I was offended by Biden pardoned his waste of a human Hunter but to pardoned Pfizer and Moderna..that is maddening. The madness of a senile old man pushed by Obama, Blinkin and Sullivan to pre pardon drug companies that poisoned many of the world's population is vile. Adam Schff and Liz Cheney will be next. I am not shocked but very angry.
Each individual can accept or reject a pardon as they please. Me? "I am not a crook!" as Nixon would say. I'd rather prove myself innocent in court rather than accept a pardon for something I did not do . . .
There may be one huge advantage of "preemptive" and very broad pardons. Those who receive them (can they reject or decline a pardon? Not sure) can still be subpoenaed to testify before Congress as part of impeachment proceedings. And Biden can still be impeached after he leaves office (even if the votes won't be there to convict). This means the pardoned are ineligible to plead Fifth Amendment rights not to answer since they can no longer incriminate themselves. Now, will Congress will do that? Probably not, but let's see these folks refuse to testify or, if they did, what they might reveal. Worth the effort? A definite, maybe.
Regardless, I'd love to see a court challenge on broad, preemptive pardons, which the framers and founders did not intend. It's one thing to be pardoned by as Nixon was, when federal charges were not pending, but quite another to issue pardons where crimes clearly are not asserted.
Thank goodness that states will have the ability to prosecute some of these “unknown” past crimes.
I was offended by Biden pardoned his waste of a human Hunter but to pardoned Pfizer and Moderna..that is maddening. The madness of a senile old man pushed by Obama, Blinkin and Sullivan to pre pardon drug companies that poisoned many of the world's population is vile. Adam Schff and Liz Cheney will be next. I am not shocked but very angry.
Ugh!
Each individual can accept or reject a pardon as they please. Me? "I am not a crook!" as Nixon would say. I'd rather prove myself innocent in court rather than accept a pardon for something I did not do . . .
There may be one huge advantage of "preemptive" and very broad pardons. Those who receive them (can they reject or decline a pardon? Not sure) can still be subpoenaed to testify before Congress as part of impeachment proceedings. And Biden can still be impeached after he leaves office (even if the votes won't be there to convict). This means the pardoned are ineligible to plead Fifth Amendment rights not to answer since they can no longer incriminate themselves. Now, will Congress will do that? Probably not, but let's see these folks refuse to testify or, if they did, what they might reveal. Worth the effort? A definite, maybe.
Regardless, I'd love to see a court challenge on broad, preemptive pardons, which the framers and founders did not intend. It's one thing to be pardoned by as Nixon was, when federal charges were not pending, but quite another to issue pardons where crimes clearly are not asserted.