• ByteJunk@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    If we’re fighting with the same weapons, then Biden’s last act should be a pardon for Luigi…

    • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyz
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      5 days ago

      Biden is not on our side on this issue, that’s part of the problem. He is and was the candidate that the people who didn’t want healthcare reform pushed in to block Bernie from putting the issue on the ballot by running on it.

    • synae[he/him]@lemmy.sdf.org
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      5 days ago

      I keep hearing this idea floated, do people really think that Biden is not on the same side as the health insurance companies??

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      I think accepting a pardon implicitly admits you did the thing, which could have complications for states prosecuting.

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      He hasn’t been convicted yet. You cannot pardon someone who doesn’t technically have a record.

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        Incorrect. Example, hunter was pardoned for everything he might’ve done in the past 11 years, not just what he was actually convicted of.

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          Yes. Steve Bannon.

          Didn’t try. Did.

          Mangione (similar to Bannon) has a mixture of state and federal charges levied against him, and Presidents cannot pardon state charges.

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            Sure. I also don’t imagine for a second that Biden would do it. I was just trying to recall if it was actually accurate that you can’t pre-emptively pardon (or, at least, that there’s no precedent for it; what Trump has done hardly seems to be a guideline for what presidents should be able to do).