-] leftytighty@slrpnk.net 16 points 9 hours ago

Republicans lie and cheat to advance their agenda, I'm glad Joe finally bent some rules to accomplish nothing for Americans.

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 5 points 9 hours ago

Implying republicans bend rules to accomplish something for Americans...

[-] leftytighty@slrpnk.net 4 points 8 hours ago

am I?

I'm saying they're accomplishing long term gains towards their objectives.

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 4 points 7 hours ago

The wording didn't reflect that so I was teasing. Should I have added a :P?

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

Ah, man. Great job putting my feelings into words.

[-] superkret@feddit.org 19 points 11 hours ago

When no one plays by the rules anymore, and people on both sides accept that, your democracy is dead and buried.

[-] harsh3466@lemmy.ml 12 points 7 hours ago

Hot tip. Our democracy is already dead and buried.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 15 points 10 hours ago

Why is that onus is on the Democrats only? What did they achieve by taking the high road all this time?

[-] leftytighty@slrpnk.net 6 points 8 hours ago

What did this achieve? You're cheering for nothing.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

What did this achieve?

Peace for someone unfairly hounded?

[-] lemmyseizethemeans@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 10 hours ago

The supreme court put Bush in office in 2000. Democracy has been dead and buried for decades. It's just theater at this point

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