58008@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 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 · 7 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-squareadarza@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up96arrow-down1·7 days agopardon is a power granted by the constitution. states are, for the most part, in control of their own election process. biden can’t do a thing about either. and anything he does on his own, such as via executive order, will just be undone on dictator day.
pardon is a power granted by the constitution.
states are, for the most part, in control of their own election process.
biden can’t do a thing about either. and anything he does on his own, such as via executive order, will just be undone on dictator day.