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Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests by tomjen3 on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @03:59PM (#25662399)
Doesn't matter. He can pardon them before any charges are laid out, or after and he can give a blanket pardon for crimes related to whatever and to anybody involved, because the pardons don't have to be to a named person.
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Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests by boringg on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @04:11PM (#25662553)
I thought this hasn't been determined to viable yet as as strategy.
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Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests by favorited on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @04:46PM (#25663027)
It's happened before. For example, President Carter pardoned all Vietnam War draft dodgers.
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Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests by dragonwriter on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @04:50PM (#25663064)
“It’s happened before” doesn’t actually mean that it is legally effective, unless it has also been challenged and prevailed in court.
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Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests by tartoran on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @04:22PM (#25662679)
He doesn't even know who they are, he can pardon them only nominally not as a category.
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Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests by vkou on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @04:41PM (#25662964)
That might work, but would you like to put your life on the line for the capital crime of treason and insurrection, with the hope that a non-specific pardon will shield you from the rule of law?
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Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests by tomjen3 on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @04:46PM (#25663021)
I would not, but there are people who are not the same as me.
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