For the record, this was a limited pardon, applying only to federal offenses he committed in the past 10 years. Gets him off the hook for lying on his firearm application and the tax stuff, but doesn’t protect him from anything he may go on to do.
but doesn’t protect him from anything he may go on to do
The only limitation on the pardon power is that it must be for things that have already happened. It is not possible to pardon someone for things they might do in the future.
For the record, this was a limited pardon, applying only to federal offenses he committed in the past 10 years. Gets him off the hook for lying on his firearm application and the tax stuff, but doesn’t protect him from anything he may go on to do.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/12/01/statement-from-president-joe-biden-11/
To answer your question, no, I probably wouldn’t. There’s no benefit in saying something like that.
The only limitation on the pardon power is that it must be for things that have already happened. It is not possible to pardon someone for things they might do in the future.
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.