Comment on Joe Biden pardons son Hunter in final weeks in office
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Let’s hope that Joe delivers that pardon and Hunter accepts it before Trump takes office. Then again, with the state of our government, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Supreme Court decided to throw away precedent.
FireTower@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The Supreme Court isn’t going to do that. Art. 2 Sec. 2 and the 5A’s double jeopardy clauses are quite clear on the matter.
They’d sooner overrule Wickard v. Filburn than do that.
Delphia@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They wont do it because it would set precident for if the dems ever do get back into power to do it right back to them.
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I doubt double jeopardy applies, because that would mean they’d charge and prosecute him again. Reversing a pardon has nothing to do with prosecution.
Also there is nothing in the constitution that states a pardon is final. Only the Supreme Court has said that, and we all know that a later Supreme Court can (and has) overrule a previous Supreme Court decision.
And Wickard v. Filburn is a red herring.
FireTower@lemmy.world 10 months ago
“nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb;”
The double jeopardy clause doesn’t limit itself to only prohibiting second prosecutions. Once a case has been prosecuted to conclusion the defendant may not be made subject to the punishment again. A pardon terminating a punishment, would forestall recision as that would be once again subjecting the defendant for the same offensive.