Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 24 days 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-square17fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 24 days agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareCarrolade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·24 days agoThat is not specified in the Constitution, and is an open question. Nobody has ever tried, to my knowledge.
minus-squarestinerman [Ohio]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·24 days 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.