Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoIf you were president and knew you were going to pardon your kids on the way out would u tell them to do all they want and I'll pardon you? Why or why not?message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down121
arrow-up1-13arrow-down1message-squareIf you were president and knew you were going to pardon your kids on the way out would u tell them to do all they want and I'll pardon you? Why or why not?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareCarrolade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoThat is not specified in the Constitution, and is an open question. Nobody has ever tried, to my knowledge.
minus-squarestinerman@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThis is true. No one has tried, and it hasn’t been adjudicated. However everyone treats pardons as needing to be backwards-looking.
That is not specified in the Constitution, and is an open question. Nobody has ever tried, to my knowledge.
This is true. No one has tried, and it hasn’t been adjudicated. However everyone treats pardons as needing to be backwards-looking.