Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 13 days agoIf you were president and knew you were going to pardon your kids on the way out would u tell them to do all they want and I'll pardon you? Why or why not?lockmessage-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down129
arrow-up1-19arrow-down1message-squareIf you were president and knew you were going to pardon your kids on the way out would u tell them to do all they want and I'll pardon you? Why or why not?lockDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 13 days agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squarestinerman [Ohio]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 days ago but doesn’t protect him from anything he may go on to do The only limitation on the pardon power is that it must be for things that have already happened. It is not possible to pardon someone for things they might do in the future.
minus-squareCarrolade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·13 days agoThat is not specified in the Constitution, and is an open question. Nobody has ever tried, to my knowledge.
minus-squarestinerman [Ohio]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 days agoThis is true. No one has tried, and it hasn’t been adjudicated. However everyone treats pardons as needing to be backwards-looking.
The only limitation on the pardon power is that it must be for things that have already happened. It is not possible to pardon someone for things they might do in the future.
That is not specified in the Constitution, and is an open question. Nobody has ever tried, to my knowledge.
This is true. No one has tried, and it hasn’t been adjudicated. However everyone treats pardons as needing to be backwards-looking.