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Re:Marines mobilized in response to LA protests by conartist6 on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @08:42AM (#44236124)
What would be the point? There's almost nothing they could do that would be against the law if they're just given a pre-emptive pardon. They could put up an arena with citizens vs lions as long as it pleases Donald...
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Re:Marines mobilized in response to LA protests by dmix on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @09:00AM (#44236264)
Only federal charges can be pardoned by the executive branch
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Re:Marines mobilized in response to LA protests by ceejayoz on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @09:45AM (#44247570)
Technically, yes.

Practically? The judicial branch will do it via qualified immunity. "Not clearly established law that you can't trample people on a street with a horse."

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