Unruffled [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Lefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 8 days agoBernie was our compromisefeddit.orgimagemessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1544arrow-down118file-text
arrow-up1526arrow-down1imageBernie was our compromisefeddit.orgUnruffled [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Lefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/6377102 If they can elect a felon to the white house, so could we.
minus-squareDiva (she/her)@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·8 days agothe president can in fact pardon someone before they are convicted of a crime! Nixon famously pardoned by Ford
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 days agoAnd more recently we learned when Trump pardoned Joe Arpaio after he was convicted, but before he was sentenced, that a pardon doesn’t vacate a conviction.
the president can in fact pardon someone before they are convicted of a crime! Nixon famously pardoned by Ford
And more recently we learned when Trump pardoned Joe Arpaio after he was convicted, but before he was sentenced, that a pardon doesn’t vacate a conviction.