(December 23, 2020 at 10:12 am)polymath257 Wrote:(December 23, 2020 at 5:39 am)Nomad Wrote: President Biden's first act should be to vacate every pardon Dumbfuck gave out, and if the supreme court objects tell them to fuck off or face charges of obstructing justice.
Biden would not have the power to do that. As long as the paper work is done and delivered to the person, the pardon is irrevocable, even by Trump.
(December 23, 2020 at 7:11 am)Nomad Wrote: Neither did it work that way when Jackson deported the Cherokee from their lands. Still happened despite the objections of the supreme court.
Bad precedent can lead to good acts.
if Biden attempted to revoke the pardons, the people pardoned would simply sue. They would win. And, unlike the case of the Cherokee, a writ of habeas corpus would free the person from prison.
What army or even moral legitimacy has John Roberts to stop Biden from simply tossing them in jail if needs be.
Given the fact that all of Trump's pardons reward criminality of the worst kind, a proper PR campaign will have a large majority in favour of ignoring any of his pardons, and given that the current supreme court is muck to the people at large because of its own illegality it has little leverage.
The system is broken, do away with it.
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