I agree, but I can't seem to figure out what the gun charges are for in the article, did I miss it? If the charges are actually unrelated it's one thing, but if the charges were that he unlawfully owned guns because he was a felon, which the felon charges were dropped I could understand it.
From everything I could find, he had felonies unrelated to J6 that prevented him from owning guns, but I couldn't find a source detailing what those felonies were.
His claim is that since the guns were discovered due to a J6 search, and he was pardoned for all J6 activities, the guns should have never been discovered. Fruit of the poisonous tree and all that.
Or at least harder to use or something. I think it's a good power for state governors to have, like if a state court hands down a death sentence I think it's a good thing that governors can commute that if they feel they have a good reason. I think it's good that, for example, Carter pardoned Vietnam draft resistors.
Pardons should always go before a large committee. The less concentration of power the better. The President can only recommend a pardon while giving sound reasoning why.
No the pardoning power is fine. However the first time he used it inappropriately he should have been impeached. This is a failure of the far right Republican Party.
Peacefully tour The Capitol. I mean, that's all The Peaceful Patriots wanted to do. The people doing bad things were either BLM, Antifa or part of the "Deep State" just trying to make The Peaceful Patriots look bad.
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Redditsux@lemmy.world · 135 pts · 268d
This is a fucking joke. US is a fucking joke. Law means nothing if you're violating it on behalf of the powerful.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 268d
I agree, but I can't seem to figure out what the gun charges are for in the article, did I miss it? If the charges are actually unrelated it's one thing, but if the charges were that he unlawfully owned guns because he was a felon, which the felon charges were dropped I could understand it.
Tower@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 268d
From everything I could find, he had felonies unrelated to J6 that prevented him from owning guns, but I couldn't find a source detailing what those felonies were.
His claim is that since the guns were discovered due to a J6 search, and he was pardoned for all J6 activities, the guns should have never been discovered. Fruit of the poisonous tree and all that.
AbidanYre@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 267d
The J6 searches weren't illegal though. Is that really how that works?
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 267d
Shouldn’t be. A pardon means you were guilty. Hence the pardon. So the search was legal.
RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world · 68 pts · 268d
And yet on January 7th every MAGA coworker I had insisted that it was Antifa, not Trump supporters.
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 24 pts · 268d
Ask them if Trump pardoned Antifa
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 268d
You should ask them why Pedonald keeps pardoning antifa.
spongebue@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 268d
Because we all know how upset Antifa was at the idea of Donald Trump leaving office and wanted to do everything they could to stop it
plz1@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 267d
Right? Why the hell did Trump unilaterally pardon all the Antifa's that did J6?
santa@sh.itjust.works · 40 pts · 268d
Pardon power needs to be removed.
minnism@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 268d
Living in a place where this isn't an option... It seems insane that one person can just override the entire judicial system. Baffling.
khepri@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 268d
Or at least harder to use or something. I think it's a good power for state governors to have, like if a state court hands down a death sentence I think it's a good thing that governors can commute that if they feel they have a good reason. I think it's good that, for example, Carter pardoned Vietnam draft resistors.
Doomsider@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 268d
Pardons should always go before a large committee. The less concentration of power the better. The President can only recommend a pardon while giving sound reasoning why.
santa@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 268d
Yeah. Until the President replaces the committee with loyalists that rubber stamp each request.
Pacattack57@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 268d
No the pardoning power is fine. However the first time he used it inappropriately he should have been impeached. This is a failure of the far right Republican Party.
newthrowaway20@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 268d
Now he's gonna feel emboldened to really kill someone.
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip · 29 pts · 268d
What do you think they were trying to do on Jan 6?
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 268d
Peacefully tour The Capitol. I mean, that's all The Peaceful Patriots wanted to do. The people doing bad things were either BLM, Antifa or part of the "Deep State" just trying to make The Peaceful Patriots look bad.
santa@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 268d
Now?! You been in cave?
henfredemars@lemdro.id · 18 pts · 268d
What if all those laws and consequences just blew away?
santa@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 268d
They have.