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If the President can grant a pardon, why can’t a president revoke a pardon? I looked through article 2 and couldn’t find anything that said he couldn’t. Seems legit.

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You beat me to it. One (the former) says yay, the next (the current) says nay. Preemptive pardons sound like bullshit to me anyway. As Jim said, that implies presumption of guilt in the first place.

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My guess is preemptive pardons will be ruled unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court. I think the congressional medal given to Liz Cheney is a compromise between a pardon and doing nothing to protect her. The GOP should call their bluff and go after Cheney for her treasonous acts.

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Absolutely! I’d gladly put her handcuffs on!!

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I would gladly be part of her firing squad when found guilty.

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Exactly so.

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Apparently, once they are delivered (considered completed) pardons are irrevocable. If Biden issues a slew of pardons on J20, Trump can cancel any that have not been delivered. I imagine such would force SCOTUS into the mix.

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I didn’t see the words irrevocable in the constitution. The forefathers assumed gentlemen would keep their word. And I doubt they expected scoundrels to ever be chosen by the people.

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Plus--I'm back to Hunter Biden's pardon here--the 'precedents' for such a pardon covering a carte blanche decade are non-existent. Someone mentioned the pardon for confederates at the end of the Civil War, but in my opinion, that is entirely different. We are coming to the point where pardons need to be checked, constitutionally challenged and (unfortunately?) defined by the SC.

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SCOTUS SHOULD be in the mix on this one. Presidential pardons in general are problematic.

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Yes. I see no other path forward after the Hunter Biden pardon for a decade of crimes, some still pending.

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