McParadigm wrote:On the one hand, the justice system is entirely broken and regularly harms the innocent. On the other hand, people with extreme wealth or political connections have a way out. The American dream lives on.
Yeah, you're correct here. That is and always will be true with jury trials. Biden complied with the law as it is written and pardon power remains a political lever the President holds. Every President including Trump has sometimes exercised pardons in very morally questionable ways. I do think it's fair for the red team to stomp their feet a bit as America has been sitting through this from the chattering class for a while now:
*I do not agree or disagree with the text of the tweet, this tweet is only used for sharing the video*
"The fatal flaw of all revolutionaries is that they know how to tear things down but don't have a f**king clue about how to build anything."
I don't know why the White House feels the need to defend this. Trump's been packing his cabinet with every asshole who ever said they want to arrest every Democrat whoever stood against them, and Republicans have been absolutely obsessed with Hunter for 5 years. Every indication is that when Trump gets in there, they were going to stomp the shit out of him for no reason other than to hurt Joe.
It's gonna do no political damage against the Democrats, and what are they going to do about Biden?
Everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here, now, thank you. How are you?
tragabigzanda wrote:I need Burt to dig up all the past RM lib takes on Trump's pardons so I know how superior to feel right now.
I have no problem defending this one "broken promise" pardon against everyone Trump ever pardoned. Alice Johnson was the only person he pardoned that wasn't a complete and total piece of shit deserving of all they got.
Everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here, now, thank you. How are you?
So rather than merely pardoning his son for the gun crimes for which he was convicted and the tax crimes for which he pleaded guilty, the president’s pardon covers all “offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in” from Jan. 1, 2014, through Dec. 1, 2024. That language mirrors the language in Ford’s pardon of Nixon, which did not merely cover the Watergate scandal but extended to “all offenses against the United States” that Nixon “has committed or may have committed” between Jan. 20, 1969, and Aug. 9, 1974 — the exact span of Nixon’s presidency.
So rather than merely pardoning his son for the gun crimes for which he was convicted and the tax crimes for which he pleaded guilty, the president’s pardon covers all “offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in” from Jan. 1, 2014, through Dec. 1, 2024. That language mirrors the language in Ford’s pardon of Nixon, which did not merely cover the Watergate scandal but extended to “all offenses against the United States” that Nixon “has committed or may have committed” between Jan. 20, 1969, and Aug. 9, 1974 — the exact span of Nixon’s presidency.
Hunter's pardon is broader than Nixon's.
hunter wasn't president
Nixon wasn’t already convicted nor was he pardoned by his dad. The Nixon pardon also avoided a serious Constitutional issue over the limits of Presidential powers.
"The fatal flaw of all revolutionaries is that they know how to tear things down but don't have a f**king clue about how to build anything."
So rather than merely pardoning his son for the gun crimes for which he was convicted and the tax crimes for which he pleaded guilty, the president’s pardon covers all “offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in” from Jan. 1, 2014, through Dec. 1, 2024. That language mirrors the language in Ford’s pardon of Nixon, which did not merely cover the Watergate scandal but extended to “all offenses against the United States” that Nixon “has committed or may have committed” between Jan. 20, 1969, and Aug. 9, 1974 — the exact span of Nixon’s presidency.
Hunter's pardon is broader than Nixon's.
hunter wasn't president
Nixon wasn’t already convicted nor was he pardoned by his dad. The Nixon pardon also avoided a serious Constitutional issue over the limits of Presidential powers.
Whereas Hunter’s pardon doesn’t matter at all and will be ancient history by next week.
