USA Politics

[bearfan]

Regarding the pardons, there is no doubt the President is given essentially unlimited power of pardon. It is not a giant shock, despite any past declarations, that he would pardon his son. My primary problem with pardons in general are those that happen after the election. If there were to be any "pardon reform" and that is highly unlikely, there should be a window from day 1 of early voting to January 20th where they are not permitted in an election year. You can pick most any President in the past many decades and find some really shady pardons.

 

[____no5]

My primary problem with pardons in general are those that happen after the election. If there were to be any "pardon reform" and that is highly unlikely, there should be a window from day 1 of early voting to January 20th where they are not permitted in an election year.

Fantastic proposition!

 

[bearfan]

I would really like an explanation for these two
Woman who embezzled $53M for Dixon, IL to spend on a pretty lavish lifestyle
A PA judge who took kickbacks in exchange for sending kids to a private juvenile prison

MSN

 

[Yax]

I would really like an explanation for these two
Woman who embezzled $53M for Dixon, IL to spend on a pretty lavish lifestyle
A PA judge who took kickbacks in exchange for sending kids to a private juvenile prison

MSN

The explanation is right there in the link:
"A Biden administration official told CNN the latest commutations were not individual decisions and instead it was a uniform decision granted to people who met certain criteria, like having a track record of good behavior while on house arrest."

That's the explanation. That being said, it's pretty dumb, or perhaps the key word is "lazy", to not have a brief individual review of those who meet those criteria, to avoid pardons for crimes such as these.

 

[bearfan]

The explanation is right there in the link:
"A Biden administration official told CNN the latest commutations were not individual decisions and instead it was a uniform decision granted to people who met certain criteria, like having a track record of good behavior while on house arrest."

That's the explanation. That being said, it's pretty dumb, or perhaps the key word is "lazy", to not have a brief individual review of those who meet those criteria, to avoid pardons for crimes such as these.

I should have phrased it as "I would like a good explanation "

 

[Yax]

I should have phrased it as "I would like a good explanation "

We're not getting it as, obviously, solely a criteria approach isn't a good way to go about it.

"A brain fart" is probably the best explanation for this we can find.