Yes
And tbh do the prosecutions in spite of the pardons, forcing the defendants to litigate their pardons' legitimacy
Then use the pardons being upheld to promote a constitutional amendment gutting executive power
And tbh do the prosecutions in spite of the pardons, forcing the defendants to litigate their pardons' legitimacy
Then use the pardons being upheld to promote a constitutional amendment gutting executive power
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at this point the only way America can regain trust and legitimacy on the world stage is if the next administration prosecutes most of the current administration
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It depends to some extent on how big the backlash is to the authoritarian takeover and whether Trump is pushed out
That should include a statute invalidating preemptive pardons.
Cario America: we'd prefer to rule the ashes than have a shared bright future.
America signed on to the International Criminal Court, but then withdrew the signature without ratifying it - we do too many war-crimes on the regular. 😑
Congress, however, can investigate whatever it wants, and can ask the GAO to audit what went wrong.
Even in NC under Roy Cooper – a former prosecutor who barely pardoned anyone – his handful of commutations at the end of the term have already prompted Rs to try and take it away
But here again, you've only got 4 states' headlines out of 50. Maybe there are more (not expecting you to do a state-by-state summary!) but doubt it's 50%+
Biden was an anomaly. Replaced by Trump, who promptly pardoned hundreds of insurrectionists
And if SCOTUS holds that presidential immunity precludes any criminal liability for 'official acts', render Alito, Thomas, Kavenaugh and Gorsuch as well.
Sadly, not many in evidence as yet in the current Congress.