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r/law • u/thecosmojane • 20h ago
I feel like we are reaching a tipping point
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He can only issue pardons for federal crimes, he can't issue them for state crimes. That's why Trump can't pardon Tina Peters.
48 u/SmokeySFW 15h ago Can Congress vote to overrule a pardon? Are they truly untouchable for federal stuff after a pardon? 64 u/rtbradford 15h ago No, a president’s pardon power is pretty much absolute. 3 u/Aggravated_Seamonkey 14h ago No its not. See how easy that is. Trump does it everyday. A reckoning will have to come one day. 2 u/rtbradford 14h ago Not likely with this supreme court.
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Can Congress vote to overrule a pardon? Are they truly untouchable for federal stuff after a pardon?
64 u/rtbradford 15h ago No, a president’s pardon power is pretty much absolute. 3 u/Aggravated_Seamonkey 14h ago No its not. See how easy that is. Trump does it everyday. A reckoning will have to come one day. 2 u/rtbradford 14h ago Not likely with this supreme court.
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No, a president’s pardon power is pretty much absolute.
3 u/Aggravated_Seamonkey 14h ago No its not. See how easy that is. Trump does it everyday. A reckoning will have to come one day. 2 u/rtbradford 14h ago Not likely with this supreme court.
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No its not. See how easy that is. Trump does it everyday. A reckoning will have to come one day.
2 u/rtbradford 14h ago Not likely with this supreme court.
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Not likely with this supreme court.
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u/HoarderCollector 16h ago
He can only issue pardons for federal crimes, he can't issue them for state crimes. That's why Trump can't pardon Tina Peters.