IF BIDEN ISSUES SO-CALLED PRE-EMPTIVE OR PROSPECTIVE PARDONS IN SOME SYSTEMIC WAY, HE SHOULD BE IMPEACHED

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Posted on 12/06/2024 7:13:07 PM PST by conservative98

IF BIDEN ISSUES SO-CALLED PRE-EMPTIVE OR PROSPECTIVE PARDONS IN SOME SYSTEMIC WAY, HE SHOULD BE IMPEACHED

The Biden regime has done more to destroy the rule of law and our constitutional order -- aimed against political opponents (most prominently Donald Trump) and for the empowerment of the Democrat Party -- than any past administration I can think of.  And it's not done.

The phrases "preventive pardons" or "prospective pardons" corrupt the language as they corrupt the law.  For example, imagine the following: a president pardons himself not just for past or present federal offenses or possible federal offenses, BUT for any and all possible future federal offenses, then the president has effectively immunized himself from all criminal exposure of any kind -- including personal.

I thought the Biden regime, the Democrats, their media and their academics, were very upset that the Supreme Court ruled that a president has LIMITED IMMUNITY relating to his official acts, not for purely personal acts.  BUT what is being discussed by the Biden regime is the possibility that a president could, indeed, with his own signature, immunize himself from all federal offenses into the future, including when he is no longer president!  That is certainly possible.  What would stop him?  The Supreme Court?  Maybe. But the pardon power is as general as it gets.  The Court would have to come up with its own test and rationale, not one that currently exists in law, in an attempt to draw lines and create limits where none exist.   

Or imagine a president handing out such pardons for all family members, friends, administration officials, donors, and/or political allies and party members -- or a large number of cronies, etc.  What then?  Again, what would be the limiting factors once this tyranny is unleashed?  Notice, this has been a pattern throughout the Biden regime's term -- constantly usurping on constitutional norms followed by litigation and court decisions.

I am not big on another impeachment spectacle.  I also want congressional Republicans to advance the agenda that has been promised.  But if Biden creates a precedent of the kind that is being discussed by his staff, his party, and others, then I believe there is little choice.  Would he be impeached with the House nearly equally divided.  I don't know.  It depends on how many virtuous members are now serving.  But if this is not an impeachable offense -- that is, a high crime that damages the civil society and the body politic -- then the impeachment clause is a dead letter.  Would he be convicted by the Senate?  Very unlikely, given that his party, as reflected by the Senate Democrats, are more power hungry than adherents to law and order, and a super-majority is required to convict. Nonetheless, an effort must be made to officially and constitutionally confront, expose, and condemn such a grave and systemic abuse of power and prevent it from becoming routinized without a fight. It can be done efficiently and with an eye on the calendar, so as not to take months. 

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3 posted on 12/06/2024 7:13:42 PM PST by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)

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