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No, it isn’t. It is a way of limiting the scope of

Posted on: January 22, 2025 at 09:38:39 CT

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pardoning power of Presidents. Presidents cannot pardon crimes prosecuted at the state or municipality level. Crimes are committed by people under the jurisdiction of a state or municipality and can be charged there.

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Preemptive pardons haven't been tested yet. Fauci et al - JeffB MU

- 1/21 21:21:29

Definitely needs to be tested. (nm) - DollarSigns MU - 1/21 21:40:32

For sure. What Biden tried to do seems absurd to me. (nm) - JeffB MU

- 1/21 21:52:56

Why? This isn’t the first time it happened.(nm) - TigerMatt STL - 1/21 21:57:19

Whether it happened before wouldn't change whether it is - JeffB MU

- 1/21 22:07:49

Get rid of all federal crimes except a small handful for - TigerMatt STL - 1/21 22:16:27

that's an entirely different hypothetical (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 1/22 07:13:55

No, it isn’t. It is a way of limiting the scope of - TigerMatt STL - 1/22 09:38:39

Murder isn't a federal crime anyway. But what about Fauci - JeffB MU

- 1/21 22:21:39

There are instances when murder can be a federal crime - SparkyStalcup MU - 1/21 23:19:01

Yes, but I wasn't going to give a list of the exceptions. - JeffB MU

- 1/21 23:34:53

I'm guessing murder for hire might fall.under the commerce - SparkyStalcup MU - 1/22 00:08:49