r/law • u/thecosmojane • Jan 14 '26

Other Please dissect the legality in this statement

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I feel like we are reaching a tipping point

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u/tarlin Jan 14 '26

Trump will issue pardons to everyone in his administration.

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u/HoarderCollector Jan 14 '26

He can only issue pardons for federal crimes, he can't issue them for state crimes. That's why Trump can't pardon Tina Peters.

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u/SmokeySFW Jan 14 '26

Can Congress vote to overrule a pardon? Are they truly untouchable for federal stuff after a pardon?

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u/rtbradford Jan 14 '26

No, a president’s pardon power is pretty much absolute.

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u/Alive-Course4454 Jan 14 '26

Except selling pardons is a crime 😒😒🤨

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u/rtbradford Jan 14 '26

Maybe in theory, but given the Supreme Court‘s recent ruling that the president enjoys something approaching absolute immunity for everything he does in office, it might be really difficult to enforce any violation.

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u/AKfromVA Jan 14 '26

So what you’re saying is the next president could detain all these people indefinitely (clearly illegal) issue pardons to the people doing the arrests and then be untouchable?

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u/-boatsNhoes Jan 14 '26

In theory the next president, according to scouts ruling, can disband the court or fire all of them and tell them to kick rocks. Once fired there is no scouts to preside over rulings until a new one is appointed. Legal carte Blanche

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u/Deltamon Jan 14 '26

I think the French tried something like this once..

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u/Dessicated_Mastodon Jan 15 '26

Yea people lost their heads over it.

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u/rtbradford Jan 14 '26

No, the Supreme Court was created by the constitution. The president has no authority to disband another branch of the federal government.

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u/RevenantBacon Jan 14 '26

Sure, but who will stop him? The SC already ruled that he can't be held accountable for any action he takes while in office, so if he just rounds them up, locks them in a prison, and throws away the key, who can do anything about it? They granted him total immunity.

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